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The media frames America in anthropogenic global warming articles as the evil Earth Killer, and everything from a sparrow flying into a glass window to Darfur's genocide is America's and George Bush's fault, regardless of facts or science.
In an August 4 article which stated President Bush invited the world's leading economic powers to participate in a "climate change summit" that intends to set "voluntary goals for lowering greenhouse gas emissions while sustaining growth," the Washington Post upheld this tradition by stating (emphasis mine throughout):
The United States, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is not a party to the Kyoto agreement, which calls for the 35 participating nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Rapidly developing countries including India, China and Brazil are not bound by the deal, despite booming growth and worsening air pollution in those nations, a factor that has caused Bush to call the accord unworkable.
The problem is that the US is no longer the "world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases." In June China swept past the US to take the top spot. I know it's hard to keep up with the minutia of who's hurting Mother Earth, but this change was a pretty big deal—or at least it should have been.
I guess I shouldn't be too hard on reporter Michael A. Fletcher for not noticing that the US is no longer number one, considering his own paper didn't report China overtaking the US when it happened. In fact, very little ink was devoted to the momentous occasion. Why, it's almost as if the media do not care as much about the emissions as who is doing the emitting.
**Photo by Peter Parks/ AFP
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Youth waterfowl hunts coming up fast
Prairie State Outdoors
The Illinois youth waterfowl hunts are coming up fast with the North Zone hunt scheduled for Oct. 13-14.
The Central Zone follows with its hunt Oct. 20 - 21.
The South Central Zone hunt is Nov. 3 - 4, and the South Zone kicks off Nov. 10 - 11.
A number of Illinois state parks, fish and wildlife areas, conservation areas and recreation areas will be open to youth waterfowl hunting.
Federal sites that fall under the Illinois Department of Natural Resources waterfowl administrative rule also will be open.
Regulations that apply during the regular waterfowl hunting season apply during the youth hunt.
Hunters should check for site-specific regulations, including changes in legal shooting hours.
During the youth hunt, bag limits are the same as during regular seasons.
Young hunters age 15 or younger may hunt ducks, geese, coots and mergansers as long as they are accompanied by an adult at least 18 years of age.
The accompanying adult cannot hunt these species, but may participate in other open seasons.
Youth hunters must have a hunting license.
The youth hunter or his or her accompanying adult must have a valid FOID card.
The supervising adult does not have to have a hunting license if they are not hunting other species.
Youth hunters age 15 or younger are not required to have a state or federal duck stamp.
All waterfowl hunters, including those participating in the youth hunt, are required to register with the Harvest Information Program.
In order to register with HIP, hunters will need to have their hunting license number available.
Hunters should register for HIP at the license vendor when they buy their hunting license or by calling (888) 673-7648 or online at http://www.dnr.illinois.gov.
State and federal sites to be open during the Youth Waterfowl Hunts:
2012 North Zone Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Oct. 13-14) - State Sites Open
Chain O'Lakes State Park
Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife Area (SFWA)
Lake DePue SFWA
Sinnissippi Lake Wildlife Area
Mississippi River Pools (All located in North Zone)
WilliamW. Powers State Recreation Area (SRA)
2012 Central Zone Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Oct. 20-21) – State and Federal Sites Open
Anderson Lake SFWA
Banner Marsh SFWA
Braidwood Lake SFWA
Clinton Lake SRA
Coffeen Lake SFWA
Freeman Mine
Henderson Creek SFWA
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County)
Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison County) (Gabaret, Mosenthein, Chouteau Island Units)
Kankakee River State Park
Marshall SFWA
Marshall SFWA - Sparland Unit
Marshall SFWA - Duck Ranch Unit
Mazonia SFWA
Meredosia Lake
Mississippi River Area (MRA) - All sites managed by MRA
Mississippi River Pools (All located in Central Zone)
Momence Wetlands State Natural Area (SNA)
Pekin Lake SFWA
Quincy Bay
Ray Norbut SFWA
Rice Lake SFWA
Sanganois SFWA
Sangchris Lake State Park
Shelbyville SFWA
Spring Lake SFWA
Starved Rock State Park
Weinberg-King State Park - Spunky Bottoms Unit
Woodford SFWA
2012 South Central Zone Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Nov.3-4) - State and Federal Sites Open
Campbell Pond SHA
Carlyle Lake SFWA
Kaskaskia SFWA
Kinkaid Lake SFWA
Mississippi River Pools (All located in South Central Zone)
Oakwood Bottoms
Pyramid SRA (Captain, Denmark, Galum, and East Conant Units)
Rend Lake Project Land and Waters
Ten Mile Creek SFWA
2012 South Zone Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Nov. 10-11) – State and Federal Sites Open
Cache River SNA
Cape Bend SFWA
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Cypress Pond SNA
Deer Pond SNA
Devil's Island Wildlife Management Area
Dog Island Wildlife Management Area
Horseshoe Lake SFWA (Alexander County)
Mermet Lake SFWA
Mississippi River
Peabody River King SFWA
Saline County SFWA
Sielbeck Forest SNA
Union County SFWA
For more information the Illinois Digest of Waterfowl Hunting Regulations 2012 -13 can be downloaded at: http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Documents/DigestWaterfowlHuntingRegulations.pdf
For hunter fact sheets, visit: http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/hunter_fact_sheet/index.htm

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Whooping Crane
Whooping Crane
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Grus americanus
It's True
- The whooping crane is the tallest North American bird, often standing over 5 feet tall.
- To assist the endangered cranes, Operation Migration uses ultralight aircraft to guide them to their wintering grounds.
- Cranes court each other with elaborate dances and distinctive whooping unison calls for which the birds are named.
- Whooping cranes choose their mates for life, living 20 - 30 years in the wild and up to 80 years in captivity.


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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Bad Poetry #1
Temper is short, too, as I snap at this one or that one.
The littlest one knocks at the door as I cry into open hands
or clenched fists.
Stumbling to overcompensate, they understandably shy away.
Blessedly they bounce back.
Not forever, is my fear.
Prayers unanswered.
Or is the answer just a deafening and wordless "NO!"?
7 comments:
- Patois said...
I'll be fine. Just done. Don't worry.
- April 29, 2009 at 8:50 PM
- musingwoman said...
Powerful and honest. Thank you for sharing.
- April 30, 2009 at 4:15 AM
- Beth P. said...
Well, firstly
NOT bad poetry. Really good poem, axlly, as my friend's 4 year old says.
NOT particularly bad mothering. If you watch docus about mother bears or wolf clans, you'll see that the young need to learn that the elders have moods and that they won't die, but they need to give deference.
Just some vagabond thoughts.
Smiling, with you--
- April 30, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- Tricia said...
Quite beautiful actually.
- April 30, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Lori said...
Nice poem. And, it brought back memories of being in the SAME situation. The kids tried to peek under my door to see what was happening in there, since I could not speak to answer their questions about why I was crying. It IS good for them to see that we are HUMAN and have weak moments! Or days, or weeks, or years...hugs to you.
- April 30, 2009 at 8:59 AM
- D... said...
Well, you say "Don't worry" but I must admit that I am. I hope today finds things better for you.
As mothers, we all let our moods affect how we handle the kids. I love what Beth said. She's right. And the kids? Will always bounce back. There is too much love there for them not to.
I think Raw & Honest Poetry is a better title.
- April 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Coal Miner's Granddaughter said...
Oh, how I hate and despise those days.
Many, many hugs, hon!
- May 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM
The Serendipity of Mickey Mouse
This is a true life story. It just happened yesterday. Pete and I were staying with our friend down in Pasadena on an unexpected trip the re...
Something is happening in my life right now that I waver between sharing and keeping to myself. And I say I waver only because I'm a firm be...
As an infant, we have the power to induce love and tenderness in the toughest of men and women. As a young child, we have the power to soar ...


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Arnhold Institute for Global Health
Arnhold Institute for Global Health
A medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Efe Chantal Ghanney is the founder and participant in several global health projects.
Invited by the Arnhold Institute for Global Health, Chantal is part of a seven-member team, partnering with Professor Jeffrey Sachs, to advise the Ghana Ministry of Health on the establishment of a national electronic health system, the first of its kind on the African continent.
Chantal also created her own international palliative care research project that took place in her home country of Ghana, the results of which were showcased across the United States. Through her work with the African Research Academies for Women (ARA-W), Chantal worked with colleagues to establish fully funded eight-week research internships for women in African universities to bridge gender disparities in science. Chantal currently serves as a Master Card Foundation Advisor for seven Clinton Global Initiative University Alumni. Since the inception of ARA-W, 33 fellows have graduated.
Chantal plans to specialize in urology, and as a urologist, she hopes to create urology training opportunities in Ghana, a country that as of 2014 had only eight urologists.
She grew up in Ghana, and has lived in the United Kingdom and France. Prior to attending medical school, Chantal attended Yale College where she majored in chemistry and French.
Faith Goronga graduated from Boston College with a degree in Biology and a minor in African and African Diaspora Studies in 2011. During undergrad, she completed a research project in South Africa on the distribution of medical information to college students, and for her graduate thesis, she completed a literature review on the development of a malaria vaccine. She applied to the Dean's Scholars in Global Health (DSGH) program because it gave her the opportunity for global health training she otherwise might not have had as part of a regular medical school curriculum.
As a native of Zimbabwe, a country plagued by diseases like HIV, cholera, and TB, Faith's interests in global health are primarily in the areas of infectious diseases and child health. She is particularly passionate about access to care and health education for high-risk populations. Through the DSGH program, she traveled to Peru during the summer, where she worked on HIV and TB research projects through Socios en Salud, an organization affiliated with Partners in Health.
Faith is currently completing her research scholarly year abroad in Molepolole, Botswana, where she is working on a retrospective cohort study at a district hospital focused on young adults and adolescents living with HIV (YALHIV). Through this study, she hopes to identify any differences that may exist in outcomes between YALHIV and their adult counterparts in the areas of treatment failure, lack of follow-up care, and treatment switch to second-line antiretroviral therapy.
Faith plans to become a skilled physician, advocate and researcher in a global health setting.
Kham Kidia was born and raised in Zimbabwe and is devoted to improving health systems in his home country. He is the co-founder and executive director of Kushinga, a Zimbabwean nonprofit working on strengthening mental health systems through research, advocacy, and capacity building. Kham has experience conducting and leading policy-relevant anthropological research in HIV mental health, especially among adolescents. His work focuses on areas such as depression, disclosure, adherence, and stigma.
Kham is currently collaborating as a primary investigator (PI) on a project that examines stigma and skin disease in HIV-positive adolescents. Previously, he was PI on an ethnographic study on HIV disclosure to HIV-positive adolescents, and he was the lead qualitative researcher on an NIH-funded project to develop an intervention for depression and adherence in people living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.
In addition, Kham has been a research consultant for HIV mental health projects funded by UNICEF, Wellcome Trust, Clinton Health Access Initiative, and the CDC. His work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Psychiatry, AIDS, and PLoS Medicine, and it has been featured in the media on BBC News.
Dedicated to capacity building, Kham has taught research methods and academic writing to faculty and students at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, as well as the Mount Sinai Hospital.
Kham has a BA in French literature from Princeton University and an MPhil in Medical Anthropology from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Anirudh Kumar is completing his MD/MPH at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he is a Dean's Scholar in Global Health. His passion is to pilot and implement novel health care delivery and implementation strategies. Anirudh has extensive experience with the community health worker (CHW) model and believes it to be a cornerstone of effective health systems design. He is currently on a scholarly year in Nepal as an Implementation Research Fellow at Possible, a Nepali organization devoted to providing high-quality, low-cost health care in partnership with the government.
At Possible, Anirudh is using routinely collected data to determine whether linkage to CHWs is related to control outcomes in patients with diseases like diabetes and hypertension as he develops protocols for chronic disease management. His work spans the domains of geospatial mapping, quality improvement, and electronic health record analytics. In addition, he trains local staff in gender-based violence education.
Previously, Anirudh has worked at health and development organizations in the U.S. (Mount Sinai's East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership, or EHHOP), Kenya (Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare), and India (Comprehensive Rural Health Project, Unite For Sight). His work was recently featured in BMJ Quality, and he presented his research at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology in 2016. He has also given lectures and participated in panel discussions on rural health care at national conferences in India.
Anirudh has a BA from Columbia University in Sustainable Development and a concentration in Anthropology. Anirudh is dedicated to becoming a physician-advocate, researcher, and policymaker who contributes to the health equity movement.
John Rhee worked for a year as a senior research analyst and coordinator at Project B.R.I.E.F., an HIV testing program at Jacobi Medical Center before attending Mount Sinai's Humanities and Medicine Program. While at Mount Sinai, he continued research in HIV through the Dean's Scholars in Global Health Program where he spent one summer studying the predictors and prevalence of diabetes among HIV patients in Cameroon.
John is interested in global palliative care. For his scholarly year, he is working on a project developing and assessing indicators of palliative care development in Africa. He is partnering on this project with the African Palliative Care Association, the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, and the University of Navarra's Institute for Culture and Society. John Rhee also studied policy analysis and management at Cornell University where he graduated with distinction and honors in 2012.
Gus Ruchman is a first-year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where he is working with the Arnhold Institute for Global Health Associate Director Sandeep Kishore on developing the Action Center for non-communicable diseases. Recently he also published articles with Dr. Kishore and the Institute's Director Prabhjot Singh in Global Heart and the AMA Journal of Ethics.
Previously, Gus pursued African Studies as an undergraduate at Harvard University and worked on public health projects in Zanzibar and Uganda. After graduation, Gus worked in the office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030 and Malaria. At the UN, Gus supported the governance restructuring of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and led efforts to partner with the Arnhold Institute for Global Health to launch ATLAS, a novel geospatial health data system. John also advised the special envoy and other senior staff on a wide array of public health, technology, and political issues, and assessed biotech investment opportunities. His analysis of achieving child mortality targets was presented at the 2016 SINAInnovations conference.
Gus spent time in Senegal immersed in community health.


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Guys, I honestly have no clue how it is ACTUALLY DECEMBER 23RD. Seriously.... Christmas is my favorite holiday and this year I just... forgot about it? How could that be?? It saddens me but I know that these next few days are going to be so sweet (literally, though, someone gave me peanut butter balls and cookies and I think I'm going to have a cavity).
Speaking of sweet, remember how I wrote about my brownies on Thanksgiving being awesome? I'm finally sharing the recipe!
I found these on Sally's Baking Addiction (duh) and even though they're supposed to be peanut butter chip brownies, I didn't have any peanut butter chips, so I just used normal semi-sweet chocolate chips. They were so chocolaty and so fudgy that I could only eat two at the time. Which is pretty weak because I'm normally inhaling the whole batch.
(Also, these are orange only because they were Halloween themed or something. Completely chocolate.)
Fudge Brownies
- 10 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 & 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup & 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square or 11x7 baking pan with parchment paper so that it overhangs on the sides. This is very important!
- Melt the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a large bowl in the microwave until butter is completely melted. In a large mixing bowl, add in the melted mixture, then the eggs, one at a time. Add the flour without overmixing it; you don't want it to be too goopy. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour into the prepared dish and bake for 30 minutes, then pull out with the parchment paper (this is where you're grateful you have it). It'll seem like it's taking a long time to bake, so let it set before cutting into it. Enjoy!
PS: Today's one of my good friend's birthdays! Happy birthday, Andrew!


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Basic elements of crop production.
Weeds management.
Soil science and Agriculture chemistry.
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Principles of Plant Breeding.
Farming Systems and Sustainable Agriculture.
Principles of Plant Biotechnology.
Water Management including Micro Irrigation.
Insects ecology and integrated pest Management including Beneficial insects.
Soil chemistry, soil fertility, and nutrient management.
Pests of Field Crops and Stored Grain and their Management.
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Welcome to the Nursery Webpage.
The staff in Nursery are Mrs O'Shea, Miss Wilds, Mrs East
Nursery Routines
- PE is on a Friday
- Library Books are changed on a Thursday
- Stay and Play is every Monday morning (8.50 – 9.10am)
- Come and Read is every Thursday (11.30 – 12pm)
- Tapestry Drop-in Support Mornings are every other Friday (dates will be displayed and text reminders sent)
Nursery Topics:
Autumn :
The topic for the first half of the Autumn Term is "All About Me". We learn about each other, remembering names and making friends.
The topic for the second half of Autumn is "Festivals and Colours". We look at different celebrations such as; Diwali, Bonfire Night, Halloween, Christmas.
The topic for the first half of the Spring Term is "Ourselves". We look at each other, how are we similar and how are we different? We talk about our feelings and how to be a good friend.
The topic for the second half of the Spring Term is "Growth and Change". We look at life cycles (such as in the Hungry Caterpillar), growth in nature and in ourselves. During the Spring term we will celebrate Chinese New Year (dependent on when it falls).
The topic for the first half of the Summer Term is "People Who Help Us". We learn about the Police, Firefighters, Ambulance Service, Doctors, Nurses, Vets & Schools.
The topic for the second half of the Summer Term is "Animals and Pets". We look at different animals: pets, farm animals, wild animals.
Nursery Trips:
We hope to arrange visits to school from Firefighters and others during our "People Who Help Us" topic. We visit a farm during the Summer term in conjunction with our "Animal and Pets" topic.
The documents below will give you an overview of the learning in Nursery.
- Nursery Topic Web - Autumn 2019 (113KB)
- Nursery Spring Topic Web (227KB)
- Development Matters (651KB)
Nursery Blog
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Welcome to our Class Blog
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First... in the words of Rasheed Wallace: "The Game! The Game!" Reading RJYH definitively proved to me that Alabama (the state) has no equal when it comes to college football fervency and Warren's recent post about handling the "Shroud of Bear" put any lingering doubts to rest, except those about the sanity of an entire state. But don't tell me that today. Alabama-Auburn may have more passion behind it, but they'll never run out in late November to find the world around them frozen. There's something biblical about cold-weather football, and I'm not talking my nipples-are-somewhat-erect cold. I'm talking the kind of cold that makes a stadium resemble March of the Penguins, the kind of cold that goes beyond annoyance and causes 110,000 people to concentrate very hard upon not dying. It exemplifies the nobility in certain kinds of sheer stupidity.
And there are times when it doesn't feel particularly cold at all.
In that vein, one last linkdump for your edificiation. Blah Me To Death has collected dozens of links as a starting point. Sam at BC&RS exhorts you to wear your blue, and also forwards an email that's being batted back and forth amongst the students:
-Bring water bottles and change (remember, the nazi gate-watchersIf you're interested. Oh, yeah, and:
won't let you bring them in when they're opened, so if you're planning
on bringing your own special refreshments, make sure to hide it well),
and when you're done drinking your "water", make some noise!
don't be a jackass...Amen, though since I doubt anyone reading is the type of person to be said jackass, the take-home message is to do something about any jackassery you should see. There are east coast frat boys out there, people: let them know to save that stuff for when they're back home spending daddy's money at the Meadowlands.
Vijay at IBFC is having a Rebus contest. I only got the first one.
Wojo checks in with a column that shows he's paying attention:
Quickly, the Buckeyes' obsession returned, and things really got nasty last year in Columbus (city slogan: "$#@& Michigan").Oh, Wojo, lone bright spot in Detroit's sports opinion scene. The OZone must be putting on the reverse jinx or something, predicting a 24-20 Michigan victory.
Meanwhile, we have proof that Buckeye fans are nuts:
"You see," Peterson continued, getting spiritual about why the rivalry means so much down here, "this is God's team. You can just put Heaven, Ohio," for the dateline.Look. I could try to put a joke here. But all it would do is distract from the sublime quality of the above quote. So just read it again.
Yes, the bouncing sport gets underway tomorrow against Central Michigan. The Chippewas do not look to be a threat after dropping a game to a D-2 school. Michigan is favored by 25. Poster Central40 on The Wolverine posted some impressions from an open practice he attended that has good news...
-Horton: Really impressive. Looked smooth and in control during drills, didn't push the envelope, but was almost too unselfish-- maybe trying to get others involved. Looks to be ready for a big year....and bad:
-Abram: Welcome back. Abram was money from the outside and finished well on the fast break (often 1 on 1). Guy is Mr. consistency, will never wow you, but you'll look up at the scoreboard and see he's put up 15-20 points.
-J. Smith: Guy is continuing to prove the doubters wrong. People said he can't handle the full court pressure-- he broke it with ease. People say his jumper is broke-- he nailed multiple threes and made a lot more than he missed. People said he misses the clutch free throws-- nailed 2 sets of 2 when team sprints were on the line (all four swished). Most impressive of the freshmen (thus far), hands down. Always thought this guy would be well suited for college and Amaker isn't looking like the idiot that everyone thought he was for taking him early.
-Harris: Started out slow, but finished better. Still looks slowed by his foot, doesn't look explosive or quick. His shot was a little off and he didn't take it to the hole all that much. I will reserve further judgement until the CMU game, but he looks like he's 80% out there.Sounds like the other two freshman are very raw at the moment.
-Sims: Blah. Same old, same old. Looks like an all-star the time and a tennis star (to quote SBell) the other half. Would love to see the guy play pissed off one game-- he'd have 25 and 15.
Scout has more on Alex Legion, by the way. Does not sound like a Crawford-esque decommit is even a remote possibility.


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Enyce Celebrates 10-Years
"All of the stylists, costume designers, editors, retailers, buyers, sales staff, suppliers, celebrities, directors, producers and street teams who have been a part of our 10-Year progression from start-up to established sportswear brand will be invited to celebrate our spectacular milestone," said Chaka Wilson, Vice-President of Marketing.
The Enyce Clothing Company is celebrating its 10-Year anniversary in the fashion industry with a cocktail party on the opening night of their 10-Year Retrospective at Boylan Studios at 601 W. 26th St., in New York City from 7:00PM-10:00PM on April 19th.
They will present a comprehensive exhibit chronicling the evolution of one of the top sportswear brands from 1996-2006, featuring a video installation of archival footage, paintings, mannequins and photographs from past campaigns shot by Michael Lewis, Jerome Albertini, Dah Len and others. Giving back has always been an important element of the Enyce mission and with this in mind, a silent auction will be held during the cocktail party with all proceeds benefiting The Door, a New York City charity that supports at-risk youth ages 12-21. The exhibition will be open to the public on April 20-21 from noon - 7PM.
Following the cocktail party, Enyce will host an after party at The Standard at 150 Varick Street. To show their appreciation, Enyce will honor a group of special individuals at the 10-Year Anniversary Party whose contributions have been instrumental to the longevity and growth of the Enyce brand. Enyce's influence in the fashion world would not have been possible without the support and efforts of these honorees. "All of the stylists, costume designers, editors, retailers, buyers, sales staff, suppliers, celebrities, directors, producers and street teams who have been a part of our 10-Year progression from start-up to established sportswear brand will be invited to celebrate our spectacular milestone," said Chaka Wilson, Vice-President of Marketing. "It will be an evening to reminisce and give thanks to all who have been a part of our success."
The Enyce—pronounced uh-NEE-chay—Clothing Company was founded in 1996 by Tony Shellman, Evan Davis, and Lando Felix. Enyce, played on the phonetic spelling of N-Y-C and paid tribute to the brand's New York City roots. The brand created a loyal following and a rare longevity that crosses age demographics in both men's and women's sportswear.
As a persistent leader among lifestyle brands, Enyce continues to endear while bringing a consistent product integrity to the market. Over the past decade, Enyce has expanded its distribution to over 15 countries throughout America, Europe and Asia. To learn more about the Enyce Clothing Company, please visit our website at www.enyce.com.
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The Door served approximately 8,000 low-income youth from all five boroughs during the last year alone. To learn more about The Door, please visit http://www.door.org.
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Killer Instinct's Season Three Final DLC Fighter Revealed to Be Eyedol
Because two halves of a head is easily better than a full one.
Killer Instinct's season 3 is coming to a close, but there is still one final DLC character to be added to the roster. A new trailer was recently released just before the Killer Instinct grand finals at EVO 2016, revealing Eyedol to be the eighth and final character for the current season. You can check out the modern incarnation of the veteran character in the announcement trailer below.
Eyedol was the final boss for the original Killer Instinct back in 1994, however his new look is quite different from his old. Now sporting a single head split into two, by his longtime rival Gargos, Eyedol is re-entering the fray with powerful physical strength and a slew of magical attacks at his disposal. The two-headed demon lord will be available July 22 for Ultra Edition owners and exactly one week later for those with the Combo Breaker edition.
Killer Instinct is developed by Iron Galaxy Studios for Xbox One and Windows 10. A Definitive Edition for the game was recently announced which will include all of the current DLC to date and will release later this year on September 20.
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Ever wonder what it is like to go see a therapist? You are in luck, I have been taking detailed notes on each therapy sessions since I started with my new therapist.
Below you will find all of my mental health related articles. If you would like to start from the beginning of the series you can start scroll down to the bottom of the list or click here - Mental health story report #1
If you would like to learn more about my mental health there will be more information below my stories.
My primary goal for this mental health blog is to help me through my struggles with PTSD and depression. I am using this platform as a type of art therapy that will hopefully help me work through various issues that I am struggling with.
Through the process of sharing my military stories and mental health stories I hope to help others who may be on a similar journey, or at least let you know that you are not alone.
All photographs in my therapy posts are taken while I am dictating the articles. If I see something interesting or I take a nice picture I like to share it
Self destructive
Over eating
Under eating
Addictive personality
Abusive negative inner voice
Pushing away relationships
Depression sleeping
Alcohol abuse - 1 year sober! :D
Back problems - Thanks to my HAMMOCK!
Currently in EMDR and talk therapy.
Cutting / Burning
My wife
Being open about my problems
Metal detecting
Garage sales
Yes, some articles contain affiliate links that help support the expenses associated with the site.
Absolutely, I would be honored to publish your story. You can submit your own story here.
Since I use this blog as a creative outlet, from time to time there will be other types of blog posts related to my military career, hobbies and other interests.
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Brien Blatt - Mental Illness from Firsthand Experience
Brien Blatt is a Mental Health Advocate who suffers from Bipolar Disorder. He strives to educate people about mental health, and to reduce the stigma and discrimination that people with mental health issues often experience.
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From the blog author: "I write mostly about mental illness, both in general and how it affects my life. Fighting against the stigma of mental illness is important to me, and I try to provide accurate information. I am not a professional, nor am I offering advice. I do, however, hope I can offer encouragement and hope, and a glimpse at what it's like to live with a mental illness. Although my life in general is very good, my brain often gets in the way. Keep in mind I'm very open and honest, and from time to time I may post something disturbing or triggering. I do not post warnings on every post."
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#DaveWiseMatters shares stories of mental health recovery, suicide prevention, and destroying stigma as well as general mental health community resources.
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A Year to Remember Top Rated
A Year to Remember details the journey of a daughter's story coping with her mother's Alzheimer's disease.
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My blog is all about mental health, BPD, depression, alochol and other addictions and much more. I do relevant book reviews and am also going to launch my own e-book memoir about my struggle with various disorders/addictions/obsessions.
Anxiety Killed The Cat
A mental health blog about anxiety and social phobia written by 26 year old anxiety sufferer Ashleigh James.
Art Therapy and Related Topics
Thoughts about psychology, art therapy, psychotherapy and related issues written by a Tribeca, NY based Licensed Art Therapist in private practice.
As Told by Chloe
From the blog author, "As told by Chloe is not for the faint of heart. Chloe doesn't write for sympathy. She writes for empathy, understanding and growth. All stories written by Chloe are her flashbacks from the trauma she has endured. These stories haunt Chloe as an adult. All names have been changed, even Chloes', to provide some level of anonymity and for her own safety. Even some of the people closest to Chloe have no knowledge of these instances. Because she doesn't want to hurt them with hearing the gory details of what she has been through... Chloe is a survivor, these are her stories."
Ask a Doc - Ask a Cop: The Mental Health Minute
The Crisis Intervention Team, Inc. brings you education, conversations and perspectives on mental illness. Dr. Nils Rosenbaum and Detective Matt Tinney host this funny and informative podcast that strives to reduce stigma, increase education, and provide a new perspective on mental health.
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Blog by clinical psychologist David John Berndt, with discussions of many different things, including politics, psychology and more.
Blog author Emiliana of Boricua Confidential, diagnosed with PTSD in 2004, writes about her journey, struggles, victories and challenges in ways that bring light, hope, justice and a good dose of "keep on keepin' on" for survivors. She wants no one to feel as if they are the only one in their situation because there are more just like them. This blog is honest, thoughtful, well-written and most of all genuine.
Beppe Micallef Trigona - Psychiatry Blog
A blog about various topics in mental health with a particular focus on the medical and psychological treatment of depression and other psychiatric disorders. Dr Beppe Micallef Trigona is a Psychiatrist and Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malta. He currently works as a psychiatrist in London, UK.
Beyond Meds
This blog documents and shares many natural methods of self-care for finding and sustaining health in body, mind and spirit. This blog also deals with wider issues in the socio-political and spiritual realms as they pertain to mental health and human rights issues surrounding psychiatry.
Black Spot Site
This blog concerns the author's recovery from depression, self-harm, childhood trauma and PTSD. Content includes daily posts on topics such as learning to manage life better, their personal account of psychotherapy, therapy books of interest, and also general commentary on mental health services.
Blog of Dr Alice Boyes. Showing You How to Become Happier Using Tips from Science.
Practical Tips for Happiness and Relationships from Social and Clinical Psychologist, Dr Alice Boyes. Positive Psychology & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Blog.
Blogging Behavioral Top Rated
Welcome. I'm Sandy Andrews, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in South Austin. My theoretical foundation is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). My blog's intent (and they all have one, whether they admit it or not) is to share some of what I know about clinical psychology and perspectives gained from across the couch.
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Cafe Sanctuary
A blog devoted to articles regarding domestic abuse, by two survivors who want to help others recognize abuse, escape safely, rebuild, become empowered.
Blog about mental health, substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders.
The Curious Curatio blog is a vehicle for broadcasting the successes and struggles of seekers and survivors, and for generally distilling all good healing wisdom from the web and world beyond.
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This Facebook page follows the blogger from a drug addicted thief that was trapped in an abusive relationship to a confident and capable marathon runner.
David Susman, PhD - Resources and Inspiration for Better Mental Health
David Susman, PhD provides science-based information and resources to offer support, hope and encouragement to persons in recovery from mental illness as well as to those who care about them.
In addition to original articles his blog also features a recurring series called 'Inspirational Stories of Hope' - interviews with people who have dealt with mental health challenges and who share the lessons they have learned through their journey.
Defying Mental Illness Top Rated
Blog authors Chuck and Zoe created Defying Mental Illness to offer their insights on mental and emotional health. Chuck, who suffers from schizophrenia, shares his experience as someone who has been challenged mental illness and had to overcome its difficulties. Zoe, his wife, shares on being a caregiver. Together with contributions from other bloggers they hope to help those contending with mental illness on their path to recovery and well-being.
Delayed Onset Living: Notes From a Late Bloomer
Articles regarding psychology, philosophy and the meaning of life (plus an occasional poem). The website is run by Geoffrey Geddes, a (self-described) old guy who just finished his MA in psychology and is busy accumulating hours toward his MFT license in California.
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As a person who has many mental health issues, including Asperger's and ADHD, Angel sometimes feels like an Alien in this world of ours. Read her blog and see how she survives on planet Earth.
Emotional Sobriety: Friends & Lovers
Emotional Sobriety has 4-5 posts weekly about the 35+ year recovery journey of Kathy Berman. the main topics are recovry, AA, inner child, ACA, reparenting, alcoholism, PTSD,depression, and spirituality. This blog grew to include 15 other blogs.
Faith Passages
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We are all about living the good life, which means staying healthy, keeping fit, not running up mounds of debt - and above all, happiness.
What is happiness? How do you define it? How do you increase it? Does true happiness really exist? Join us on our fantastic voyage of fitness and nutrition, inspiration and motivation, frugal and clever, tips and observations, humor and joy.
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A young woman chases her dreams while attempting to overcome poverty, childhood abuse, addiction, PTSD, and depression.
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In December 2011 the Austin Modern Quilt Guild worked together to make a charity quilt. Members of the guild donated 12.5 x 12.5 blocks, using only solid fabrics. I collected all the blocks, made the top and back, helped two other guild members long-arm quilt it, and then I did the binding. The final size is a generous twin.
The quilt was donated to Artists Against Cancer, a non-profit organization to help those who work in the arts in their battles against cancer. Artists Against Cancer held a silent auction that December to raise money for our fellow quilter.
BTW, I love the tag I made for the back!!!
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For Bookcase Ideas, You can find many ideas on the topic bookcase, 9, Foot, and many more on the internet, but in the post of 9 Foot Bookcase we have tried to select the best visual idea about Bookcase Ideas You also can look for more ideas on Bookcase Ideas category apart from the topic 9 Foot Bookcase.
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Ensuring that young children benefit from their early learning experiences is essential to building a strong and productive society. Scientific research has established that if all children are to achieve their developmental potential, it is important to lay the foundation during the earliest years for lifelong health, learning, and positive behavior.
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Text, task, and talk are key components that work together to form the foundation for high-quality literacy development. These components help students build their knowledge about a topic and learn ways of reading, thinking through, writing about, and talking about complex ideas found in engaging texts.
Join us for a new professional development series focused on productive classroom talk, high-quality comprehension and robust vocabulary instruction in Texas early education classrooms. The three-part series of sessions, taken together, provides a deep professional learning experience where participants will grow both pedagogical and content knowledge.
This vocabulary and comprehension instruction is grounded in the work of Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, Linda Kucan, and Cheryl Sandora. Additionally, each session builds on research-based practices that focus on the role of classroom talk in supporting student thinking and learning. This research has shown that student thinking is made visible by providing opportunities for children to put their thoughts into words and that their thinking is made sharper by elaborating on and clarifying their ideas. Finally, student learning is advanced by hearing and reflecting on other students' ideas. We will dig into the role of Accountable Talk to understand ways in which teachers can create and foster talk-rich classrooms and how that talk supports student learning.
Texts that are effective for developing language and comprehension ability need to be conceptually challenging enough to require grappling with ideas and taking an active stance toward constructing meaning. The point is that young children can handle challenging content.
(Beck & McKeown, 2001)
This series will be expertly facilitated by IFL fellow and esteemed author, Dr. Cheryl Sandora. Sandora's research includes how best to support reading comprehension and vocabulary in elementary classrooms. She recently co-authored Illuminating Comprehension and Close Reading with Dr. Isabel Beck. As an English Language Arts fellow at the Institute for Learning, Sandora develops literacy curriculum and facilitates professional development for districts across the country.
Since 1995, the Institute for Learning has partnered with Texas school districts to work together in improving the education and achievement of all students — especially students of color and English learners. In fact, research has shown that IFL programs and materials not only increase student achievement, but also that English learners showed even larger gains than their native English-speaking classmates.
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Frequent opportunities to collaboratively process complex texts in the early grades help children learn how to approach such texts both as emergent readers and, later, as independent ones, thus contributing to their lifelong development as skilled readers.
(Hoffman, Teale, & Yokota, 2015)
Beck, I., & McKeown, M. (2001, September). Text talk: Capturing the benefits of read aloud experiences for young children. The Reading Teacher, 55(1), 10.
Hoffman, J., Teale, W. H., & Yokota, J. (2015, September). The book matters! Choosing complex narrative texts to support literary discussion. Retrieved January 2017, from NAEYC: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sep2015/book-matters
Phillips, D., Lipsey, M., Dodge, K., Haskins, R., Bassok, D., Burchinal, M., . . . Weiland, C. (2017). The current state of scientific knowledge on pre-kindergarten effects. Brookings Institution. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution.


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Rawai is a relatively tight-knit community where a lot of people frequent their 'local' rather than go bar hopping. This doesn't mean there isn't much choice of nightlife however, and the logistics of getting around in Rawai are much easier than most places.
Coconut Bar & Restaurant
A sports bar at the end of Rawai Beach with good food (both Thai and international) and a relaxed expat scene that's easy to fit into. Take in the sea views of this working beach from the upper floor during the day and the sports by night. Coconut serves breakfast.
- Opening Hours: 08:00 – late
- Location: Western end of Rawai Beach, diagonally opposite Baan Haad Rawai Seafood
Freedom Bar
On the right-hand side of the road is a large, orange fronted indoor/outdoor watering hole. This is Freedom Bar – a sometimes raucous sports bar with two pool tables, occasional live music, live televised football and more tattooes than Hamburg. The owner is a real card who loves to keep the place animated with his earthy humour. Big, loud and basic, 'urbane and sophisticated' Freedom is most definitely not.
- Opening Hours: Daily from 14:00 – 02:00
- Location: Opposite Nikita's on the Beach Road
If you follow Viset Road round the bend to the right at the sea, immediately to the left of the road is Rawai Beach. Rounding the corner at the bottom of the drag, you'll notice two bars diagonally opposite each other, but each with a diametrically different clientele. On the left (the only bar smack on Read More...
- Opening Hours: Daily from 14:00 – 02:00
- Location: On the Beach Road opposite Freedom Bar
Rainbow Bar
The erstwhile Normandie Bar, Rainbow is now in the hands of a savvy young Thai lady who makes sure that customers (mostly expats) keep on coming back by means of buffets, polite staff members, a pool table, TVs and reasonable prices.
- Opening Hours: 14:00 – late
- Location: Central Rawai Beach
Sunshine Bar
The most consistently packed bar in Rawai is the Sunshine Bar – also on the Beach Road. The owners are a great laugh and they're always encouraging patrons to join them behind the bar for their impromptu cabarets. The stiff shots they pour ensure that a few people are usually willing to take them up on that offer.
- Opening Hours: Daily from 14:00 – 02:00
- Location: On the Beach Road
North of Rawai Beach
Corner Bar and Jasmin Bar
These are, not to put a fine point on it, cathouses. With happy hour lasting all afternoon it's cheap enough to drink there and Corner Bar has a pool table, curry nights and occasional live music but the main function of these neighbouring bars is to encourage farang-Thai, male-female corporeal and financial interaction.
- Opening Hours: 12:00 – late
- Location: Corner of Vichit Road with Soi Saiyuan 1
Friendship Beach Waterfront Resort
Rawai officially begins at Chalong circle and halfway between Rawai and the circle, on a soileading down to the sea, is Friendship Beach. A long-established location for live music, Friendship underwent a radical transformation some years back when it morphed from a rundown hippy gathering place to a pleasant bungalow complex with a more-than-competent restaurant, a swimming pool and a snug and friendly open-sided bar with a view out across Chalong Bay. Read More...
- Opening Hours: Daily from 08:00 – 23:00
- Location: Soi Mittrapap, about five km south from the Chalong Traffic Circle. Look for the large blue sign on your left.
The Laguna Night Club
The biggest, noisiest, most rocking and labyrinth-like night venue in the south of the island, The Laguna Night Club consists of a warren of beer bars with a common sound system and one nightclub that everyone heads to after the bars close at 02:00. The collection of bars – Laguna Plaza – is a poorly disguised meat market but friendly enough for those who enjoy a little dance, pretty good snacks and socialising. Loud enough to drive the neighbours crazy, the place is surrounded by satellite businesses such as a kebab stand and snack outlets.
- Opening Hours: Bars open 17:00 – 02:00 Nightclub 01:00 – 05:30
- Location: Vichit Road 800 metres going north out of Rawai towards the Shell Museum
The Honey Lounge
The Honey Lounge serves breakfast, specialty coffee, and cocktails. Here, you can enjoy smoking a shisha pipe (hookah), while connected with free Wi-Fi. A pool tournament is organized every Wednesday night at 20:00 with a 250 baht entry fee. The winner takes the pot.
- Opening Hours: Daily 09:00 - 02:00
- Location: 50/8 B2 Sai Yuan Rd, Rawai, Phuket, Thailand


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Here are some questions I received in my Instagram DMs the other day...
The good news is, you don't need a lot of fancy equipment to start your podcast. In fact, when I started my podcast, I used the voice memo on my iPod to record episode and free software to edit (I still use free lol).
I suggest you start and make improvements as you move forward.
Here's what I use right now to get the job done....
What do you use to record episodes?
I use Skype and ecamm (to record interviews), Audacity (to record solo episodes), a Blue Yeti microphone, ZRAMO pop filter, and Sennheiser headphones.
What do you use to edit the podcast content?
I use Audacity to edit my episodes. It's a free software that you can download here.
What do you use to upload your content?
I use Libsyn to upload and host all my podcast episodes.
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Ideas´s Machine – By Garcia Brothers – Seville, Spain 2013 ©
When I met Miguel Rosado (MP Rosado) immediately gave me the freedom to be creative . It was really great to be a student of his at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Seville, Spain. In his class i wrote short stories as a short story of fiction aimed to Franz Kafka, among other short stories.
One day Miguel Rosado brought to class a handful of sea shells and he proposed us to make an intervention in the shells and defend the idea. So I invented " the idea machine " where of fictitiously defend their utility as if he really had.
This was the result.
Photo of the machine.
-Electromechanical component 12 x 15 cm, weight – 46 g
-Wiring 45-cm – 6 g
-Biological component 13 x 6 cm, weight – 12 g
Photo detail of the electromechanical component.
-Macro-memory (data of universe)
-Antenna for Ideas receiving
-Music box, alarm receiving ideas
-Adapter for conventional antenna inputs
-Power on, adaptable to any point from Mercury to Venus.
-Memory of forgotten ideas
-Indicator Light-telekinetic interferences that hinder the use of the apparatus
-Cell of Chaos
-Artificial intelligence-Chip
-Reality scrubbers Circuits
-Cell altering spatiotemporal
Photography of the adaptable wiring
-Dark Matter inside (to sharpen in the transmission of ideas)
This device, created after its invention, has been the cause of numerous confrontations between governments and object of desire for private collectors. Currently out of danger and is in possession of an anonymous artist.
Featured Story of this object:
– 1986 After the rumor that this object was the Chernobyl, the nuclear plant was declared in quarantine, some still continue to search.
– 2001 Two American Airlines aircraft collided against the World Trade Center with the aim of destroying the device.
– 2010 A new rumor that this invention was somewhere near of Tunisian, did begin the revolts.
– 2012 From a desk, an anonymous artist creates this device
-35,000 A.C. The same artist destroys it.
Also, here you have the link to:
Sketch Of Ideas´s Machine – By Garcia Brothers – 2013 ©
To MP Rosado, in gratitude for their magnificent classes.
The Brothers


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Alone at home, twelve-year-old Grayson Sender glows, immersed in beautiful thoughts and dreams. But at school, Grayson grasps at shadows, determined to fly under the radar. Because Grayson has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: "he" is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender's body.
The weight of this secret is crushing, but leaving it behind would mean facing ridicule, scorn, and rejection. Despite these dangers, Grayson's true self itches to break free. Strengthened by an unexpected friendship and a caring teacher who gives her a chance to step into the spotlight, Grayson might finally have the tools to let her inner light shine.
Debut author Ami Polonsky's moving, beautifully-written novel shines with the strength of a young person's spirit and the enduring power of acceptance.
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4th of July Festival
One of the most notable community events is the annual 4th of July Celebration which includes a parade, festival in the park and a fireworks show over the lake at Independence Point. Praised as being one of the most spectacular fireworks display in the Northwest, the event is funded entirely by the CDA Chamber through sponsorship's, member businesses and citizens donations.
The festivities begin with a parade down Sherman Avenue from 15th Street and ends at Government Way. Crowds move toward City Park for activities, live music and food vendors while waiting for the fireworks display at dusk.
The theme for our 2019 parade is "Old-Fashioned, American Fun".


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Ronald O. Perelman/
NET WORTH: $9.5 billion
SOURCE OF WEALTH: MacAndrews & Forbes, Revlon
FUNDING AREAS: Health, Education, Jewish Causes, Arts & Culture, NYC Community
OVERVIEW: Ronald O. Perelman is probably best known as the owner of Revlon, but he has made significant investments in a variety of companies and industries through his holding company MacAndrews & Forbes. For more than 20 years, he has been at the forefront of philanthropy, particularly when it comes to funding cancer research and treatment.
BACKGROUND: Ronald Perelman learned much about investing in businesses from his father, in whose footsteps he followed, attending the Wharton School at Penn. He made his first million-dollar deal while still in college, partnering with his father. After working under his father for more than a decade after graduating college, he struck out on his own in 1978, first acquiring Hatfield Jewelers, and soon after a distributor of licorice extract and chocolate called MacAndrews & Forbes. MacAndrews & Forbes was eventually transformed into his holding company, and in 1985 made a successful play for Revlon.
HEALTH: Perelman has been a long-time champion for cancer research, partnering with the Entertainment Industry Foundation in 1993 to create the Revlon Run/Walk for Women, and founding the Revlon/UCLA Women's Cancer Research Program in 1994 for research into the causes and treatment of breast and ovarian cancer. The Run/Walks have raised more than $50 million for women's cancer research, and counseling and outreach programs nationwide. Perelman himself has made significant contributions to the organization as well, helping among other things to bring to market a drug that successfully treats the most aggressive forms of breast cancer more effectively than anything previously available.
Perelman's other major contributions to medical organizations include more than $50 million to the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center to create the Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine, lead funding for the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at NYU Medical Center, and donations to Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. He also gave $500,000 recently to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 2014.
EDUCATION: In 2013, Perelman pledged $25 million to establish the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics at his alma mater Penn, and $100 million to the Columbia Business School in New York, where he has been on the board since 1994, to develop a new center to train future business leaders and promote innovation. Add this to the Ronald Perelman Institute for Jewish Studies at Princeton, and about half of the schools in the Ivy League have something named after Perelman. On a smaller scale, Perelman also donates to a number of K-12 schools in the New York area, generally with grants ranging from $10,000 - $100,000, and has endowed higher education as well, primarily in places to which he has personal ties, such as Temple University in Philadelphia.
ARTS & CULTURE: When Perelman makes donations to arts and culture institutions, they tend to be large donations to well-known groups. As an avid art collector, in June 2016 he announced a $75 million donation to construct a performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan. He has contributed more than tens of millions to Carnegie Hall, including a single donation of $20 million, resulting in the main auditorium being named in his honor, and sat on the board there until early 2016. He also made a $20 million donation to the Guggenheim Museum, and hosted benefits for the Apollo Theatre, helping raise more than $2.5 million. He has also contributed more than $2.5 million to Ford's Theatre in Washington, where he sits on the board of directors, including an emergency contribution that helped the theater continue to operate during the government shutdown. Perelman also recently gave a $3 million gift to Alvin Ailey Dance Theater towards its capital campaign.
JEWISH CAUSES: Perelman's Jewish heritage is important to him, and he has long been a significant contributor to organizations that advance and preserve that heritage. Most notably, he donated $4.7 million to Princeton to fund the Ronald Perelman Institute for Jewish Studies, and has made numerous significant contributions to a Machne Israel of Chabad Lubavitch, which is dedicated to "the growth of Jewish life and the greater vision of Jewish continuity."
NYC COMMUNITY: Many of Perelman's smaller donations support community organizations in and around his home in New York City, where the majority of his focus is on youth development. He serves on the board of the Police Athletic League of New York City, for which he has raised millions of dollars, and which provides a wide range of programs for inner-city kids. He also contributed $5 million to the World Trade Center Memorial Fund, and smaller donations to New York-based organizations such as Boy Scouts of New York, Boys Club of New York, Outward Bound NYC, and the Youth Renewal Fund. Outside New York, he has supported community-building organizations such as the NAACP and Big Brothers Big Sisters.
LOOKING FORWARD: Perelman continues to be a significant force in philanthropy, and seems to be upping his contributions since signing the giving pledge. With a large number of existing major philanthropic commitments, it is more likely that he will continue his current giving patterns. There may be opportunities for the right organizations however, particularly in youth development, financial education, and health initiatives.


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Sega is venturing into uncharted territory with their latest gaming project (no Naughty Dog). According to Akihabara News, the Japanese company is giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "pissed off" with Toylets, a hardware system that utilizes your—uh, let's call it "flow"—to play a variety of games.
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Manneken Pis: Translates the pressure of your stream into how much urine you actually excreted. Not sure who would want to know this, but we guess it could make for a fun bar game.
Graffiti Eraser: Spray to remove graffiti. What? Graf ain't a game, son! It's an ARTFORM. #hiphoppurist
The North Wind and Her: Your urine controls a burst of wind that attempts to blow a dress off a girl. The harder you blow, the more she'll show. Or, if you're a '90s rapper: the more power you (have), the more power-U!
Milk from Nose: A faux-sumo game in which two characters blow milk out of their noses to push the other out of the ring. If you have a stronger stream than the guy who used the urinal before, you then you win. Kinda weird—but who are we to judge?
The bad news—assuming you can't wait to become a pee jockey—is that Toylets is only slated for a few bathrooms in Tokyo right now. But once these hit the States, we'll be first in line. We also have a few more games in mind that we think could be adapted without even changing the name:
WarioLand: Shake It!
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But then I saw this palette and decided I really really wanted it. Soft as butter eyeshadows, gorgeous colours, turquoise is one of my favourites, so what's not to like? Erm, it costs £62. Gulp. I thought about getting it in Harrods on their 10% off day, but still, £56. As luck would have it though, I saw it on eBay and after missing out on one auction I managed to get this for £36. Score!
Is it worth £62? I honestly couldn't say that it is. The eyeshadows are lovely, very soft and buttery, they last pretty well and the colours are gorgeous. But they are not in any way unique and while the quality of the shadows is great, I'm sure I have some Accessorize eyeshadows that are very similar and cost something like £6. Obviously you are paying for the brand as much as anything, and it does look and feel very luxurious, but I cannot recommend, hand on heart, that you absolutely must go and buy this for £62. It was a good buy for £36 though and I'm happy I got it.You get 6 g for your money which is okay, but not that much (eg. Guerlain quads are 7.2 g and cost £37).
Do you own and Tom Ford products? Anything you would recommend? Would you spend £62 on a palette? Let me know what you think in the comments!
See more pictures including swatches and a look I created with this palette after the jump!
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This makes sense to me as well. The act of eating is social and removes one from the immediacy of the situation being mitigated. Rather than focusing on the problem at hand as a problem - there is a greater chance that participants will see their rivals as people. In this case, people who like ribs.
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They say the best things in life are free and Windows Live Writer, the wonderful blog editing software from Microsoft, definitely proves that saying.
The software is available for Windows Vista and XP only but you may run Writer on a Mac as well via VMWare Fusion. Not sure about Linux support though.
Now if you are a Windows Live Writer fan already, let's explore some simple hacks and tools that will make you even more efficient with Windows Writer.
1. Insert Screenshot Images
You don't need a third-party screen capture program to insert regular screenshots in your blog articles. Minimize Windows Live Writer, press Print-Screen and then paste that image from Clipboard into WLW using Ctrl+V. You can also crop and scale the screenshot in Writer itself before publishing.
2. Backup Windows Live Writer Settings & Drafts
If you are moving data across computers and like to make a copy of all your Live Writer settings and draft posts, get this Live Writer Backup utility. You can also move drafts manually.
3. Improve the speed of Live Preview
The live preview feature in WLW provides a good idea about how your stuff will look once it gets published online. The problem is that Writer downloads your blog homepage for creating a local preview template and thus you always see more than one post in the preview tab.
The fix is simple – change your blog default settings to show just one post on the main page. Then refresh the theme in Windows Live Writer and once that's done, switch to the original setting of 'n' posts on the main page.
4. Quickly Spread the Word
If you want FeedBurner and Blog Search engines to pick articles as soon as you hit publish, go to Tools – > Options – > Ping Servers and copy-paste this list of URLs:
http://ping.feedburner.google.com/ http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 http://www.bloglines.com/ping
5. Search Your Windows Live Writer Drafts
You were writing an article on productivity last week but had to abandon it half-way because something urgent turned up. Now you want to resume that story but where's the draft?
Luckily you can add the wpost filter to Windows Desktop search and finding drafts becomes as simple as searching a text document.
6. Windows Live Writer Dictionary
While terms like Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, etc. are common jargon, most word processing software (Writer included) are not smart enough yet to recognize them correctly.
If you like to avoid seeing that red line under such common terms, simply open your Live Writer dictionary and copy the words in bulk.
7. Autolinking in Windows Live Writer
If you frequently link to certain web pages from your blog articles, always use autolinks as you'll save lot of time. So the moment you type Live Writer in your blog article, that phrase will automatically link to the homepage of Live Writer.
8. Upload files to Amazon S3
If you are hosting images on Amazon S3, the S3 Explorer plugin may come handy. It's an S3 uploading tool with a visual GUI that is invoked from within Live Writer but you may use it to upload any binary file including documents, executables, MP3s or images.
9. Variables in Windows Live Writer
This is for geeks. Using Dymanic Templates, you can do lot of cool stuff in Live Writer like insert the current date in your article with a click, let user input data, convert text selection into HTML and more.
10. Favorite Windows Live Writer Plugins
The old list of Live Writer plugins is slightly outdated as lot of functionality is now built-in plus so here's a fresh list of favorites.
a. Zemanta – This lets you find images related to content that you are currently composing in Live Writer. (see Zemanta review)
b. Twitter – Notify your twitter followers as soon as you publish a new blog post.
c. TinyMCE – This a more powerful HTML editor for Windows Live Writer with a WYSIWYG interface.
d. Source Code – This plugin lets you insert source code with syntax highlighting – see example.
Also see: Get Productive with Windows Live Writer


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- Massachusetts Academy, Massachusetts
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later, especially with the way things had been headed. First it was Sean and his drinking, and then it was Monet, running into the room (and interrupting a good episode of Iron Chef) to inform the team that Emma had been acting strangely.
Tell them something they didn't already know, M.
But things just seemed to spiral from there. It was when Monet mentioned that she was pretty sure the cop that Emma had mind-zapped in her office was really hurt, when she added that he'd been investigating just what had happened to Adrienne's money, that Jono had started thinking.
And later that evening, he found himself sitting on his bed cross-legged, staring again at the sheets of paper with Xavier letterhead, and trying to come to come to terms with what they said.
Leave it to Jubes to interrupt. With a kick to his door, no less, that sent Joni skittering wildly under the bed with a start.
"Wei!" And the requisite slamming of the door against the wall. "Jonothon Starsmore! I hear your kung fu is most strong!"
Jono turned to face her, wide eyed, as she struck a pose that he imagined she'd pulled straight out of some poorly translated Chinese import film.
//Whoa! Don't you ever knock?//
Really, in this place, Jono should have known better than to think that any of his classmates might. Jubilee and Angelo, particularly. And either of them ever minding their own business on top of that? Not bloody likely.
"Hey, I recognize that! That letterhead, it's from Xavier's!"
//Shut up, Jubilee!// Jono scrambled to gather up the pages from where they were spread out over his bed. If the girl yelled any louder, they'd have the whole bloody state in his room to investigate in no time.
"Relax, Jono. What's the problem? So someone at Xavier's sent you a letter. Big deal. Logan writes me sometimes." And with that, she flopped down on his bed, a smile on her face as she prepared to get doubly nosy. "So who's it from, anyway?"
//From Xavier himself, actually,// Jono mumbled, scooting over to the far side of the bed. He was met with what he could only speculate was some kind of kung fu fist smash to the side of the head for his efforts, and Jubilee snatching the papers from his hands while he was still reeling.
"Shut up! Xavier wrote to you? Lemmie read!" And somehow, as was the Jubilee way, she was making it especially difficult for Jonothon to get the letter back. It possibly had something to do with the hand she'd planted on his face, and the foot on the chest. Flexible one, that Lee. "Wow. Wow, Jono. I don't believe this. Hell yeah! Jono's gonna be an X-Man!" And then she was jumping on his bloody bed. "Jono's gonna be an X-Man! This is so cool!"
Jono was less than thrilled now, furrowing his eyebrows as he gathered up the pages of the letter, drifting to the floor as Jubilee mutilated his bed, and sent Joni scurrying back out from under it all over again.
At least the jumping only lasted a moment, and then Lee was sitting down again. The girl had keen enough powers of observation as well, at least.
"Hey what's wrong, man? You should be thrilled! I know I would be. What an honor!" Silence hung thick in the air between them as Jono closed his eyes, keeping his back to her while his grasp tightened on the paper again. "Hey Jono? Don't you wanna go?"
//Yes,// he admitted, after a moment. //I do.//
"Then what's the problem? You know, I did my time with the X-Men, and for the longest time I wanted to rejoin. I wanted it so bad. But now I know that even though I want other stuff now, being an X-Man is one of the coolest things ever! If you are feeling like you aren't ready, like you can't handle it or something, or guilty that they picked you and not Paige or M or something, don't. Xavier's a smart guy. He picked you for a reason." And now Jubilee was sticking a finger in Jono's face, hovering over his shoulder and talking loudly right into his ear. "So stop being a baby and just accept already, or I'll kick your butt, you hear?"
Silence again. And then the faintest pull of a smile around the corners of Jono's eyes.
//I already did, actually. I was just waiting for the right time to tell you all.//
The fake kung fu match that followed Jubilee's indignant shriek was one that would go down in Massachusetts Academy history, indeed.
The rest of the evening went about as well as could be expected. Once Jubilee got hold of news, all the other students got hold of it, and soon she was waving her arms about in the common area of the dorms, prattling on about real uniforms, and the groupies that hung out at the front gate.
What he didn't see coming was Paige throwing herself into a snit, pointing out a lot of major flaws in the way the Academy was currently running. Not the least of which was the fact that most of the team had been at the school for years, and even though Jono had found his way out, none of the rest of them were any closer to graduating. Assuming, of course, they ever would graduate.
And then Angelo pointed out the deteriorating freakshow with Emma and Sean. Monet was quick to back him up on that point, too. Conversation between the other students continued in a bit of a spiral, and before Jono knew it, he was watching his classmates talking about leaving, about breaking up the team. Paige wanted to head up North to help out with some protest against a clear-cutting oil corporation, or something of the sort. Monet wanted to head back home. Massachusetts life was too boring for the likes of her. Angelo and Jubilee would be heading to Los Angeles together, to sort out where they wanted to go with their respective lives.
The lot of them agreed to tell Emma and Sean together, as a group. After all, for as messed up as the headmaster and headmistress were, they at least deserved some sort of warning that all of their students were up and leaving them at once. Sean took the news well enough. He'd been expecting something like this for a while, in fact, and they parted on good enough terms. Hell, even Jono took part in the group hug. Emma, meanwhile...
Jubilee was good enough to ask Sean to tell Emma for them. Any Emma that would thoughtlessly lobotomise a cop was an Emma that none of the students really wanted to deal with.
And then that was that. Jonothon had a train to catch, and so he was the first one who was going to be leaving the school. And standing there, listening to the others talk about how hard it was going to be, all going their separate ways, he was even the one to solicit one final group hug. There were tearful farewells (from Paige) and promises to write (from himself), and then he was loading himself into the cab that would take him to the train station.
And Jono was about halfway there before he really let himself get to thinking. Thinking, and, in true Jono fashion, second-guessing everything that he was about to do.
He wasn't entirely certain what it was that convinced him to re-think his destination and to tell the cab driver to change his course. Maybe it was a handful of nightmare glances into his own future, seeing different fragments courtesy of Fandom that he just wasn't ready to fling himself into quite yet. Or maybe it was the spectacular failure of the final months of the Massachusetts Academy as a mutant training facility, leaving him with a bitter taste where his mouth would have otherwise been. Or maybe he just needed a break before throwing himself at it all.
Whatever it was, as the taxi pulled up to the airport, he pulled out his phone and sent a text message to a handful of his friends back on Fandom Island. Thank goodness, his phone from the island still managed to connect between now and wherever and whenever the Island had headed to.
Moving to London. Everything's fine. Just need some time to think before pulling on more tights.
There. That ought to do it. Now to see what sorts of flights they had available on standby, and to go back home.
[NFB for distance, and most of this was cribbed shamelessly from Generation X #75. Open for return texts while Jono waits in an airport, so that I can shamelessly toss him at some of his X-Men canon later! Whee!]
2011-07-08 12:50 am (UTC) (Link)
There was a pause, and then Jono was practically smirking as he sent another message.
Or else I could just show up to see them in person.
2011-07-08 12:56 am (UTC) (Link)
She didn't mean it that way.
2011-07-08 01:05 am (UTC) (Link)
I love you, Sunshine. I miss you. I might have to pay you a visit, once I'm settled in London again. Not just for the tights, of course.
2011-07-08 01:23 am (UTC) (Link)
It made a certain amount of sense in her head.
If you are able to let me know when, I can get a room in the hotel. Though I understand that with time moving differently it is hard to determine what the date will be here.
2011-07-08 01:33 am (UTC) (Link)
He still wasn't entirely certain how he was going to go about getting a place in London, but he'd figure out as much once he got there. Employment, too. It couldn't be all that difficult to find work, right?
... Right?
2011-07-08 02:14 am (UTC) (Link)
She flopped down on her bed as she typed. And we are back in the dorms now. The cabins are comfortable, but I prefer the privacy of just one roommate rather than an entire cabin full of people.
2011-07-08 02:29 am (UTC) (Link)
Fond memories of the campfire, oh yes.
2011-07-08 03:09 am (UTC) (Link)
And talking of living arrangements made her think to ask, Where will you be living while you are in London?
[Sorry I'm so slow tonight! I'm headachey. :( ]
2011-07-08 03:15 am (UTC) (Link)
I actually haven't thought that far ahead. I'll figure out something, anyhow. It isn't as though I don't know my way around the city, after all. I'll let you know when I've found a place to stay, how does that sound?
See? That was almost like a plan, right there. Kind of. If you squinted.
He was totally pulling this out of his ass.
[No worries! I'm actually about to head to bed, anyhow. SP is still love. <3]
2011-07-08 03:34 am (UTC) (Link)
Raven had to pause and read that text over again, trying to decide if she should be worried. She knew he knew his way around London, and surely he wouldn't do anything foolish...right? Right? And there were plenty of hotels if he needed a temporary place to stay.
And if you are unable to come here, perhaps I can come visit you. I enjoyed London during our last visit there and would not mind seeing it again.
There. Now he had the threat of her coming to check on him to motivate himself.
[Yay SP! <3 ]
2011-07-08 03:40 am (UTC) (Link)
That's entirely possible, too. Finding a place won't be difficult at all, at least.
Commence panic. What the hell was he thinking?
2011-07-08 04:03 am (UTC) (Link)
I am certain you will find some place nice. As you said, you are familiar with the area.
But if you encounter any problems, you will let me know so I can help?
She was making sad eyes at the phone, Jono. Sad eyes.
2011-07-08 10:22 pm (UTC) (Link)
But Jono was also a big squishy pushover.
You'll be the first I let know if push comes to shove, Sunshine. I'm sure it won't be so bad, though.
Ah, false optimism. Jono was already trying to think of all of the cheapest hostels and scummiest hotels in the city, so that at least he wouldn't be sleeping behind some skip in a filthy alley.
His ideas this evening just kept on getting better and better.
2011-07-09 03:25 pm (UTC) (Link)
As long as you are safe and happy I will try not to worry.
2011-07-09 03:44 pm (UTC) (Link)
He was aiming to, at least. You know. If he ever found a place to settle in.


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Each weeknight at 11:35pm ET/PT on ABC, host Jimmy Kimmel opens with a monologue, interviews celebrities, presents comedy bits and welcomes musical acts to his studio at Disney's El Capitan Theater, which is located on Hollywood Boulevard in the heart of the Walk of Fame. Some of Kimmel's most popular comedy bits include: Mean Tweets; Lie Witness News; Jimmy's Twerk Fail Prank; Unnecessary Censorship; YouTube Challenge; The Baby Bachelor; Movie: The Movie; Handsome Men's Club; Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective; and music video parodies like "I (Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" and a Blurred Lines parody with Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Jimmy and his security guard Guillermo. Plus, Kimmel sometimes takes over Hollywood Blvd., creating a concert experience for fans for acts like Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Jay-Z, Depeche Mode and Justin Timberlake.
Following the premiere of a new season of THE BACHELOR, ABC debuted "Here for the Right Reasons," a JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE special at 10pm ET/PT on Monday, January 2, 2017. During this BACHELOR-themed primetime special, superfan Jimmy Kimmel reacts to the season premiere, reveals never-before-seen footage of THE BACHELOR, picks his final four, and much more.
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Phablets have become the go-to mobile media device for consumers. Over the past year, phablet usage growth over-indexed significantly compared to usage growth for all other devices, particularly when looking at usage of media-centric apps.
- Among sports apps, usage on phablets increased 158% year-over-year (YoY) compared to just 30% YoY growth in sports app usage for all other devices.
- In news and magazine apps, usage on phablets increased 144% YoY while growth in news and magazine app usage for all other devices was just 53% YoY.
- For music, media, and entertainment apps, usage grew about 103% YoY on phablets compared to just 29% YoY growth for all other devices.
- Phablet usage overall is skyrocketing compared to usage on other devices. Usage growth on phablets across all app categories was 148% YoY. Compared to just 38% YoY usage growth for medium phones, and 14% YoY growth for small tablets. Usage on small phones and full-size tablets actually declined over the past year.
It's not just that existing phablet users are taking to their phones at a much higher rate. Rather, the growing presence of phablets in the mobile ecosystem is creating higher engagement. The launch of the iPhone 6 Plus last September, the sustained prevalence of the Samsung Galaxy series, and growth in popular low-cost phablet devices from Chinese vendor have all contributed to the phablet's rise.
This research post originally on BI Intelligence. To read more of my research on payments and digital banking, please sign-up for a trial subscription at intelligence.businessinsider.com.


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I love a lot of things that I will pay my hard earned money for. These days to be honest, it seems that hard earned money goes to more things my kids love actually. But anyway, in general if I want something I enjoy, I buy it. We are not talking necessities like food and clothing, although my meal doesn't have to be shrimp, nor my shoes Nike, but they often are. We pay for the things we need and the things we want if we have the money. Unless of course, it happens to be a song we like. In that case, people don't want to pay for shit!
Today I will address the cheapskates that think it is okay to love something so much that you can't fathom life without it, yet won't pay the price to enjoy it. Before I offer these people up to the music Gods for sacrifice, I must first make it clear how horrible life would be without music. This won't be hard, all you have to do is imagine every movie, most TV shows, music websites, sporting events, commercials, clubs, and iPod in the world just up and disappeared. While you ponder that nightmare, allow me to get on with my point.
Music has become so devalued at this point in general because it has become easier to create and steal. Once an item can be created for less cost, and effectively mass produced at a high rate that is normal. All genres of music have had to adapt to the digital age and how it affects sales, marketing and more. But the difference in HIP HOP music is that not only do you have to deal with change in technology, you have to deal with the mindset of a target audience that has more than likely been trained from birth to "get it for the low".
Now you see where I'm going with this don't you? Yes that's right, I will say it real simple so it does not go over your head: HIP HOP "FANS" DON'T WANNA PAY FOR MUSIC. It had to be said people, don't shoot the messenger. We created a billion dollar industry out of an art form, raised it up from the streets and turned it into the number one genre of music. We did that because when it popped off, we loved it so much. As fans, we had to have it like those new pair of sneakers. We would come up on some money, hit the mall to hit the record store and to cop our latest jam along with those new J's. Those were the days of old.
But, as it goes in the hood with our people, no matter how much we love something, cash rules everything. We love to claim Black Lives Matter and we slaughter each other over money and streets we don't own. But, I will digress on that point for now. But as it stands, the less you spend the better and music is no exception. We praise and idolize our favorite music artist like we do our favorite athlete, but we don't treat their talent with the same level of respect. We know we can't jump like Jordan, or run a 4 second 40 yard dash, but for some reason, a lot of people think they can be a rapper.
Let me be clear and frank: as of late the music that has been in the forefront of HIP HOP specifically and on FM radio, I can't say that I blame people for not wanting to buy a lot of it. Seriously, I thought one of the new "hot" songs on the radio today was a spoof when I heard it. But, even if a song is wack, for the ones who actually do LIKE it, that still won't make them PAY FOR IT. The psyche of the average urban music fan is "I'm trying to get it for free or cheap". It doesn't matter if it's music, or buying food stamps at half price to double their groceries.
Far be it from me to tell people how to spend their money, but this blog is about what a real fan is. Country music artist don't have this issue as much, neither does pop, rock, jazz and so forth. There is a different mindset in general of the FAN of those genres, a higher level of respect for it as an art form. I won't act like they don't have piracy issues like any other form of digital music, but it's far less. Their CD's are just as easy to jack and steal online, but urban music is pirated at 20 times the rate of their music.
It's the target audience, the CONSUMER that is different. An urban music fan can LOVE an artist, and they may even support them by attending a show at the local club. But paying store prices for the album, or .99 cent to download the single? Um…NO, they will get it from the flea market. Sad truth of it all, in Hip Hop especially we sensationalize and give props to illegal activity. Our target audience is a group of people who make heroes out of dope boys, strippers and gang leaders. So to honestly expect those same people not to steal your product is on the verge of INSANITY.
This goes deeper then skin color of course. It really is an economical issue at the end of the day. Urban music fans tend to be young, broke or a combination of the two. At the very least they may come from a low income family or background. This does not mean that they are "bad people". It just means there is a mindset that comes along with those economic conditions that makes you tend to care less about respecting music as an art, let alone piracy laws. Fueling the flames of this rationale is the fact so many Hip Hop artist give their music away online, or allow a DJ to openly pirate their music. To them this is some form of sick promotional game that is required to build up their "fan" base. Sounds crazy when I say it like that huh?
So, before I go I just want to say that personally I appreciate every true fan and supporter of Hip Hop. It's not many but we have take what we can get. But as a fan and supporter, I HOPE that you would BUY an artists product if you can afford it. Every urban music artist has some way you can hear thier music for free that they authorize and promote like streaming sites and such. And much like those favorite shoes you saved up and bought, save up and buy the MUSIC you love too. I know I'm talking real crazy now huh? I thought you said you were a FAN though?
-BLIZM (Program Director, K-100 Radio)