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Torque (Neck Ring), ca. 600 b.c.; Late Bronze Age
Copper alloy
Copper alloy
Diam. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Purchase, Nathaniel Spear Jr. Gift, 1987 (1987.395)
The design of this torque is deceptive. It appears to be wrapped with a wide, flat wire that changes direction six times. In fact, the complex pattern has been cut into the metal. Although it is not known where this object was found, torques such as this have been discovered in peat bogs where it is thought that they were cast as offerings to a god or goddess or as symbols of thanksgiving.
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An additive function $f(n)$ is said to be totally/completely additive if
$$f(ab) = f(a) + f(b)$$
holds for all positive integers $a$ and $b$.
Additionally, if $f$ is a totally/completely additive function, then $f(1) = 0$.
On the other hand, a multiplicative function $g(n)$ is said to be totally/completely multiplicative if
$$g(ab) = g(a)g(b)$$
holds for all positive integers $a$ and $b$.
Additionally, if g is a totally/completely multiplicative function, then $g(1) = 1$.
So now suppose there is a function $h(n)$ such that
$$h(n) = \frac{1}{2}[f(n) + g(n)]$$
where $f$ is totally additive and $g$ is totally multiplicative. (I removed the erroneous assumption on the function $h(n)$, thank you Gerry for pointing that out!)
$$h(1) = \frac{1}{2}(f(1) + g(1)) = \frac{1}{2}$$
Now, let
$$i(n) = h(n + 1)$$
so that
$$i(0) = h(1) = \frac{1}{2}$$
My question is:
How do we then characterize such number-theoretic functions $i(n)$?


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Plaque to honor Clark County's fallen police dogs
Originally published November 30, 2012 at 10 a.m., updated November 30, 2012 at 5:33 p.m.
The Vancouver Police Department will honor fallen Clark County K-9 members 3 p.m. Wednesday at Vancouver's East Precinct, 529 S.E. 155th Ave.
The department will present a stone and bronze plaque that will be permanently placed at the precinct with the K-9 Dakota sculpture inside the lobby. Members of the K-9 unit will be present.
Jean Morris of iQ Credit Union led the fundraising effort to purchase the plaque, which was made by Vancouver Granite.
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This group is being created to meet other Pakistani professionals (and friends of) in Chicago and surrounding suburbs in an informal, social setting. Our primary focus will be to network, discuss culture (language, music, politics, etc.), make new friends and contacts. We hope this group can help each individual in their personal and professional domain. This group is not affiliated with any religious or political party. Anyone and everyone is welcome even if you don't have any ties with Pakista …
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This is a meetup group for desi film/movie lovers from any culture or background. Although the primary focus will be on Hindi ("Bollywood") movies, we can change things up once in a while up with movies in other languages (Malyalam, Urdu, Tamil, etc.). We'd like to start with simple Movie outings and maybe some Dinner + Movie nights. These could be at theaters or at someone's place (it would have to be for movies that aren't newly released). However, we'd like to expand into more creative ones s …
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Cuisine...Boost kids' nutrition with sweet potato recipes they'll love
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It may not be as hard as you think to get kids to eat more veggies. Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet and delicious, so you don't have to disguise them and trick your kids into enjoying healthier foods.
Sweet potatoes, sometimes called yams, are loaded with nutrition:
•Sweet potatoes have more vitamin A than any other vegetable. Vitamin A is necessary for strong tissues and maintaining a healthy immune system.
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MARCH 3—First Baptist Penn Hills, 7450 Chadwick St., Penn Hills, will host "40 Days of Worship" at 7 p.m. This event is a time of reflection and preparation for Easter Sunday. The guest will be Pastor Robert Tedder of Union Baptist in Swissvale. For more information, call 412-371-5335.
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The inclement weather didn't keep more than 200 from celebrating Valentine's Day with the men of the Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund for the 19th annual KSEF Valentine's Day Scholarship Ball at the Edgewood County Club Feb. 13.
This year's theme was "My Funny Valentine" and comedian David "The Frog" Bey put the funny into the evening with a set that made the whole room laugh.
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The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh hosted their 25th Annual Urban League Sunday at Pentecostal Temple COGIC, in East Liberty, Feb. 21. The keynote speaker was Rev. Dr. Harold Carter Sr. of New Shiloh Baptist in Baltimore.
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text: Technical Abstract: The potato cultivar 'Defender' is high-yielding, white-skinned, and notable for having foliar and tuber resistance to late blight infection caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary. It was released in 2004 by the USDA-ARS and the Agricultural Experiment Stations of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Defender is suitable for processing into French fries and other frozen potato products directly from the field or from storage. Defender also may be used for fresh markets in regions such as California, where cultivars with long tubers and white skin are traditionally grown. Resistances to late blight and other potato diseases make Defender an ideal candidate for organic potato production. Defender consistently produced greater total and U.S. No. 1 yields than 'Russet Burbank' in Idaho trials. In early harvest trials conducted in the western U.S., average total yields of Defender were 17% and 23% greater than yields for Ranger Russet and Shepody, respectively. In full-season trials conducted in the western U.S., Defender averaged 10% and 15% higher yields than Ranger Russet and Russet Burbank, respectively. Specific gravity of Defender is consistently high, with values comparable to those of Ranger Russet; ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) levels are also high in the tubers. In addition to late blight, Defender also is resistant to tuber early blight [Alternaria solani, (Ellis & G. Martin), L.R. Jones & Grout], potato virus X, and net necrosis; it has moderate levels of resistance to Verticillium wilt (Verticillium dahliae, Kleb), pink rot, foliar early blight, corky ringspot, and Erwinia soft rot. Defender is susceptible to scab (common and powdery) and potato leafroll virus; it has moderate susceptibility to dry rot (Fusarium spp.) and potato virus Y. Susceptibilities to internal necrosis, tuber greening, and blackspot bruise also have been noted, but may be minimized through cultural and harvest practices.


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I saw this one last week at the grocery store, and passed it by. It was still there this week, and I decided to take it home in spite of the ugly pot and glued rocks. I see a Portulaca Afra, Jade and the other plant, which I don't know the name of. I hope the jade is Crosby's compact, but I don't know how to tell. I'm working on removing the rocks. I read to get them moist and pry them off. I tried a spray bottle, but I don't want to soak the soil. Goodness knows what I'll find under those rocks. |
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I spritzed the rocks, waited a bit and then pried them off with a chopstick. It was much easier than the last time I tried it. The soil in the pot was nice and dry, a good surprise. I got six portulaca afra and 4 jades. I haven't cleaned up the roots yet - that's my next step. I have to scrounge up some pots, I think I have a 6" shallow oval clay pot and two 4" clay pots. Otherwise I'll have to go with 2 1/2" plastic pots. Lennie |
close up of the jade plants. They look a bit raggedy, but not rotting. I should be able to save them. |
- Posted by rosemariero6 z10 /ss24 So. Calif. (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 13:30
Good for you, rescuing that poor pot of plants, Lennie!! =) I brought home a couple recently & had the same fun you did prying off the derned glued rocks. As for the ID of your plants, a bit of a tweak on your name...it's Portulacaria afra. The Crassula does not look like 'Crosby's Compact' to me, but rather C. ovata, and from the looks of it, maybe even 'Hummel's Sunset'. Time will tell ~if it colors up, changes ~post pix again! The grey plant looks like an Echeveria. Blooms will help get an accurate ID on its species name. Congrats on your successful surgery! High five!! |
- Posted by FrugalFanny 4 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 18:17
Nice babies! The jades look similar to one I got recently, which is a 'Hummel's Sunset', so I have to agree with Rosemarie on that one. |
Thanks for the corrected plant names, Rosemarie. I knew half of it but didn't check my notes for the precise thing. And thanks for the picture of 'Hummel's Sunset' FrugalFanny. Mine do have some color, but the camera's flash made them look plain. The jade leaves are a little wrinkled, but I'm waiting to water until they get settled. The p. afra look good, one of them has a very nice trunk. I put that one in his own pot, then put the other 5 p. afra back in the planter. I hope someday they resemble a bonsai forest. Right now they just look like sticks. |
- Posted by madabouteu 8A - central Alabama (My Page) on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 21:41
I use a screwdriver to remove the glued stuff ( I would like to use another word, but I better not!) and then I repot,using my own succulent soil - that soil that comes in those planters is no good! The screwdriver is so much faster... |
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Good news and bad news about this signing. The good news, this almost assures that the Redskins will be bringing Fred Davis back for the 2013 season. The bad news, did Cleveland like the potential of having Kellen better than Fred? The tight end position figures to be prominent in new Browns coach Rob Chudzinski's offense. New Offensive Coordinator Norv Turner is reportedly excited about the potential Jordan Cameron brings to the offense.
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New MKE Music: Pizzle, Kid Millions, Logic & Raze and Signif
In anticipation of his new INSOMNIA 2 project, the first full-length offering of the new year from Milwaukee-bred hip-hop artist Pizzle, he decided to release the track "Tennis Shoes," produced by AO Beats. Even though this won't appear on INSOMNIA 2, if this is any indication of the album, we are in store for something good.
Got this unexected surprise in my inbox the other day from the homie Kid Millions, and you should hit play right now. If that beat doesn't get you up, I don't know what will. Produced by Sage Schwarm, "Lift Off" is exactly what funk in the year 2050 should sound like. I don't know if this is in preparation for an upcoming project, but it needs to be.
Yes, I know Christmas was weeks ago, but who doesn't like free stuff year round. Logic & Raze released their free six-song EP "MFXMAS" a few weeks ago that included their 2012 releases and a couple tracks that you'll hear on their upcoming album. Download it now for free and make sure you put "Knock Em Out" on repeat like I just did.
Riding the release of her latest album "Significant Wizdom II: Atypical," Signif releases her second single "Bite My Head Off." Taking a snippet from recent protests as the intro for the track, Signif then hits home about what she is about and where she is going.
Video Vibrations: Logic & Raze with some trick shot bowling and Joey Bada$$ is everywhere
All Star Bowling Trick Shots with Logic & Raze
The Packard Brothers are back with a new trick shot bowling video and have once again enlisted the homies Logic & Raze to provide the soundtrack for it. This time they brought some celebs out like Jon Heder, Craig Robinson, Damon Wayans Jr. and other familiar faces to demolish some pins, while having a laugh. You're welcome. And if you want the actual song, download it here.
Joey Bada$$ ft Chuck Strangers - Fromdatomb$
Up and coming 19-year-old MC Joey Bada$$ hit the ground running earlier this year with his critically acclaimed mixtape "1999". It's one of the best projects I've heard in a long time and it shuts up all the "real hip hop fans" who say music ain't what it used to be (more on that subject later). Either way, this is the last video from the project before Joey's Pro Era team wraps up their collective mixtape, which will be out on December 21st.
Interesting fact about this video: To get the 3D effect, they shot it in HD, then recorded it to VHS with an actual VCR. I thought we destroyed all of those along with pagers and 80's rock clothing.
Bonus Bada$$ - Joey made his late night television debut last week with a performance of the song "Waves" from his "1999" mixtape on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Thank you to the Roots (the house band for Jimmy Fallon) for making that happen.
The Weekend Playlist: ASAP Rocky, Drunk'n Ciphers and a show you have to go to
Well, I had all this interesting stuff typed out for all these shows but then I accidentally refreshed the screen and lost it all. So. Here are three shows happening this weekend. Go to them. There is good rap music there and fun times to be had by all. I hate computers.
(you can still click the picture for all the information)
ASAP Rocky, Schoolboy Q & Danny Brown @ The Rave on Friday
The Rave, 2401 West Wisconsin Ave
Friday, 8pm, All Ages, $23.50
Stonefly, 735 E Center St
Friday, 10pm, 21+, $5
Cactus Club, 2496 S Wentworth Ave
Saturday, 9pm, 21+, $7
New Music: Logic & Raze have the Remedy and DJ 1L drops a video remix
Logic and Raze are gearing up for the release of their next album coming out in October, with the first single "Remedy". If you saw them at Summerfest or any time recently, then you may remember this high energy, kicked-up kick drum track. From what I hear, the new album has some banging production with a variety of sounds. Take a listen.
Dana Coppafeel - 88 (DJ 1L Remix)
Last year, Dana Coppa from King Hell Bastard released the Lil Yung Mixtape (which you can still get for free now). Dana had to show that he could rock some new school hip hop beats and he made it happen. DJ 1L (of King Hell Bastard as well) made his mark on the mixtape with his remix of Dana's "88". He took some classic beats along with some surprise new ones (2:09 mark) and mixed it all together just as smooth as his hair. Now there is a video. Watch.
AUTOMatic Rocks Summerfest Manually
If you went to see any local hip hop shows at Summerfest this year you undoubtedly saw A.P.R.I.M.E. (I hate typing his name) of AUTOMatic on every stage as a guest or with his group. Milwaukee's AUTOMatic (Trellmatic and A.P.R.I.M.E.) Also opened for Common on the Harley Davidson stage with deejays JDL, Bizzon and DMT. They put on a pulse pounding show for hundreds of hip hop starved fans and artists. I also took part with DJ Bizzon in tossing our new mixtape onto the audience. I later lost all control when "Merci" was played and I started dancing on stage only too realize later I was on jumbotron screen. Anyways, look at all the pretty pictures.
Picture Day: The Hollows at Summerfest
Here are some photos from The Hollows performance @ Summerfest on July 3rd in case you missed it. This show was a perfect example of the lack of support in the Milwaukee hip hop scene. I didn't spot any of my hip hop brethren in the audience but fortunately The Hollows and special guests pulled in a nice sized crowd and created many new fans. That's what we in the industry call "talent". Enjoy.
Photos by: Damon "Jank" Joy
More photos available here.
MKE Hip-Hop at the Big Gig: Logic & Raze are on the rise
After coming together last year with the release of their debut album, 'Still Untitled', Logic & Raze have not stopped working since. All this hard work has paid off relatively fast, because tomorrow they will be hitting one of the biggest Summerfest stages, the Harley Davidson Roadhouse, hoping to gain thousands of new fans.
With their unorthodox chemistry and as two of the most energetic MCs in the city, this shouldn't be too hard. Well, as long as they don't do any raps from 10 years ago. Really. Next time you see one of these dudes, ask for an old CD and see how they respond. Either way, check out the video interview below in regards to what they are most excited for, their successes and what you can expect from their performance.
Logic & Raze - Harley Davidson Roadhouse, Wed, June 27th 6pm
So if you've never heard Logic and Raze before and are debating about going to see them, check out their latest video for the song 'Here Before'. One of the two gets killed in the video, but you'll have to watch it to find out. Solid video thanks to DADO Productions (Mark Gage & Brad Hollander)
Hip-Hop guide to the Big Gig
It's Summerfest season – that time of year when the hip-hop fans I know do a final scan of the line-up to see what the world's largest music festival has to offer them. This year, they'll find familiar Summerfest go-to's like Common and The Roots, a noteworthy first-timer and some talented local acts as well. Check it out…
Coming off the release of his ninth studio album, "The Dreamer, The Believer," veteran emcee Common will hit the Summerfest stage once again. A festival regular, he consistently draws a big crowd due to his broad appeal across demographics and Milwaukee's proximity to his hometown of Chicago.
Lupe Fiasco, another Chi-town native and Summerfest veteran, is set to release the follow-up to his already-classic 2006 album, "Food & Liquor," with "Food & Liquor Part 2: Great American Rap Album Part 1" this fall. With other popular albums "The Cool" and "Lasers" also under his belt, expect his set to be filled with plenty of crowd favorites and a couple of album-preview joints.
Between touring the world and acting as the house band on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," The Roots stay one of the busiest and most sought-after music groups in the nation. Also a Summerfest mainstay, they always give us a well-rounded set that crosses musical genres and brings a lot of people out.
New to the Summerfest lineup this year is Minneapolis-based independent hip-hop group Atmosphere. With more than 15 years of experience and as many albums and EPs to show for it, they put Minneapolis' Rhymesayers record label on the map and helped their city's hip-hop scene rise to worldwide prominence. If their past Milwaukee shows are any indication of turnout, expect a big crowd – especially because it's been a few years since they've toured here.
For the old school funk and neo-soul fans, I didn't want to leave out Kool & The Gang, Morris Day and The Time and Anthony Hamilton – all Summerfest vets who will be performing again this year.
Milwaukee emcees Logic & Raze joined forces last year to make rap music for the non-rap music fan. Both have been on the Milwaukee hip-hop scene individually and with other groups for years, yet it was their coming together on the 2011 album, "Still Untitled," that made the rest of the country take notice. They're dope performers, and I'll be deejaying their set, if that counts for anything.
AUTOmatic (the rapper/producer duo APRIME and Trellmatic) have been kind of quiet since the release of their 2010 album, "Transistor," mainly because they've been in the studio working tirelessly on their new album, "Art Imitates Life," which will come out later this summer on Dope Folks Records. If you like that classic hip-hop sound, they've got it – with a new spin that keeps it fresh.
Rapper Immortal, a member of 98.3 FM's Basement Crew, has played Summerfest before - opening for some of the bigger name national hip-hop artists to come through the fest. If you are looking for the type of bass that will blow the speakers out of your trunk, this is it.
In 2011, The Hollowz released one of the most critically-acclaimed Milwaukee hip-hop albums to come out in a while. 'Dreams of Sex and Flying' took listeners on an emotional journey that could've been the soundtrack for any one of those "isn't-life-profound?" indie movies. They also put on a really solid live show.
If you haven't had the chance to catch Milwaukee's Fresh Cut Collective live, you should make a point of it – whether at Summerfest or another local venue. This constantly evolving, genre-crossing, five-piece hip-hop band gets regular radio play on Radio Milwaukee and are experienced rockers of the Summerfest crowd. Expect funkiness.
Summerfest hip-hop wish list
Among local hip-hop fans, there seems to be an ongoing debate about the freshness and diversity of the hip-hop acts represented at Summerfest year over year. While the mainstays they book are great performers, it would be nice to see them bring in some newer names. So Summerfest, if you're listening, here's a wish list of hip-hop acts that are always touring, could bring in a solid, diverse, in- and out-of-state crowd and keep the desired peace:
Nas, J Cole, BoB, Ludacris, Big Boi, Yassin Bey (formerly Mos Def), Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T., Ghostface & Raekwon, Brother Ali, Schoolboy Q, Elzhi, Danny Brown, Curren$y, Pac Div, The Cool Kids, Childish Gambino, Black Milk, Phonte, Dwele, Cee Lo, Eric Roberson, Marsha Ambrosius, Erykah Badu, SPEAK Easy, King Hell Bastard
Schedule of performances
Logic & Raze - Harley Davidson Roadhouse, Wednesday, June 27, 6 p.m.
Immortal - Harley Davidson Roadhouse, Wednesday, June 27, 8 p.m.
Lupe Fiasco - Harley Davidson Roadhouse, Wednesday, June 27, 10 p.m.
Kool & The Gang - Miller Lite Oasis, Wednesday, June 27, 10 p.m.
Morris Day & The Time - BMO Harris Pavilion, Friday, June 29, 9:45 p.m.
Fresh Cut Collective - Miller Lite Oasis, Saturday, June 30, 8 p.m.
The Roots - Miller Lite Oasis, Saturday, June 30, 10 p.m.
The Hollowz - Cascio Interstate Music Groove Stage, Tuesday, July 3, 6 p.m.
Atmosphere - Miller Lite Oasis, Friday, July 6, 6:30 p.m.
AUTOmatic - Harley Davidson Roadhouse, Saturday, July 7, 7:30 p.m.
Common - Harley Davidson Roadhouse, Saturday, July 7, 10 p.m.
Anthony Hamilton - BMO Harris Pavilion, Saturday, July 7, 9:45 p.m.
Stay tuned this week on the blog to catch interviews with the Milwaukee-based hip-hop acts, starting with Logic & Raze later today.
New Video: Logic & Raze - 'Here Before'
Logic and Raze continue to make hundreds of videos for their debut album 'Still Untitled' and this time it's for the song 'Here Before'. I already told you how I felt about it yesterday when I wrote about the video release party so just enjoy it and have a good weekend. Keep up the good work homies.
Logic & Raze 'Here Before' video release party tonight
Tonight, Logic & Raze release the 37th video from their debut album Still Untitled. 'Here Before' was the uptempo track about a certain type of lady doing a certain type of thing. The repeating line, "She's been around here before" can give you a clue to what that means.
I was able to get an early viewing of the video last night, and they flip it in an interesting direction so you definitely need to check it out. I'm not going to give anymore details because you need to just go and see for yourself. Just know tomorrow I will be writing the article about why there aren't any black girls in it.
Director Mark Gage has monopolized the Milwaukee hip hop video market because everyone has been getting him to direct videos and I'm not mad about it. The quality of his videos are top notch, so other rappers pay attention and give him a call.
And if you miss the video release party tonight, you can catch them performing at Summerfest, July 27th at 6pm on the Harley Stage.
Here Before Video Release Party, Moct Milwaukee, 240 E Pittsburgh, 9pm, 21+, No Cover
New Video: Logic & Raze - Eye Gee Oh
The video is finally here and yes, Logic and Raze are as crazy as they talk. Shout out to producers Jack and Nick Packard for the visuals. It's kinda nuts, but that's the point so sit back and enjoy.
New Video: Logic & Raze - Eye Gee Oh (teaser)
All I gotta say is you need to watch this teaser video now. Logic & Raze have been putting in mad work and it's been paying off for them lately, especially with this trailer for the video of their song Eye Gee Oh.
Just from the looks of it, it seems like Logic may get to act out all all the crazy stuff he raps about but never does while Raze is in the back picking up the pieces waiting to get back home for a smang session. Who am I kidding? I think both of them are equally nuts, but in very different ways.
We've been posting a lot of trailer videos recently, but this one has me interested the most. It may be some bodies left in the woods type stuff on this one. They are having a release party for the video March 23rd at the Cactus Club so be there to witness the insanity.
Video Vibes - Soul Clappin' with Signif and Ice Bowling with Logic & Raze
A couple new videos from some Milwaukee people that are getting some national attention.
Signif - Soul Clap
Soul Clap is the 2nd video release from Signif's Embracing Rejection LP which came out last year. And it's free. And it's dope. And... you don't need to know anything else. Go download it now and tell me it ain't fresh. Darren Cole aka DJ D-Wood is the man behind the camera and he does it again with this video. The video just came out only a week ago and has almost 4k hits. Keep it up.
Ice Cold Bowling Trick Shots ft. Logic and Raze
It's Wisconsin. It's cold. Sometimes people ice bowl. What better way to do it than while bumping Logic and Raze's joint H.I.G.H. Enjoy.
VIdeo Vibes: Logic & Raze give thanks and Maal finally reaches Beverly Hills
More videos this week from some local favorites of the Takeover. Check it out now!
Logic & Raze - TOTMM (The Ones That Mean Most)
Filled with clips of family and friends, Logic and Raze play the back and give focus to all the people that mean most to them in their latest video T.O.T.M.M. Doesn't hurt that they rap over my favorite People Under The Stairs beat. My cameo is in the first 30 seconds... I'm important. Actually I think they just wanted the Prime shot, but I'll believe what I choose to.
Maal Himself - Ms Beverly Hills
We been talking about this video for 12 years and now it's finally out. Coming off the heels of what I will assume was a dope album release show at Moct last night, Maal has shared with the world what this rap life can and will do to you. Mark Gage directed the video and I have to say it's one of the best looking videos I've seen in a minute, local or national. Check it.
Logic and Raze present "Untitled Live"
Last week Logic and Raze hit the airwaves of WMSE 91.7FM for Local Live where they performed music from their recently released album Still Untitled. Now they are giving this fully mastered performance away for FREE! Yay.
Ku-Mays recorded while Logic and Raze performed. A.P.R.I.M.E. and BLAZ did their best to completely mess it up by grabbing random hilarious album covers to make them laugh live on air. Didn't really work, but we appreciate the effort. They were also there to perform their verses on the should-have-been-released-in-the-summer hit Thirsty and the we-probably-shouldn't-be-rapping-about-this-on-the-radio-but-who-cares joint HEAD.
If it's one thing about Logic and Raze is that when they perform, they perform. They are part of a group of MCs in the scene where the audience is engaged the entire time. So, even though they were on the radio, they still smashed it.
Don't forget to check out www.LogicandRaze.com for more info about them, the Nightcrawlers, AUTOmatic and the Hollowz (Still trying to find all of those easter eggs). And stay tuned to WMSE because this is the first of many hip-hop groups that will be performing live on a mostly rock/alternative show.
There are two videos of the actual performance but you'll just have to go to www.LogicandRaze.com to see them. But for now, enjoy the interview.
Hey Logic, nice scarf.
Best of 2011: Top 10 Hip-Hop Songs
As we continue our "best of" series here, we find ourselves recapping the best hip-hop songs that came out within the last year. There are many aspects of a song so this isn't the best verse list, nor is it the best beat list.
This list, along with the rest of our "best of" lists will include any and everybody from local and national artists. We just wanted to shoutout all of the local talent with the first list because it's alot of local talent and they deserve some shine. Nothing wrong with that right? Maybe. You get it, now check the lists.
Bizzon's Top 10 Hip-Hop Songs of 2011
10.) The Hollowz - Sow The Seed
I was extremely impressed by the storytelling and imagery Logic created lyrically on this track. Ed's acoustic and vocal sampling beat was the perfect backdrop.
9.) Pusha T - Trouble On My Mind ft Tyler The Creator
This track bangs hard and Tyler the Creator shows he actually can rap. I still don't like him yet, but yeah, he can rap. I lose. It's way better than that Yonkers joint. Speakeasy, send me this instrumental now!
8.) Logic and Raze - H.I.G.H.
Kinda mad this was the second track on the album. They should of opened with this BANGER and blew the speakers out of everybody's trunk. Game over. Shoutout to Jihad Baracus on the beat.
7.) Ghostface Killah - Purified Thoughts featuring GZA and Killah Priest
This reminded me of classic Ghostface even though he's always putting out dope music. GZA and the Priest bring it just as hard so you can't deny this one.
6.) Prophetic - Jungle
You could immediately picture who Prof was talking about in both verses of this song. The rhythmic, natural sounding, but energetic beat added to the feeling of rushing through life. No audio only link, so luckily you get to see one of the best videos of the year too.
5.) Elzhi - It Ain't Hard To Tell
It's hard to recreate Illmatic and make it your own without coming off like a sucker. Elzhi put his own spin on this classic and was just as ill on the lyricism. This entire album is a testament to Elzhi's skill as a complete rapper.
4.) Acolytes - M-Theory
I don't like the Acolytes because this song reminds me that I should not even try rap or produce. Jerks. This track has the best beat I've heard all year. Thank You D'Matikk. Gambit snaps from beginning to end which made me put this on repeat immediately.
3.) Evidence - The Red Carpet featuring Raekwon and Ras Kass
Mr. Slow Flow shows why he is still relevant and why his style will always be needed in hip-hop. No other track was able to put me in such a grimey, dark mood like this where Evidence talks about everything from his past and where he fits into hip-hop today.
2.) Kendrick Lamar - Rigamortis
This bouncy jazz beat fits his syllabic, lyrically demolishing flow instantly. I don't even know where he breathed while he rapped these verses. This is the definition of a hip-hop song on every aspect from the style of flow, lyrical content, overall feel and knowing how to kill it. Stop reading this and listen to it.
1.) Nas - Nasty
I literally listened to this song 10 times in a row when I first heard it. I called all my hip-hop aficionados (Jank and my mom), memorized all the lyrics that day and knew where all the breakdowns and cuts were in the beat. Nas reminded all of us why is one of the best and that if he could just pick dope beats like this all the time, his catalog would be filled with way more classics.
Honorable Mentions
Big K.R.I.T. - Country Sh*t Remix ft. Ludacris and Bun B
Childish Gambino - Bonfire
Skyzoo - Atypical
Apathy - Stop What Ya Doin ft Celph Titled
Jank's Top 10 Hip-Hop Songs of 2011
10.) Kanye West & Jay-Z - Black Guys in Paris
Once upon a time I hated this entire album from cover to cover. This song has somehow grown on me. It makes me bounce and say things like "Ball so hard" and "That sh*t cray..." over and over again until somebody stops me.
9.) Tyler the Creator - Yonkers
Everybody hated on this song but to me it was a new sound both lyrically and musically. I was also amazed at how well Tyler writes and performs for his age.
8.) Pac Div - Fallin'
This "mixtape only" track showed Pac's sensitive side over a very popular Outkast sample. I think it's their best song to date.
7.) Random Axe - Chewbacca
The first word Sean P says in this song is Chewbacca....sold.
6.) Blu - Doo Wop featuring Planet Asia and Killa Ben
When The Alchemist produced this he decided to leave the drums out. Good idea. The track reminds me of sitting in a field in the South while drinking lemonade. You'll get it when you hear it.
5.) Phonte - Who Loves You More
Phonte gives some great life lessons on this one and even gets into some of his own issues. Great beat, dope rhymes, what more I could I want?
4.) Evidence - I Don't Need Love
We get a break down from Evidence of what really happened between him and Kanye. He also speaks on his mother passing. Besides being slightly depressing, it thumps. A sample of B.D.P.'s "Love's Gonna Getcha" makes the speakers rattle a little more.
3.) Styles P - Children
This track is a great commentary on kids today featuring Pharoah Monch on the hook. It also features who on the beat? PETE ROCK. It took me back to '95 for a second.
2.) Black Milk & Danny Brown - Zap
Everything about this song is ill. Danny Brown lyrics are so gritty it's hard to believe he has a perm and wears skinny jeans. Wait til :33 on the track and you'll see why Black Milk is one of the hottest producers of our time.
1.) Kendrick Lamar - Rigamortis
This is the best display of emceeing I've heard in years. I understand why Dr.Dre is all over this dude. The beat is so simple but when the drums kick it in...whoa....instant neck pain.
Let the debating, hating, arguing and complaining begin!
Best of 2011: Top 5 Milwaukee Hip-Hop Artists
As the New Year approaches we felt the need to do what all the other kids are doing: making lists of the best hip hop music, artists and groups of 2011.
Since DJ Bizzon (seen in the corny picture to the right) and myself (with the cool picture) rarely agree on hip-hop music we thought it would be a good idea for us both to do a top 5 for each list. We will put up a new list every Monday until the new year with a few extras here and there.
These lists are based off of what artists we have been listening to/watching the most over this past year, what we personally like and who's had big impacts on the scene. So without further ado.....
5) Came One
I ran across this dude a while ago on bandcamp while searching for some new music. I've been Listening to Came's instrumental albums ever since. His beats vary in style and he has a large body of work. He also recently did some work with Dana Coppa.
4) Bellse Soneek (Kiran of Fresh Cut Collective)
Bellse made what I think is one of the best albums of the year, "a Tribute to Roy Ayers". The album showed that he is more than just a front man for Fresh Cut Collective, He's an amazing musician. I'd put him up there with the likes of Madlib creating "Shades of Blue".
3) Prophetic
The Purgatory album was a hit in my book in my book. Besides all of that Proph had some great verses on tracks with Tay Butler and Pizzle. Prophetic's overall attitude and work ethic put him on this list too. He's always, always humble and always grinding.
2) SPEAKEasy
Speak is one of the most slept on emcees in the city. The release of "So To Speak" really solidified his standing in the Milwaukee hip hop scene. Speak has also stepped up his performances (not that they were bad before). I feel a lot more power in his voice and delivery now. Ever since his release party for said album he's been on fire.
1) Haz Solo
Lyrically Haz can eat up most emcee's locally and nationally. He's also one of the best beatsmiths out there. His beats are lazy and sometimes totally offbeat which makes them all the more interesting to listen too. He also makes some dope videos (Google him).
SPEAKEasy has been performing like crazy all year and each time he tears the house down. The energy brought is so high that even when he's not the headliner, you remember him. His album, So To Speak was dope and finally he signed to Unifi Records. Congrats.
Yeah, breakdancing is part of hip-hop in case you forgot. We have one of the best b-boy crews in the nation and you probably didn't even realize it. Motion D performed at Bucks games and Summerfest. They also took the crowns in tons of battles including Breakin The Law 2011, the Minnesota Red Bull BC One Qualifier and the Hip Opsession UK Qualifier. Yeah, the UK. International.
Haz Solo is hands down the best lyricist around, period. Did I mention he produces some of the weirdest music that you can't turn off because it's so creative? Or that releases something new every week? No one else has kept me so interested in every word and every beat of every performance like Haz did in 2011.
Let's go back all the way to February when The Hollowz released Dreams of Sex and Flying which sounded like the soundtrack to an academy award winning flim. Ed Cayce killed the production on this album, almost stealing the show on the tracks only instrumental cut, Hueco Mundo. Do I smell a Logic and Raze and Ed Cayce album in 2012? ::universe collapses upon itself::
1. Prophetic
I think this one is kind of obvious but let me explain. Prophetic released the album Purgatory which was dope on all aspects from production, lyricism, sound quality and concept. The video for Jungle was the most creative video released all year. He made Green and Yellow which has over a 588k hits on youtube. Plus, he rocked a crowd of 23,000 people at Summerfest opening up for Wiz Khalifia. Yep.
Honorable Mentions:
The Acolytes - Only released 2 songs but had the Jay Electronica effect of wanting more and M-Theory had the best beat of the year.
Gerald Walker - Just go watch the Missing Piece video.
Pizzle - Fame in Vain album was the most well-engineered album all year and Pizzle's lyrical patterns are outta control.
Raze - The Logic and Raze project Still Untitled was crazy dope and did I mention he produces too?
Kid Cut Up - DJing is an element of hip-hop too and you can't deny the talent and work ethic that Kid Cut Up has.


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GMRC Review: Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss
Long time WWEnd member and Uber User, Emil Jung, is an obsessive SF/F reader and as such he's become a huge supporter of WWEnd. (We often refer to him as our "South African Bureau.") Besides hanging out here, Emil writes poetry on his blog emiljung.posterous.com. This is the fifth of Emil's GMRC reviews to feature in our blog.
In the late 1960s Brian W. Aldiss became known as part of the New Wave in British science fiction, along with J. G. Ballard, whose The Drowned World shares some common themes with Hothouse. He remains a major voice in SF, and his history of the genre, Billion Year Spree, is still referred to by literary critics and fans alike. A fascinating observation is that almost all of his novels are narratives of exploration in one way or another, with the possibility of personal enlightenment open to the protagonists. Hothouse is no different.
What is today known as a full-length novel was first published in 1962 as various short stories. It was only in 1976 that the novel was published in its entirety. It is often referred to in blurbs on the various editions as "The Hugo Award winning novel," but a close scrutiny of the Hugo Award winning novels reveals no such entry. That's because the five stories that make up the novel, as a collection, won the 1962 Hugo Award for best short fiction, published in the following sequence in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, from February to December 1961:
- Chapters 1-6 as "Hothouse"
- Chapters 6-10 as "Nomansland"
- Chapters 11-17 as "Undergrowth"
- Chapters 18-21 as "Timberland"
- Chapters 22-26 as "Evergreen"
As a whole the novel evoked a real sense of wonder in me and still resonates pure astonishment. Earth has become fixed in its orbit in such a way that one side is permanently facing the sun while the other is shrouded in constant darkness. The Moon is also close enough to Earth for "traversers" to comfortably cross this divide, and even though this is certainly not a rope let down from the Moon to the Earth, I did question how the first traverser escaped Earth's gravity. It is never explained; in fact, how the world has come to be in its current state remains a mystery. Where this may dissatisfy some readers, it added a layer of mystery to me that solidified the time-honoured tradition of odysseys: all such stories have more or less an atmosphere of dream, and those framed by such inexplicable bewilderments as found in Hothouse seem particularly dreamlike.
The result of this fantastic state of affairs have been the radical evolution of flora and fauna into what appeared to be an almost ludicrously hostile environment, which turns out to become even more hostile than anything the previous pages could conjure up as the story continues. Earth is largely dominated by a vast efflorescent gigantic, multi-levelled tree, and human life has retreated to one of the lowest degree of the ecological order. Stranded amid the proliferate jungle, surrounded by the oystermaws, wiltmilts, berrywhisks, termights (sic) and trappersnappers of Aldiss's wondrous imagination, the (now) green-skinned humans have to struggle daily for survival. Fears of being devoured by some devilish plant are a constant worry for them, living on tree limbs above the horrifying darkness below. I found this fact to be one of the most effective terrifying aspects of the opening chapters and can still graphically imagine uncountable claws and mouths spurting forth from the darkness below. Jung's concepts of the Devouring Mother spring to mind, of dragons and other monsters representing fearful temptation for the ego to return to Mother Nature. But I'll admit, that may be reading too much into the story, and Siegfried's quest to vanquish the dragon in order to proceed to the sleeping Brunhilde is far removed from the Hothouse struggle for survival and its humans' metamorphosis into a new phase of life.
The story, instead, focuses on a boy, Gren, who ends up leaving his tribe and comes into contact with an intelligent and pugnacious fungus, the morel, intent on using Gren and all of humanity for its own purpose. Linked to the morel in a symbiotic relationship, Gren and others are led on a journey that eventually takes them to the dark side of the planet.
The morel is an interesting allegory used by Aldiss to represent some of mankind's most unattractive traits and adds a complex dimension to the adventure. It has a lot to do with why I like the novel so much. The morel's actions, or rather influences over Gren, are easily understood as all too typically human, and is more than just subtle criticism on imperialism, unchecked greed and with today's foresight, humankind's influences on climate change. The irony of ignorance, of one's own environment, of other cultures is a theme that strikes close to home:
Its ultimate objective was vague, vain-glorious, and splendid. It saw itself reproducing again and again, until fungus covered the whole Earth, filling hill and valley with its convolutions.
It extends. At some point and for no sensible reason, the morel, Gren and Pyly decide to "liberate" the tummy-bellies from the tummy-trees:
"We can save them all from this humiliating way of life," Gren said.
"They don't want to be saved," Yattmur said. "They're happy."
"They're horrible," Poyly said.
The result is a grotesque parody of "white-man's burden," with Gren becoming responsible for the fawning creatures, only to abandon them later. Herein lies a bitter endictment of coloniaslism.
The most disturbing feature of the morel is its cruelty. It is not sadistic, but is perfectly willing to use pain as a means of getting its way, and Gren suffers most from its forceful attempts to push events in a specific direction. Gren is finally saved from the morel's hold by the Sodal Ye. In the end – and this is why I find the character of the morel so attractive – it seems at its most typical (or perhaps Western?) when, in the face of some frustration, it exclaims "We must do something."
All things considered, Hothouse follows a human quest to understand the nature of the world, to find a home where "home" is an easily invaded village that must in any case be abandoned after childhood. Jungian supporters will very likely find the symbolism in awakening and homecoming particularly alluring. The story is pushed forward by Gren's odyssey, further and further into the unknown, and though the vision of life on earth here is predominantly gruesome and sardonic, Aldiss's exuberant inventiveness is more than exhilarating! Whilst the morel and Gren take centre stage, other themes in the novel are of equal significance, such as the apocalyptic events in the final chapters, and the afterlife journey of Lilyyo and her companions earlier in the story. Together with the primitive horrors in the natural world, nature's tooth and claw so to speak, they all stress the primal urges of growth and decay, propagation and dissolution. Gren's ultimate success does not alter the fact that life is pretty damn grim for the inhabitants of Hothouse – Alexander Pope's epigraph to the book is considerably apt in this regard:
See dying vegetables life sustain,
See life dissolving vegetable again;
All forms that perish other forms supply.
(By turns we catch the vital breath and die)
Like bubble on the sea of matter borne,
They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Hothouse is indubitably my favourite GMRC read thus far, even upstaging James Gunn's The Listeners. I highly recommend it. Read as a story of a hero's education or psychological growth, it is immensely rewarding and weirdly elegant.
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I staunchly believe that Hothouse is an accomplished work of art and that it exemplifies Damon Knight's 'a sense of wonder.' If you can live with how the novel ignores basic rules of physics, I'm sure you will find it an outrageous delight (I hope).
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Yeh, a stunning discussion of what seems a delightful read. The psychological aspects that you've pointed it sounds similar to how Robert Bly describes the re-birth motif and monomyth in Iron John, which also uses much Jungian psych. I'm wondering, does Gren carry a wound? On my list to read.
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There was minor flooding along Meadowlands Parkway near the Route 3 East turnoff. Penhorn Avenue and Secaucus Road were closed on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 13 after seven days of rain. By Oct. 17, the precipitation had reached a record 12 inches.
"Once the flooding started we closed the road - that was around 6 a.m. Thursday [Oct. 13]," said Mayor Dennis Elwell. "Penhorn and Secaucus road were impassable." Elwell said the floodings were a combination of factors. The St. Paul Pump Station where Penhorn Creek meets the Hackensack River is inadequate; the culverts and pipes in the flooded areas are silted in; there is loss of retention with the filling in of Secaucus Road east of Penhorn Creek; and seven days of continuous rainfall. He also said many of the underground pipes along Meadowlands Parkway used to transfer water into the Hackensack River have sunk into the mud. He said most were "very loaded and had no pitch." There is also one tide gate missing on private property in that area. Elwell said the Meadowlands Parkway was built 30 years ago by Hartz Mountain Industries and was "forced on the town" by Hudson County court order in 1998. "Despite the extreme weather conditions this past week, we still have a problem down there," said Elwell. "At present it has been corrected, but at the end of the day these issues need to be addressed."
The problems
Department of Public Works Superintendent Mike Gonnelli said the flooded areas have always been a problem during heavy rainfall. The intersection of the creek and the river is just two miles away from trouble spots. Although the culverts and drains were cleared last October, debris had backed up during the recent storm, he said.
Three Godwin pumps were rented by the county and brought to a pump station along a railroad access road off of the Laurel Hill Park area. The pump station is located where Jersey City meets Secaucus. The station may have been built in the early 1950s, Gonnelli said.
"It was built as a Mosquito Control mechanism back when they thought keeping the water low would aid with that," Gonnelli said. "It is not adequate for flood water control."
By the morning of Friday, Oct. 14, there was knee-deep water on Secaucus Road as a result of Penhorn Creek overflowing. There were large piles of organic debris blocking the creek water from exiting to the Hackensack River through the pump station.
Elwell and Office of Emergency Management Deputy for the town and Hudson County and second ward Councilman Bob Kickey asked the county for the additional pumps. The Godwins can pump 3,000 gallons of water per minute.
"By 9:30 Friday morning [Oct. 14], all three pumps were up and running," Kickey said. "By late Friday night, the streets were clear."
To date, over $3,000 in fuel has been spent operating the rented pumps, Gonnelli said. He said the station needs to be rehabilitated, since the rented pumps are a "Band-Aid on a big problem."
Loss of retention
The loss of retention material is due in part to the filling of 100 acres of marshy wetlands, Elwell said. In 2003, the Hudson County Planning Board allowed FDP Enterprises on Secaucus Road on the Jersey City side to create an Intermodal Rail Facility for the transfer of freight from railroad cars to trucks. Close to 70 acres of the property was paved.
The Planning Board determined at that time that the project would "have minimal impact on the county roads and drainage facility." Ewell contends that FDP is responsible for design modifications to the pump station to keep it effective.
Gonnelli, who is also a NJMC commissioner, said that $78,000 had been given to the county by NJMC for new pumps at St. Paul's. To date there are no modifications or pumps, he said.
"There has been an unfortunate loss of retention, and some of it is because of this property," said Elwell. "The entire area has always been a water retention basin for the western slope of Jersey City and parts of North Bergen. There is no place for the water to go now."
Elwell called for a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 20 in Town Hall with the many businesses affected by the flooding: area businesses, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, Hudson County officials, the Fire Department, town engineers, CFX and Norfolk Southern railroads and FDP Enterprises.
What to expect
Buddy Demellier, new Director of Roads and Public Property, will represent the county. He said the recent rainfall is "not the incident to measure the problem by, since it exists with much less rain."
"The main issues would be floodplain management and pump station upgrades," said Demellier. "We hope to piece together the parameters of the problem and determine what services would be an appropriate solution." NJMC Director of Public Information Chris Gale said that the commission was "looking at the situation in Penhorn Creek with FDP, keeping in mind the Hackensack Meadowlands Floodplain Management Plan, to analyze what the solution should be and by whom it should be implemented."
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Digital cameras redesign the photographic process
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Posted in Peripherals, 13th January 2005 10:47 GMT
When you buy a digital camera for the first time there is this wonderful feeling of freedom knowing that you can shoot as many pictures as you like until you get the right one. All of a sudden we can all fancy ourselves as top fashion photographers clicking away like mad just to get the perfect moment.
The first digital camera copied the quirks and constraints of the previous generation of film cameras. It took a while for manufacturers and consumers to adapt to the new paradigm and exploit the technology opportunities. This is starting to happen now with camera manufacturers introducing capabilities impossible with a film camera.
For example, the latest digital camera from Kodak, the Easyshare DX7590, has an interesting new feature calledBLILO. It is designed to capture the exact photographic moment during an action shot.
The way it works? The photographer focuses on the subject and presses the BLILO button. The camera's 5-megapixel image chip then captures pictures into a 32-megabyte RAM chip at two frames per second. When the camera has shot 30 pictures, it starts overwriting the first ones and goes on shooting new pictures indefinitely. Releasing the BLILO button saves the last four pictures onto the memory card, hopefully catching that crucial moment. If you want to catch those first steps of your child walking, you just hold your finger on the button until the little darling actually makes a step.
That's OK for still cameras, but what about video? One company, inevitably called Deja View, has produced a wearable video camera called Camwear 100 that captures the events that you could miss. It works on the same principle as the Kodak camera by separating the capture of the image from the selection of the shots you are interested in.
A wearable camera clips onto your clothing and records onto the camera body mounted on your belt. You keep the camera recording whenever something interesting is likely to happen. When it does, you just press a button to save the last 30 seconds. The camera is quite expensive for the resolution offered but then people are often more interested in the content of the picture than its quality - as proven by many paparazzi shots.
These are the first examples of how rethinking the photography process to separate the capture of images from their selection and preservation leads to innovation. I sure that this will become a standard feature of future cameras.
There is perhaps a more serious implication. The accidental privacy that we expect to enjoy because no one has a camera out is reduced, and of course we're going to be subjected to a lot more "You've Been Framed" programmes.
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The base essentials for the continuation of a free society are:
- Liberty-recognizing the freedom of "every" citizen to think, believe, express, and act.
- Justice-giving every man his just due through fair procedure. Equal rights for all.
- Equality-according all men equal protection under the law.
Our American heritage means each individual is important (even gun owners) and has freedoms the government doesn't give nor can take away. The sole purpose of the government is to restrain others from curtailing the free exercise of rights. By attacking the Second Amendment and law abiding gun owners they are "infringing" and abrogating this right.
The major media is supposed to report the facts and allow the people to decide. They have taken it upon themselves to fabricate the news to fit their leftist agenda. They have quite literally sold their souls and became puppets on strings. Gone are the days where reporters reported and informed. In this day and age they are merely cheerleaders for every new encroachment of an out of control government.
The danger of liberal media bias arises from their use of deliberate misconceptions. This causes many in our society to accept lies as fact. This has placed our great Republic in danger. A steady diet of bad information leads to bad choices by the all too gullible masses. Misinformation leads to misconceptions; which when acted upon result in bad laws and less freedom. Their vilification of misnamed assault rifles and the governments draconian response is a prime example of this. They condemn that which they do not understand.
"If they (We the People) remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is a lethargy, a forerunner to the death of public liberty." Thomas Jefferson
"The people never give up their liberties except under some delusion." Edmund Burke
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." George Bernard Shaw
Half a fact is a 100% falsehood. Their indoctrination of the gullible has led to the demonization of firearms and gun owners in general. they unjustly vilify us by playing the fears and prejudices of people like a fiddle. Every new shooting incident follows this outline. This sensationalism and disinformation blitzkrieg appears logical to too many. The waning of our rights has been the result.
We face powerful forces in the unholy union and collusion of a power hungry government and the leftist media. They gain power through our complacency. We have allowed our past to be distorted by their misinformation (guns cause crime), myths (the Second Amendment doesn't refer to citizen's right to bear arms), and historical revisionism (the Founders really didn't mean what they said). Their power and the damage they are capable of, if left unchallenged, is almost absolute.
"Men must be governed by reason and truth. Our first object should therefore be to leave open to him all avenues of truth." Thomas Jefferson
Those who conspire to control all public avenues of information, squelch opposing views, and ridicule opposition is a threat to the truth. Error is left defenseless only if truth is freely permitted. Hindering the truth leads to political error followed by tyranny. The leftist media has become a literal snake in the grass for liberty loving Americans. This snake maintains it's empire through manipulation, control, and confusion. Their lies and agenda have been impressed upon the subconscious mind of the gullible and is being expressed.
We shouldn't have blind faith in our leaders or their cheerleaders in the media. It is obvious now that both are oblivious to America's heritage and our foundations of freedom. they choose to suppress thought, distort facts, and ignore history. It will require daring minds to break free of their mindless rubbish. The truth they have crushed to Earth can rise again.
We must awaken to the dangerous threat we face as Americans and Alabamians. We must rise and answer the call to stand for the Republic. We must oppose any efforts to infringe on our rights as citizens. We must expose the dangers posed by left wing bias in every media outlet print, electronic, and broadcast. Alabama's State motto is "We Dare Defend Our Rights!" and each of us should take it to heart.
If you see a slanted story; interject the truth. Fight liberal bias with the fire of facts in the battle to preserve freedom in Alabama. Alabama gun owners should utilize letters-to-the-editor, e-mail, phone, fax, and personal visits where possible to shine a light on the advance of darkness. Remember Alabamians silence is consent; so make your voice heard loud and proud. Counter the fallacy that a majority of Americans support their draconian gun controls. Contact the Media Research Center too see what you can to hold them accountable. Take part in the Day of Resistance (Facebook) on February 23 (223) to show your support for the Constitution. Take part in any rallies in support of the Second Amendment. Get active in Pro-Second Amendment groups in Alabama.
Silence is consent; how long will you be silent Alabama? Wait too long and it may be too late. Refuse to be a victim of the major media's assault on your rights and noble heritage. Take a stand even if you feel like you are standing alone. Your future and life may very well depend on it. How long stand ye idle Alabama?