text: Jane Smith <mjsmith@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I've been seeing recipes for salsas with fruit in them, but just can't get > my brain to imagine how they could be tasty (no doubt a serious failing on > my part). I talked to a mango-loving friend who grew up in Panama, and he > hadn't ever eaten fruits like that and couldn't imagine that it could be > good. At the same time, I find it hard to believe that so many people on > this list could be wrong. So, could somebody tell me how they eat these > salsas (and chutneys), if they're an acquired taste or a cultural thing (I > live in the Midwest U.S., heart of beef & pork country, and are they eaten > with tortilla chips or what? I LOVE fruit, but just haven't been able to > bring myself to add hot peppers, bell peppers, or onions to those lovely, > sweet tidbits whose season here is so short or non-existent. Our local Wild Harvest shop sells a pineapple-pepper salsa that we bought on a whim. We've eaten it with tortilla chips, and it's pretty good that way, but the best thing we've found to eat with it are vegetarian "Chicken" fingers (I don't remember who makes 'em -- I call 'em 'chicky-boos', just to be weird... :) The salsa is basically a pineapple sauce with a wicked kick! My husband thought I was pretty strange, buying it, but he's come to like it, too... Faith -- Faith |"Censorship ends in logical completeness when faith@xxxxxxxxx |nobody is allowed to read any books except the http://www.senie.com/faith/ |books that nobody can read." George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------


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Saturday, July 31, 2010
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Via DDotomen:
A few weeks back rumors began circulating of Pusha T taking his talents to G.O.O.D. music as a solo act, while that's still a great situation for the younger Thornton brother, I have a reason to believe the duo will be joining Kanye's imprint together. I had the opportunity to listen to songs from an upcoming album from an artist which makes mention of Clipse signing with G.O.O.D. music. I don't like to keep building hype and keep things lingering or waiting for "official press releases" so if this post disappears you know why.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Black Milk's confidently-titled new LP, Album of the Year, drops September 14 on Decon Records (who, by the way, are fucking killing it right now so be sure to check them out).
Catch the official trailer below.
The project is called Dr. No's Infected Gadget and is mixed by DJ Doubledose, exclusively for VTech.
Check it out below.
The Sounds of VTech / Dr. No: Infected Gadget VTech Mix
1. Intro
2. Infections
3. Alert!
4. Electronic Meditation Music
5. In the Claw
6. The Big Chase
7. Gadget Blues
8. Nebulas
9. Malfunctions
10. Criminal Activities
11. Bank Vaults
12. Transport
13. The Carnival
14. Outro
Thursday, July 29, 2010
This is the first image to leak from the shoot. Dude does not fuck around with jewelry. Clearly.
Here's how the NYTimes describes the video (in a very fucking polite manner if I do say so myself... #Mr.West):
In a coming video for his single "Power" that was created by the artist Marco Brambilla, Mr. West is seen standing imposingly with a heavy chain around his neck. As Mr. West raps, the camera slowly zooms out in one continuous, unedited take to reveal him in a classical structure, surrounded by female attendants who are partly or entirely nude; some kneel before him on all fours, others wear devil horns and still others are suspended upside down from the ceiling. The sword of Damocles hangs precariously over Mr. West's head, and behind him an unseen executioner is preparing to strike him with a blade.Mr. West, Mr. Fresh, Mr. By-his-self-he-so-impressed.
Now this is more like it. It's a full version (as opposed to the snippet), but it still has lame tags in it. Whatev.
Looks like Cudi's album got pushed back...again. This time you can expect it in October.
We'll see.
From the Dice Music Group:
When we were putting together The IN Crowd mixtape, we knew we wanted to include one of the productions J. Cardim contributed to ODB's posthumous album around 2005/2006. We ended up going with "All Of The Time" (track 11 on The IN Crowd) but we wanted to let the people hear the other one.
Our friend Dame Grease also produced an early version of this song and can be heard doing ad-libs on the chorus.
It's a shame this music didn't come out when it should have, R.I.P. to one of Hip-Hop's greatest artists & characters.
Not to be left in the shadow of his older brother Madlib, Oh No is back with new beats and a fresh collaboration. Alongside Alchemist, Oh No has formed the duo Gangrene and prepared a new release.
Catch the first single below, as well as the tracklisting for the new album, Gutter Water.
1. Intro
2. Boss Shit (Cuts by DJ Romes)
3. Not High Enough
4. Gutter Water f. Raekwon
5. Get Into Some Gangster Shit f. Planet Asia
6. Take Drugs
7. Chain Swinging (Cuts by DJ Romes)
8. Wassup Wassup f. Fashawn and Evidence
9. All Bad (Cuts by DJ Romes)
10. Breathing Down Yo Neck f. MED
11. From Another Orbit f. Roc C
12. Ransom
13. Standing In the Shadows
14. Brass Knuckle Rap f. Guilty Simpson
15. Not Leaving f. Big Twins
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
What's next for Ye? I'm guessing the headquarters of MySpace and then maybe a porn site.
Come catch DJ Needles and Black Spade alongside 18andCounting (who I caught last night at 2720 - fuckin. wild.), Dirty Lent and Alex Petrowsky this Thursday (tomorrow) at the Gramophone.
The show is 21+, no cover, great music. Doors at 8pm. What more can I say? I'll let Needles tell you...
An intergalactic, futuristic, space-tastic funk, soul & hip hop groove brought to you by some cats that are truly out of this world...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
It's comprised of a series of live freestyles, remixes, and exclusive tracks from some of St. Louis' most prominent hip-hop artists. It's unique, not only because it is the first (that I know of) completely live recorded mixtape, but also because it is made up of completely spontaneous performances, with every track only getting one take. It definitely has a live studio spontaneous vibe that couldn't really be captured any other way.
This project is a collaborative effort between Waitin for the DJ, The U (UMSL Student Radio Station), Ghetto Blastic, The Soulition DJs, MadeMonarchs, and The Frozen Food Section.
Featured artists:
Prince Ea
Black Spade
QB of Family Affair
Tef Poe
Corey Black
Teresa Jenee
Rockwell Knuckles
Nato Caliph
Jabari Pendelton
Bryant Stewart
Shaun Li
MK Stallings
Wayne Scott II
Indiana Rome
Will Hump
Mic Young
Featuring local beats from:
Hawthorne Headhunters
As well as industry and indy beats
Go get it!
Despite the fact that his representatives have firmly stating otherwise...
"Wyclef's commitment to his homeland and its youth is boundless, and he will remain its greatest supporter regardless of whether he is part of the government moving forward. At this time, Wyclef Jean has not announced his intent to run for Haitian president."
Wyclef himself told CNN recently that he had filled out all the necessary paperwork to place his bid, but has not yet officially decided on whether or not to act on this impulse.
Stay tuned for details.
Wyclef's official campaign song...
After years of movie acting, Common finally landed a steady television gig.
AMC's newest show, "Hell On Wheels", will feature the Chicago MC in a prominent role. Com will play Elam, "a half black, half white, freed slave hoping to find work" (RapBasement).
According to AMC's VP of Programming, Joel Stillerman:
"Common brings a layered intensity to a very complex role. This part required someone who can transcend the stereotypes of the period and bring the character to life in a truly unique way, and he brings that."
The day her new/unreleased track leaked (catch it HERE), Lauryn Hill took the stage at the FESPAD Festival in Rwanda. Check it out...
(In response to THIS)
PRO!...my man...ur not my manager...fall back...take all that "advice" and further your career with it... about 18 hours ago via Echofon
Monday, July 26, 2010
(Hopefully he's been working on that Features EP joint...jussayin. Haha!)
What A Black Man Wants: Episode 2 from ORIE on Vimeo.
Spotted at Distortion2Static.
Lupe's former producer/friend Prolyfic recently went on rather scathing and lengthy Twitter tirade (and not just lengthy by Twitter standards. I'm talking wordy as fuck.) on why he feels Lupe Fiasco failed his music career and who exactly he let down along the way.
Be your own judge.
- RT @TheLupENDBlog #WeWantLasers Petition to Atlantic Records http://bit.ly/9JOyOf <>
- Some folks might want to turn their head, bcuz I have some choice words for this whole #WeWantLazers "movement" & @LupeFiasco as an artist
- Ok FIRST off I really like @LupeFiasco as an artist.. I enjoy listenin to his music.. when it's available to listen to… that being said…
- This nigga @LupeFiasco really be on some scared of failure as shit… He is his own worst enemy… and he's fucking up ROYALLY
- I mean where do I begin? how does Such a talented individual like @LupeFiasco become such a utter disappointment? And it's his own doing
- 1st u penalize ur fans for WANTING ur music..u make a short mixtape.. then when ur material gets leaked u throw a temper tantrum @LupeFiasco
- What kind of artist PENALIZES fans for someone leaking they music?!?! you should be happy people WANT your music @LupeFiasco
- In a state where everyone is rising to success by giving away free music (Drake, Wayne, Gucci Etc.) @LupeFiasco chooses to hoard his music
- Which results in what? People forgetting about you! which is why @LupeFiasco did not make ANY lists of ANYTHING! When he should be top 3
- - Ain't no release date on #WeWantLazers cuz ain't NO FUCKING HITS on it! cuz @LupeFiasco REFUSES to makes hits.. not that he cant.. he wont!
- it's like u forgot what got u here in the first damn place! u was set up to be "The One" not a reflection of what ur name means @LupeFiasco
- There is NO reason why u shouldn't be mentioned in the same conversations as Drake or wayne etc… Ppl say "who?" when u mention @LupeFiasco
- & why do they do that? cuz @LupeFiasco is to damn scared to fail! he lacks the HEART to take a risk! So he's had a careeer of playin it safe So @LupeFiasco figure he'll appease this crowd.. u know that crowd over there.. they'll ALWAYS love him, and he won't have to feel pressured
- A fan of @LupeFiasco's says: "if he really got w/some great songwriters, producers, & explored all his options he could make a dope album
- Just in case you think I'm making this up…
- But @LupeFiasco is not gonna do that… he'd rather throw temper tantrums and toss complaints about making "what the industry wants"
- But @LupeFiasco's fans DO NOT want to hear all that crap man.. all they want is the music.. fuck what you talkin bout dude.. do yo job
- Jim Johnson didn't want to waste a HIT on @LupeFiasco bcuz he INTENTIONALLY associates himself wit Losin..I mean Lazing..Loser Lazer #Shrugs
- An to be truthfully honest.. If @LupeFiasco every made the "Great American Rap Album" or whatever, it will probably be his best album ever!
- As an old former friend.. I'm disappointed.. as a current fan.. i'm disappointed.. enuff is enuff.. get off the bullshit @LupeFiasco
- I knew the moment @LupeFiasco let them ppl over at #OKP embrace him.. I knew it was over..his music changed & he placed a ceiling on himself
- All that Japanese Cartoon shit is cool or whatever but DAWG that's not what Chilly put you here to do @LupeFiasco And you KNOW that!
- How you go from being endorsed by Jay-z, to basically no public affiliation whatsoever?!?!? @LupeFiasco You spose to be killin it G
- Lyrically ain't nobody touching this nigga @LupeFiasco but who cares? cuz nobody know! cuz he only caters to a select SMALL crowd of ppl
- @LupeFiasco's Fans wouldn't have to DEMAND a release on #Wewantlazers if he made the folks at the label WANT to put the machine behind it
- It's all politics & bullshit… NO.. The folks at atlantic records do not want to put money behind all that emo weirdo bullshit @LupeFiasco
- do that shit on ur own time..give the FANS some fuckin music to listen to.. put out some mixtapes..BE ACTIVE & u'll be on a list @LupeFiasco
- Mixtape #Weezy Meant something.. Mixtape @LupeFiasco Meant something..so why is Weezy UP HERE, and lupe down there? Lack of supply to demand
- Alot of people lives, situations, & freedom went into the development of @LupeFiasco it's a damn shame to watch what he's doing with it
- I mean canceling a mixtape bcuz some one leaked your music has GOT to be 1 of the dumbest reasons to deprive fans of something @LupeFiasco
- Why put yourself in position to have fans..that support u.. if u gonna treat them like shit? it's not THEY fault ur music leaked @LupeFiasco
- Everytime I have a conversation about @LupeFiasco it always go exactly the SAME "man dude is so good, wtf is wrong with him? why ain't he.."
- At the end of the day dude.. PUT OUT SOME MUSIC.. keep ur BUZZ up.. appease the fans AND THE LABELS or ur gonna get dropped @LupeFiasco b
- You ain't making no #Hits You go to #neptunes to PURPOSELY get throw away beats.. You ain't putting no music out.. wtf you doin? @LupeFiasco
- They gon start lookin at you like you dead weight @LupeFiasco then what? YOU HAVE TO DELIVER homie!! it's just that simple
- Cuz right now @LupeFiasco looking like a Loser.. I mean Lazer.. I mean Loser.. I mean #Wewantlazers O_o
- How does a person that's bred to be a winner.. become a #Lazer? @LupeFiasco this ain't you dude..fuck them clothes fuck that rebellion
- When @LupeFiasco 1st started buzzin at the labels ppl was comparin #FNF to like the new BadBoy or Rocafella.. Would u be able to tell today?
- Does @LupeFiasco's music/Brand/Marketing/Promotion/or #Wewantlazers "Movement" come anywhere close to resembling those powerhouses?
- There's no reason why it shouldn't tho… He has the talent.. he HAD the funding.. he had the labels.. and he HAD the cosign @LupeFiasco
- He also HAD the music..once upon a time..this new shit.. I can't listen to it.. it's not for the masses..I dont know who its for @LupeFiasco
- Why do I care so much? Bcuz I know exactly what went into building @LupeFiasco to be where he is today.. & beyond all that.. I'm still a fan
- And to sit here and watch all this unfold.. personal bias of Wasalu aside.. is just a damn catastrophe.. it's ironically a @LupeFiasco
- But it seem like the more ppl that sit by the camp fire waitin for @LupeFiasco to do, the less he does & more appalled he seems at the idea
- So the real question is: Why the fuck you here then? @LupeFiasco Just go away if you don't want the pressures of pleasing ppl.. 32 minutes ago via web
- And if u gon be here.. BE HERE!! get off the high school reject Wasalu shit and get back on the writing for the black album @LupeFiasco shit
- Call up GBall get in the attic and finish that mixtape.. put that shit out.. call up P and tell him u want a hit record @LupeFiasco
- Call up Soundtrakk.. get in the lab & GO SEE HIM.. that nigga got some cold ass beats waiting for you but you never hear them @LupeFiasco
- Call up Mr. Jones and tell him you BACK on yo Westside of chicago "Failure" shit & let to Craig Calman Know @LupeFiasco
- Get ya fucking thumb out ya ass and be the Artist we all stood behind you KNOWING you could be @LupeFiasco
- And once it finally sink in to you & you get back where u SHOULD be.. I want you to apologize to your fans for making them wait @LupeFiasco
- Blood, Sweat, And Tears went in to you @LupeFiasco the least you could do is play the part you was selected to play.
- I think I'll set down off my #SoapBox now..Know that my intentions 2 @LupeFiasco were not fueled by malice but of disappointment & confusion
The Santa Claus beard fucking works. Just sayin.
Well this might not be new new (I think the verdict might still be out on that one), but it's as new as you're going to get!
(Props to Nodzilla for the audio.)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
This video has been out for a bit (it's from the Riverfront Times Music Showcase earlier this summer), but I didn't post it when it dropped.
Rocky's been killing it lately with this song at performances, so I had to put it up for those who may not have caught it.
Theresa Payne on the hook.
St. Louis' wildest college MC is back with the Hottest in the City Mixtape.
According to A-Game, you can find the mixtape "All Over Tha Internet".
If you need something a bit more specific, check it out here: Clicky Clicky.
Also, catch A-Game with the rest of the best St. Louis MCs on the Waitin for the DJ LIVE Mixtape. It's fuckin nice, I promise you. Catch it HERE.
If you haven't caught one of these shows yet, you are fucking up. The turnout is always solid and the performances are second to none.
Check out the info on the next one right HERE.
It's DJ Innovation's birthday show too!
Super Bowl shit.
Lupe the Killer goes in on Freeway Ricky's new track, "BMF".
In related news, check out Lupe's LASERS petition HERE, and Rick Ross performing "BMF" live with the Roots HERE.
The Waitin for the DJ Live Mixtape is comprised of a series of live freestyles, remixes, and exclusive tracks from some of St. Louis' most prominent hip-hop artists. It's unique, not only because it is the first (that I know of) completely live recorded mixtape, but also because it is made up of completely spontaneous performances, with every track only getting one take. It definitely has a live studio spontaneous vibe that couldn't really be captured any other way.
This project is a collaborative effort between Waitin for the DJ, The U (UMSL Student Radio Station), Ghetto Blastic, The Soulition DJs, MadeMonarchs, and The Frozen Food Section.
Featured artists:
Prince Ea
Black Spade
QB of Family Affair
Tef Poe
Corey Black
Teresa Jenee
Rockwell Knuckles
Nato Caliph
Jabari Pendelton
Bryant Stewart
Shaun Li
MK Stallings
Wayne Scott II
Indiana Rome
Will Hump
Mic Young
Featuring local beats from:
Hawthorne Headhunters
As well as industry and indy beats
Go get it!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Spotted over at Year of the Blacksmith.
Check out this dope, informative roundtable discussion on social media with Aimee Allison, founder of OaklandSeen; hip-hop journalist and activist, Davey D; and Cheryl Contee, aka Jill Tubman, co-founder of the political blog "Jack and Jill Politics."Peace.
You can catch a few notables in the crowd as well, including Brother Ali and Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Beautiful footage on this video to say the least.
Since Atlantic Records has refused to offer any information in regards to the release of Lupe's new album, LASERS, for the past year or so (after Lupe confirmed that the record was completed), his fans took action by starting a petition for the album's release.
Lupe called in to BBC 1Xtra to talk the issue over with DJ Semtex.
Check the petition HERE.
Dear Atlantic Records,
The fans have been below have been waiting for the release for Lupe Fiasco's album "Lasers" for over a good year now. Since when it was originally announced finished last summer, there has still yet to be a release date announced. It has even been stated by Lupe Fiasco the artist himself, that the album si in fact completed. Enough is enough, we demand that you stop playing around and give us the album that we have been highly anticipating since the release of The Cool.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Mike G
Doc Oct
Prince Ea
Black Spade
QB of Family Affair
Tef Poe
Corey Black
Teresa Jenee
Rockwell Knuckles
Nato Caliph
Jabari Pendelton
Bryant Stewart
Shaun Li
MK Stallings
Wayne Scott II
Will Hump
Mic Young
Featuring local beats from:
Hawthorne Headhunters
As well as industry and indy beats
Sometime before (or possibly after, I don't really have a clue), Cudi gave the fans a taste of some new material a capella. What do you think?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Here's what Barker had to say about it:
"The song started with RZA and I in my studio, with him playing guitars and me playing drums, just jamming out," Barker explained. "Then I got Raekwon on it, and I showed it to Tom Morello, who was stoked on it, so he played on it. And that's how I wanted the video to be.There was never any corny ideas [for the video]," Barker smiled. "[It's] just us rocking out. That's what's good about it. The track's raw; it's not candy-coated. … This is like 'punch you in the face,' real hype music."
Anyway, the new date is September 7th. To be honest, I didn't think it was ever going to drop as a mixtape; just figured they'd try to make it a proper album and make the $$$. Glad I was wrong.
Here's another track from it to get the video treatment. This time it's the Mighty Mos with "Cream of the Planet."
Hit it...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
WTFuck? How did I miss that? Well...
Kweli hit the booth with Gucci and critics cried foul. Now, Kweli speaks back...
"I have been working on my new album, Prisoner Of Conscious since the summer began. It is a title I have had floating in my head for quite some time, but it is even more relevant right now. Hip Hop is like bipartisan politics these days. Everyone chooses sides and argues for the sake of the argument, not to actually achieve any clarity. I am a man and an artist of the people. When I say that, I do not just mean people I agree with, people who understand me or people I can relate to. I mean the people in the truest sense of the term. This philosophy, although professed by many intellectuals, is lost on them. They would rather judge the masses as a foolish body, greatly in need of their intellectual musings. Any public figure who attracts a crowd of people should be examined, and if they are smart about their business they are to be respected. Respect transcends personal taste, you can and often should respect your enemy.Dayum!
Now I don't know Mychal Smith, but what I do know is he is a blogger that follows me on Twitter, and I guess my decision to record with Gucci Mane bothered him enough to blog about it, declaring my move a part of the demise of the conscious rapper. I offer a different take. I say people like Mychal Smith are every bit as caught up in the flashing lights as the 'ignorant' masses they like to judge. Instead of celebrating it, they get joy from speaking against it. They truly believe not liking Gucci Mane makes them intellectually superior to say, some chick down south. They pay so much attention to what they perceive to be negative, based on a limited world view, that they miss the positive, even when it's right in their face."
Can't say shit to that.
(What I like about all this though - aside from the obvious - is the fact that real artists read the blogs. That's good.)
Asher's latest tape is back, this time without DJ tags (aka Fat Free).
If you didn't get it the first time, do yourself a favor and grab it now.
Also, download and/or purchase the projects available from all the featured artists. (You can get most of them for $0.)
Catch the download, tracklist, and links below.
Peace. Cool out.
01 Rockwell Knuckles: Bad Guy ft. Tef Poe (Choose Your Own Adventure)
02 Jonathan Toth from Hoth: 'Member That? (Sick Boys)
03 Black Spade: The Cool Out ft. El Prez & Vandalyzm (Build and Destroy)
04 Orie: Walk Away (What a Black Man Wants)
05 Teresa Jenee: What You Want ft. Bryant Stewart (Single)
06 Prince Ea: 4321 Freestyle (Single)
07 Jonezy: Top Notch ft. Spark1Duh? (Mr. FillintheBlank)
08 Vandalyzm: Dear Moleskine ft. Finale (Vandalyzm is Not the Father)
09 Nodzilla: A Better Way ft. Tef Poe (Nodzilla's Baadasssss EP)
10 Splitface: The Autumn (The Autumn EP)
11 Corey Black: Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll (Play it By Ear)
12 Steddy P: Format ft. Approach, DJ Mahf, & Reach (Format Digital 12")
13 Hawthorne Headhunters: Never Give Up (Hawthorne Headhunters Mixtape)
14 Earthworms: Circles ft. Raashan Ahmad (Nightcrawlers: 101 Mixtape)
15 Heavyset: Your Favorite MC (Heavyset EP)
16 William H: '96 Bulls (DOF: 103)
Two tracks from Cudi's upcoming Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager have had snippets released as a teaser for the imminent release of the album. The tracks are "Mr. Rager" (produced by Kanye West) and "Mojo" respectively. Check them out below.
They sound very much like the work he put out on the first MotM.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
To be honest, I don't know much of Exile's stuff outside of the work he's done with Blu, so this one will be very educational for me. I'm expecting it to be nice though.
Here's what his people have to say about the project:
Free download of Exile's Radio (Bonus Album) in celebration of his upcoming August 31st AM/FM release via Plug Research. AM/FM will feature various producers remixing the original Radio tracks, while Blu, Fashawn, Shafiq Husayn, Samiyam, Free the Robots, DJ Day, Clutchy Hopkins, Evidence, Alchemist, Krondon, Muhsinah, Aloe Blacc, Grouch and Eligh go over the originals. The amount of submissions were so high, not everything could fit on the official AM/FM album, hence the free download.
(Or HERE if you don't like to register for shit like me.)
1. So We Can Move (Teebs Remix)
2. It's Coming Down (DJ Rhettmatic Remix)
3. Population Control (Dibia$e Remix)
4. We're All In Power f. Von Pea, Donwill & Elucid
5. Frequency Modulation (Marco Polo Remix) f. Torae & Ruste Juxx
6. In Love (Kan Kick Remix)
7. GB (Radio Medley)
8. Watch Out! False Prophet f. ADAD & Johaz
9. The Machine (DaVinci Remix)
10. In Tune Static (Mike Gao Remix)
11. So We Can Move (Pollyn Remix)
12. Exbox Radio (Radio Reject x Bonus Cut)
13. OPERAtor Radio (Radio Reject x Bonus Cut)
14. Forbidden Radio (Radio Reject x Bonus Cut)
15. I've Been Dreaming of You (Radio Reject x Bonus Cut)
Monday, July 19, 2010
After breaking the 16,000 mark on Twitter followers, Mayer Hawthorne treated his fans with a reggae mix of the single, "Maybe So, Maybe No."
Check it:
I am definitely feeling this mix.
1. Intro
2. Advantage Carter (Prod. By Green Lantern)
3. Welcome 2 Atlanta V103 Feat. Young Jeezy & DJ Greg Street
4. Jay's Back ASAP
5. Live In London
6. Green Magic
7. Brooklyn Sound Boy
8. Child Abuse (Prod. By Green Lantern)
9. Jay-Z Speaks On Green Lantern
10. Flashy Life
11. Got Me On My Shit (Prod. By Green Lantern)
12. Pimp Stroll (Prod. By Green Lantern) Feat. Lil' Wayne & Dante Hawkins
13. Conspiracy Theory Freestyle
14. Sweet (Prod. By Green Lantern)
15. Only 1 Hov Accapella
16. Can't Knock Da Hustle (Green Mix)
17. Good Old Days (Green Mix) Feat. 2Pac & Styles P
18. Wishing On A Star (Green Mix) Feat. 50 Cent, Freeway & N.O.R.E.
19. Who You With (Green Mix)
20. H.O.V.A. (Green Mix)
21. My Nigga Jigga (Green Mix)
22. Stuck In This Life (Green Mix)
23. This Shit Right Here (Live @ American Gangster Tour)
24. Dirt Off Ya Shoulder (Crunk Mix) Feat. 50 Cent
25. Invasion Interlude
26. Home Of 9/11 (Prod. By Green Lantern) Feat. Cam'ron & Juelz Santana
27. Life Of Party (Prod. By Green Lantern)
28. Jay-Z Speaks w/ Green Lantern & Greg Street
29. Heart Of The City Feat. Dante Hawkins (Live From Dublin)
30. Beautiful Hustle Feat. 2Pac & Mary J. Blige
31. Fronting (Green Mix) Feat. Loyd Banks, Rah Digga & Memphis Bleek
32. Top Down (Prod. By Green Lantern) – Memphis Bleek
33. Barack Obama Speaks On Hip Hop
34. Lick A Shot (Yes We Can)
35. We Run This Feat. Lil' Wayne & Rihanna
36. Marcy & They Shooting (Live In London) Feat. Nas (Bonus)
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Wasalu M. Jaco, aka Lupe Fiasco, has finally released a new album...from his British punk rock side project, Japanese Cartoon. The album, In the Jaws of the Lords of Death, features Jaco on vocals sporting a FBC (aka fake British accent).
Initially, Lupe refused to admit that he was actually the lead singer of the group, but eventually revealed himself as the vocalist through the group's MySpace page.
If you're a bit skeptical, or don't really get down with punk rock, no worries: the album is available for download completely FREE. Check it out over at the JC website @ allsabotage.com, or give it a listen below.
Japanese Cartoon - In the Jaws of The Lords of Death by Hypetrak
Friday, July 16, 2010
New track from the collaborative effort by John Legend and the Roots Crew. The new LP, called Wake Up!, drops on September 21st.
This new Cudder single ft. Kanye dropped a little while back as a radio rip. Now we've got the real deal. The new album drops on "GOOD Music Day."
Easily the most poppy track Cudi has dropped thus far. Don't really think that's a good thing.
Check it out.
Check him out doing Jay's classic "99 Problems".
After who knows how many releases with a variety of different groups, assortments, and consortiums, Black Spade has finally released his first mixtape. Props to him for doing it right.
Features include long-time favorites and collaborators Rockwell Knuckles, Corey Black, Coultrain, Wafeek, Vandalyzm and others. As expected, the tape is loaded with plenty of Dilla-evoking jams and jazz samples (Dorothy Ashby is a big hit on this one). In mixtape fashion, he includes mostly new tracks, peppered with some previously-released tracks (found originally on the Brown Bag Disc), plus a couple remixes of old favorites.
DEFINITELY don't pass this one up. After you check it out, be sure to check out everything else from the man's catalog, much of which you can find HERE.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
In the middle of working on a documentary about YouTube celeb Eli Porter + theentire 'Iron Mic' saga which is responsible for his Internet fame in the first place (if you need a refresh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKKxPtP6XjQ), Mr. Porter decided to upload his own video update on his personal YouTube account just last night. To back up his claim that he does in fact have a documentary in the works and in a move to support his recent decision to resurface on his own accord, we've decided to unleash the trailer to our documentary a little sooner than we had expected to. Early or not, no lie; this is definitely not one to miss; I hereby present to you the trailer for "People's Champion" - The Legend of Eli Porter...

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Now that we are back in Nashville, it's time to start decorating for Christmas and think about our gift list. I'm trying to make several gifts this year, so I'll be spending a lot of time at the sewing machine in the next few weeks.
A couple of weeks ago, I joined my friend, Lauren, and some lovely ladies from her church for a sewing lock-in! I worked on a few projects, but I was most excited about two pillows I made. I had several scarves left from when I went to Africa and needed something to do with them, but didn't want to give them away. So I decided to make some pillows for Marcus's grandmothers. Here is one of them!
Tonight, I was a little over-ambitious and tried a project I found on Pinterest. I found these adorable stuffed animal sleeping bags and thought they would be so fun for my nieces, Abby and Lucy (baby Clare will be getting something else). Melissa, I hope if you're reading this that you're far away from the girls! :) This was a little above my skill level, but it turned out ok! Hopefully the second one will be even better. We'll switch the stuffed animal out for one that fits a little better. I hope they are a hit!
I'm excited for all the other projects I have on my list, and I'll be back next week with another Lunch Break Make! Let's just hope there's enough time to get it all done.
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A unique valentine's day compliment I may never hear again
Actual text message exchange in which I engaged on Valentine's Day:
Me: Just saw Brokeback Mountain. You were right - I cried my head off! If I could be reincarnated I think I'd like to come back as a gay cowboy in the 60s, just so I could support the cause!
Sean: I think you'd make a fantastic gay cowboy, whether in the 60s or today! The hat and the boots would be most becoming! Can you ride a horse?
Me: I think that's the nicest thing anyone has said to me all day! Alas, I cannot ride a horse.
Sean: Well I guess you wouldn't necessarily NEED the horse... That's what the other gay cowboys are for!
Me: Err... Are we talking about MY ideal afterlife or YOURS?
So while there were no lovely Valentine's Day surprises for little old me this year, I may have inadvertently found a new ambition. I do already have some very cute cowboy boots!


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Thursday, April 30, 2015
2015 Cannes Check #10- The Man from Oceania
Oceania is a continent with 15 countries; Australia is the largest country. The last directors check is about a new director, a filmmaker on the rise, a diamond in the rough, a man born in Australia.
Justin Kurzel
My spontaneous feeling is that we are entering the realm of violence, the kind you see in the big screen presented so cold and disturbing that makes a grim story even more depressing. I'm saying this thinking about Kurzel's debut feature film, VERY-HARD to watch Snowtown and his second feature film that tells about Shakespeare's most darkest tale.
Can't help but ask: who dared to give a Shakespeare tale to a novice director that excels in portraying violence in the screen? Then I believe that we don't need another Macbeth film adaptation as there are too many versions, including the versions by Akira Kurosawa, Orson Wells and Roman Polanski. So, why another version? Let's see if I can find the answers.
Born on August 3, 1974 in Gawler, South Australia. He learned the trade in the theater. After a diploma from the National School of Dramatic Art in Sydney, he worked as a stage designer at Sydney Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company. He also developed a taste for cinema in Melbourne University, from which he gets a diploma in 2004 with his film, Blue Tongue. Since then, Kurzel, entered into the spirit of the game of music clip (signing videos of groups such as The Vines or Sleepy Jackson). From his stage designer experience, he evidently kept a true capacity to set the scene and to fit in the body of atypical actors. He combines the musical pulse of editing with a moderate temptation for aesthetics, to build an unexpected style, a mix of outward lightness of the filming with the sly seriousness of the topic.
The "uneven" account of Snowtown, based on a true story, often works like the altered remembrance of a sick brain (or at the least a hurt memory). Together abrupt and subtle, Snowtown, through its genius for locations and trash photo, signs the birth of a great filmmaker. His capacity to film the violence of a declining world where the young are at the mercy of evil with faces hollowed by melancholy has remained intact.
Most of the above comes from la Semaine de la Critique official site as Kurzel has been at the parallel section twice. First with his 2005 award winning short film, Blue Tonge and second with his debut feature film Snowtown that won two special mentions, Grand Prize Special Mention and FIPRESCI Special Mention. Yes, la Semaine launched a director that with his first film conquered several international honors and became well-known among international cinema circles.
So he arrives to Macbeth. Most pre-Cannes articles I have been reading talk more about Michael Fassbender than about the director. But here are a couple of excerpts for reference.
Kurzel's take on the beloved play will take place in the 11th century, and "features the original Shakespearean dialogue, but doing an ambitious job of visually framing Macbeth's plight, as his ambitious wife coaxes him into taking underhanded means to grab power from the reigning king Duncan."
You watch Snowtown and your days are dark for a while after... as soon as I heard that Justin was doing it, I thought "That's the guy!" ... if anyone's is going to make a really dark, intense version of it, it's him.
Think was not able to answer my questions and in the quest I just confirmed what I imagined, Macbeth had to be dark and violent; but learned that actors will have "not-easy-to-understand" Scottish accent plus film will have "not-easy-to-understand" original Shakespeare dialogues. On top film will recreate several battles that many net writers relate to TV show Game of Thrones (WHAT???). Sigh.
You will be right if up to this moment you think that I have very dark perspectives for this film; BUT then we have to talk about what makes a director great. A director is as great as what he can do with his actors and what his actors are capable of. This changes EVERYTHING for me.
Two of my most admired actors play the leads, Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender; consequently film HAS to be extraordinary and hope Kurzel won't ruin the impeccable track of outstanding performances these two actors have. No matter how violent, how difficult to understand accent and/or original dialogues, how much darkeness could have, how many unpleasant battles will have, film is must be seen for me as I watch everything with Marion Cotillard or Michael Fassbender.
For now what really excites me is the opportunity we will have to see Marion Cotillard walking the Cannes red carpet once again.
Basic info about Macbeth
Director: Justin Kurzel
Scriptwriters: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso
Language: English
Runtime: 113 mins
Production countries: UK, France and USA
Production Companies: Sew-Saw Films (Iain Canning and Emile Sherman), DMC Film (Michael Fassbender production company), Anton Capital Entertainment, Creative Scotland, Film4,
Distribution: TWC (USA and Canada), StudioCanal for International Sales
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Michael Fassbender
Plot Summary
Macbeth is the story of a fearless warrior and inspiring leader brought low by ambition and desire. A thrilling interpretation of the dramatic realities of the times and a truthful re-imagining of what wartime must have really been like for one of Shakespeare's most famous and compelling characters, a story of all-consuming passion and ambition set in war-torn 11th Century Scotland.
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In a futuristic world resembling the past where foreign beings of a higher intelligence control human thought, a man (Rufus Sewell) wakes up in a dingy hotel bathtub with no memory of his previous life with a dead body alongside him on the bathroom floor. A fugitive from justice, he begins to piece together the fragments of his memory while coming to the realization that he now possesses powers rivaling that of his controller. Alex Proyas' Dark City is a visionary work both inspired by the great science-fictions (and also noirs) of the past and carving out its own place as a great genre entry with mind bending sets, a serpentine, well-plotted narrative, and fine performances from Sewell and William Hurt as a dogged veteran detective.
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I did a little survey of academic institutions that already had CD ROMs and
many of them circulate them. However some keep certain titles that work with
their equipment on reserve. Some have a mixture of circulating and
reference titles. There was no consistent answer. However it was some time
ago when I talked to other librarians. I wonder if anyone else has an
I am doing research for a lecture I am going to give and wondered how
libraries in general were handling CD ROMs. What kind of programs using them
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How Do I Get It To Slow Down
To get his mind off his losing streak at the racetrack, I took my friend horseback riding. Being a novice, he freaked whenhis horse took
"How do I get it to slow down?!" he yelled.
"Bet on it!" I hollered back
A Hard Sell
I took four tires to a friend's garage sale and was asking $35 apiece. I needed to step away for a bit so I asked him to watch them for
"Sure," he said, "but just in case someone offers less, how low are you willing to go?"
"Try for more, but I will accept $20 each," I said, and left.
When I returned, my tires were gone. "How much did you get for them?"
I asked excitedly. "Twenty dollars each."
"Who bought them?"
"I did!"
His One Sale of the Day
A young man named John applied for a salesman's job at a big department store. It was one of the biggest stores in the world - you
could get anything there. The boss said, "You can starttomorrow and I'll come and see you when we close up."
At the end of the next business day the boss came around and asked, "How many sales did you make today?"
"One," said the young salesman.
"Only one?" blurted the boss, "Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale worth?"
"Three hundred thousand, three hundred and thirty four dollars," said John.
"How did you manage that?" asked the boss.
"Well, this man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sold him a small
fishing line, a medium one and a big one. I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. I said he would probably
need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his
car probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to the car department and sold him the new Deluxe version we have."
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?"
"No," answered John, "he came in to buy a present for his mother-in-law, who'll come to visit on Friday, so I said to him, 'Well, since your
weekend's messed up, you might as well go fishing.'"
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2502.The next chapter in the slow invasion of Clearview onto street blades and directional signs everywhere unfolds in New York City, where word has been placed into the universe of discourse that they are preparing to spend $27.6 million to replace all city street blades, working out to about $110 per blade.
Sadly, reporting on the issue seems to harp on the cost. While it's not unremarkable, that's only half the story. Since introducing Clearview and making it the FHWA-approved standard for signs all over, in this lean budgetary climate naturally states and appropriate jurisdictions have complained about the extra cost.
Street blades don't come for free, of course.
Sadly, most reporting on it is a more coarse version of this article at The Consumerist, which does a disservice by not devoting just a few extra lines for some needed clarity. The New York Post, a news organ that I've learned to take with a huge grain of salt, does unexpected justice at this article by providing that clarity.
While it's true that $27.6 million is, perhaps tautologically put, a hell of a lot of money to spend on anything, it's not outlandish when it's pointed out that the signs will be replaced over an eight-year period at a rate (11,000/year) not unreasonably more than that of normal wear and tear anyway (8,000/year). The evolution seems most wise.
What I will take issue with is the sign formatting. While the traditional NYC street blade format - with the specific spanning the sign's height and the generic baseline-shifted up to align with the top of the big letters - works well with the old letterforms, it seems sort of awkward with Clearview letterforms.
I'd suggest a redesign, and humbly offer my services to the city of New York City.
(thanks to fellow Address Nerd Ben Lukoff for pointing this out)
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Don't know Brian Sussman that well. Had a few e-mail exchanges. Just know that the experiment with him and Melanie Morgan wasn't working and Mel wanted out. And now it's happened.
Sussman's politics are ultra-ultra right and that's fine and well; so were Lee Rodgers, only Rodgers was the master broadcaster and knew how to do radio and make it entertaining. Sussman is too glued to his mad-scientist act; occasionally morphs off to being an on-air boor and now has to sound artificially excited next to a giddy, angry, out-of-place female traffic yodeler. Have fun.
**A KGO Radio News reporter sent me a message on Facebook excoriating me for "not listening to the news coverage of the SFO crash." Dear "dude:" I don't doubt the good work many of the folks over at KGO do. Too bad they are the exception to the rule. And as far as lecturing me to "listen after the 'talkshow guy left", that's not my issue, it's yours. Next time it might be prudent to have a game plan in place in case a major news story breaks on a weekend.
**Alex Jones Interview: Did the best I could and I'm OK with it. In fact, just getting Jones to sit down and talk was a miracle in and of itself. The object of an interview is to try to get out some info and be fair and tough. There's no point to start screaming and yelling over one or two points with Jones. I challenged him on some issues as humanly as possible. Didn't pretend to be Piers Morgan who didn't accomplish anything with Jones other than a lasting scowl, short-term ratings gain and mud on his face. I confronted Jones on gun-restriction, his 9/11 rants, Obama, etc and offered out the opinion that using Hitler references was not good for the cause. He sort of agreed. All in all I thought the interview was solid and entertaining. Case closed.
**Lame Central: The morning show mental midgets, (think 680 and 560), whose "ad-libs" are repeated later in the morning as if they were uttered spontaneously. They can't even elicit off-the-mark basic conversation--they literally repeat it as if it were original and un-planned. That's why they have to resort to cheap, contrived sound effects or dumb and mindless "bits" that are about as original and genuine as a Turlock Target store.
**KTVU, as I noted here, did a fine job reporting the SFO-Asiana airliner crash---not so swell: the shameless self-promotion PR ad campaign perpetrated by the station's marketing dept. touting KTVU as "#1 this---the 'first station that was on the air...'first station in digital", etc." 2 people were killed in that crash and countless others seriously injured. The investigation is on-going. So KTVU, and namely, GM, Tom Raponi, it is indeed tacky el-supremo to begin doing promos on radio and TV, sending out press releases 2 days after the crash. Dumb, dumb dumb.
**That ubiquitous KNBR traffic gal that is getting false admiration from the frat boys likes to use the phrase, "frickin' and "nobody cares." Yeah I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid, chicky-poo, because a few schmuckos have decided to embrace you. Embrace this.
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JYJ's Park Yoochun is the next K-pop artist in line to join the Chinese social networking site, Weibo!
On January 6th, Park Yoochun created a personal account on Weibo, updating it with his first post, a profile picture and a header image!
To get closer to his Chinese-speaking fans, Yoochun showed his dedication by writing his first post in Chinese, which is translated to be, "Happy new year to my friends in China! I started using Weibo, do follow my Weibo account often. I'm waiting for the next opportunity for me to see you all in China ; )"
The celebrity has already gained more than 150,000 followers since he started the account.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Music Under The Stars
at john j. burns town park in massapequa. as you can see by the umbrellas, it had already started raining by the time lou gramm, the lead singer of foreigner started singing. although I was a little distracted taking photos while juggling my umbrella I must tell you lou's rendition of double vision got the crowd cheering for more. unfortunately the rain became a huge downpour and didn't let up. for more info about free summer concerts go here , scroll down the right side and click on music under the stars.
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So sorry it rained. Will there be a raincheck performance date?
- July 23, 2008 at 9:47 PM
- Arnold Layne said...
love the photo, you captured the audience with the umbrellas very well with the lit up stage.
- July 23, 2008 at 9:58 PM
- Lily Hydrangea said...
I don't think so Paz, but I can't say for sure. People were still holding out for the rain to stop when we left.
Thank you Arnold. You are so kind.
- July 23, 2008 at 10:51 PM
- MmeBenaut said...
I think I know that band "foreigner"; I've heard of them but I can't think of the context.
I love that the crowd came prepared with big umbrellas.
- July 24, 2008 at 12:06 PM
In the spirit of the darker side of Long Island I have to remind people Massapequa is also the town where the sordid love affair of Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuco took place all those years ago . Allan
- July 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM
- Lily Hydrangea said...
That's right Allan. Massapequa was also home to Jerry Seinfeld and the Baldwin brothers!
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
29, 25, 16
29 years old (ha! plus a "few"), almost 25 weeks pregnant, and nearly 16 years wed.
{Baby is all balled up at the bottom}
{Whose belly is bigger? This was before dinner...after dinner I'm SURE mine was bigger. I ate ALL the fried ice cream and didn't share a bite. Ooops!}
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
I'm Holding Nine Miracles
Each new baby really is a miracle, a gift from God. Not just the new babies, but the ones that are growing up too. I'm so thankful for Micah, Eden, Caleb, Zeke, Josh, Malachi, Tirzah, and Obadiah. I am in awe that I have done this eight times and I have eight blessings at home that I am responsible for.
Yesterday was our ultrasound for baby #9...
Arms/Hands over the face:
Long leg:
Long foot (no surprise!):
Side of face/head, but slightly tilted towards the camera:
Arm/hand with fingers pointing (right in the center, just to the left):
Heart Rate: 139 bpm
[13] For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
[14] I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
[15] My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
[16] Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
(Psalm 139:13-16 ESV)
The kids who had to wait at home now open a box to find out what gender the baby is:
It's a GIRL!!!
The ultrasound was amazing, as always. Eden, Caleb, and Mitch were there with me. Caleb still insists that it's twins, but no, it's not. :) At first she had her legs tightly together and would not reveal her gender. As the tech moved back and forth I was certain I saw boy parts. She was in a really awkward position so it was hard to see her profile and her spine also. But the tech was patient and thorough. So sweet. We saw the baby's head/brain perfectly, stomach, cord, cord insert site, heart (especially perfect views of the heart), diaphragm, bladder, kidneys, legs, toes (all 10 each!), placenta, and eventually her gender and spine. We eventually got a profile shot, but her head was still slightly tilted toward the screen. We saw everything we needed to see, though, and it was perfect! Perfect! Our little girl kept putting her hands wherever we were scanning--by her face, by her bottom, by her feet. She wasn't especially jumpy or wiggly, not at all like the boys. We got one good shot at her gender, but for most of the scan it was simply "I don't see any boy parts!" And, well, after so many boys I think I can identify those, especially at 20 weeks. Yes, they were most definitely absent. She weighed 13 oz and her measurements were exactly on for her due date. Before the scan began I told the tech I wanted to guess where my placenta was and where the baby was. I told her my guess and I was right!!! I'm getting good! Only I guessed that the baby was breech and she wasn't--her head was down. The placenta is high, away from my cervix, and on the front right. I haven't felt much movement up there. I also heard a low heartbeat there that sounded to me "like a placenta". I only have a stethoscope to use (not a doppler), so it's hard to hear, but it's fun to try.
The kids are excited, and so are we. I'm liking the way these numbers are adding up--3 of one and 6 of the other.
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This represents the physical space that the character is occupying. These do not represent hittable boxes. It is there so the characters, when both are pressing forward, they cannot pass through eachother. Moves that can pass through the opponent, for example, akuma's teleport, that yellow area wil lcompletely disappear so he can pass through the opponents yellow area.
Solid Yellow long horizontal boxes:
They are the distance for where the active frames will force the opponent to block (but I didn't include any of them in these pictures to show the distances)
Solid Red boxes:
This represents the attack's active hitbox. If this box collides with the opponent's vulnerable box(explained further down), it will register a hit. The data that is shown inside the red hitbox, is not important, they are values representing range/height/etc... basically, important info for the development team only
Solid Green Boxes:
This is considered a Projectile Active hitbox. Same rules apply as the red hitbox when it comes to registering a hit.
Solid Blue hitbox:
This is a throw's active hitbox. If this throw collides with a throw vulnerable box(explained further down) on the opponent, a throw will be triggered.
Green lined boxes:
This represents the character's vulnerable hitbox. If any attack's solid red hitbox or projectile's solid green hitbox collides with the green lined box, a hit will be registered.
Blue lined boxes:
This represents the character's vulnerable throwable hitbox. If a throw's Solid Blue hitbox makes contact with A blue Lined box, a throw will be triggered
Red lined boxes:
This represents the character's vulnerable hitbox, just like the green lined boxes, but it is invincible to projectile attacks(solid green hitboxes).
- cr.HP
As you can see, from the attack box that while it is considered an anti-air for Vega, the attacking hitbox is extremely low to the ground and very small. Truth be told, it is fast, and the range itself is decent; however due to the low hitbox you are more than likely going to either trade hits or just get outright stuffed before you anti-air them.
- st.HK
The hitbox on st.HK is a fair bit higher than that of cr.HP, it is also larger, has more reach and comes out just as quickly, you'll also notice that his vulnerable hitboxes are positioned differently, making him less viable to be stuffed or to take a trade. Eventhough it only hits once, it is still a far more effective anti-air than cr.HP. On a non-anti-air standpoint, up close it's a great stopper for focus attempts as it hits twice.
- lk.ST
This is more for if you're catching the opponent on a far jump-in, it can be followed up with varying strengths of another ST due to it putting them into juggle state. I find myself using hk.ST more and then following up with mk.ST. However, if you want something quick to start then lk.ST is your better suggestion of them all.
- st.MP
While I personally have had a lot of success in using this (due to it technically being a taller cr.HP on terms of hitboxes), I wouldn't recommend trying it at a first glance. You need to find your own standpoint with it because you cannot throw it out as an emergency anti-air like st.HK.
- Cosmic Heel
I really wouldn't recommend this as an anti-air, however, if you manage to Anti-air your opponent with it, it's a free ST followup and can even lead into Ultra II (See Vega's Trial #24)
Ultra I - Bloody High Claw
- Full screen fireball punisher.
As it stands, on reaction this can be used to punish fireballs mid-full screen. This is, of course, with the exception of projectiles thrown by Guile and Chun-Li as they recover far too fast to hit them even on reaction. However this is without the use of the launcher as the launcher does not have fireball invincibility and so you would have to move to the wall behind you.
If you don't know how to control which wall it goes to, it is dependant on the direction that you end the motion on. For example, the motion itself is listed as;
Down-Back, Down-forward, Down-Back, Up-forward.
This would give you the launcher (Provided it is not full screen, it misses some characters mid-screen too). However, if you wanted to go for the wall behind you (Which is often your best option), you would need to input the ultra like this:
Down-Back, Down-forward, Down-Back, Up-Back.
The control of direction can also be applied to his walldives and sky high claw depending on your motions ending in up-back or up-forward.
- As a general punisher;
It isn't the greatest, but should you block a move attempted by your opponent that has a lot of recovery, you can punish, along with the launcher, for a lot of damage. On some moves it an interrupt them using either the launcher or moving to the wall behind you. I will be going into further depth on where you can do this in the matchups section.
- It's fast.
I think, for an ultra, this is generally what can make one great when you consider Vega's mobility. I'm not saying to throw it out at random, but it is very easy to catch your opponent off guard with it due to it's speed.
- Easy to interrupt if done up close.
Unlike in vanilla SFIV where he wouldn't lose his ultra before he touched the wall, he can be easily light punched out of it if you attempt it in close quarters. You shouldn't be throwing ultra out like that regardless, but it is important to know that it will not get you out of a pressure situation.
- Using the launcher as an anti-air.
When you consider the properties of the launcher, it might seem like a good idea at first to punish mindless jump-ins. It is not a good idea.
The launcher has a habit of anti-airing, but then the rest of the ultra will whiff. Meaning not only is this free damage for your opponent, but a waste of what could have been 450+ damage.
The Pros;
- Anti-Air
The great thing about using Ultra II over Ultra I is that it can be used as an anti-air. The timing isn't particulary difficult, though not as simple as something like Hakan's Ultra II to pull off; but it is reliable. You cannot be poked out of it unlike Ultra I because it has invincibility for a few frames of startup (making Vega invulnerable to attacks).
- 13-frame invincibility on startup
The first 13 frames of Vega's Ultra II are invulnerable to attacks, this also applies for fireballs during that time (but it generally requires the ultra to be activated at around close range to eliminate the chances of your opponent blocking). I personally use it against people who are a little happy at pressing too many buttons in either a block string or over your wakeup.
- Has 'Auto-Correct'
Much like the varying versions of Vega's Scarlet Terror, Ultra II has something called 'Auto-Correct'. You might find when playing that your opponent will try to cross you up somehow (A crossup being that they are aiming for the back of your hitbox which means you have to block towards the attack instead of against it; IE, block the other way to avoid being hit), that your move will follow and Vega will start off his attack facing the opposite direction that you inputted for it.
A lot of the time, you are going to catch the opponent offguard with this, especially if they attempt a crossup into a throw or into some other unsafe move that leaves them vulnerable.
- As a fireall punisher.
As a fireball punisher, Splendid Claw is decent, per se. It is neither a great fireball punisher nor a bad one. If you're solely looking for an ultra that might stop a pesky shoto throwing projectiles, you're probably better off using Bloody High Claw.
- Damage
The damage isn't as great as Bloody High Claw, but in itself, it isn't much of a con when you see the pros that really make up for it in comparison.
- cr.lp/cr.mp xx lp.RCF
After some time, you can start making it crlp, crmp xx lp.RCF, but for the time being, just hit confirming with either cr.lp, cr.mp or cr.lk will suffice. It does require you to already have charge though.
The good thing about Vega's claw roll is that when hit confirmed into, it will be relatively safe on both hit and block. It's good for keeping some minor pressure in a corner with but that is about as good as it gets. You'll find yourself using other BnBs instead at a beginner level as it doesn't really lead into any knockdowns.
- cr.lk xx lk.ST/cr.mk xx hk.ST
As you might have seen in Vega's trials, he can do a few little tricks to combo into a Scarlet Terror. Scarlet Terror, in my opinion, might be a smarter choice than a claw roll outside of corner as it leads to a knockdown and while the knockdown is techable (They can Quick-stand), it will still give you a positional advantage to start implimenting a small wakeup game which I will talk more about in a later article.
The only problem with using Scarlet Terror, is that it will not hit an opponent if they were crouching when you hit them with the cr.lk/cr.mk, which then leaves you open to a counterattack.
- cr.lp/cr.mp/cr.lk/cr.mk xx EX FBAThis is the main hit confirm BnB that you will be using when you have the meter to do so. It is probably Vega's best option with meter usage as it leads to an untechable (they cannot quick stand) knockdown. This is where wakeup games become almost essential to learn and I will be going over some of them in the next article (which is where we start looking at Intermediate techniques), this wakeup game also includes something known as the Izuna Trap (or Izuna Vortex/Walldive loop etc)
- Cosmic Heel > Scarlet Terror
Your meterless BnB for easy damage. Of course, it is important that you remember not to throw out Cosmic Heel constantly; It should be used sparingly. As I mentioned before, Scarlet Terror is his best followup after Cosmic Heel but you should know all of this already from reading Part II.


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Lemme just share a quick story when we started to became FRIENDS.
We are sisters from other mother. Hi Mommy Cruela! *sabay wave* . Actually we became friends since when we became a student assistance at Ateneo de Zamboanga University High School Library. (No acronyms allowed, para mahaba ano ba! :D) YUP we are scholars. Mutants and Proud! CHAROT! XMEN??. The memories we had, good or bad, from hating our duty scheds, hating ATE *toot*, hating students , from how the library bell rang, from the loudest SSSSHhhhhhhhhhh, from how we print lyrics using the epson printer, from how we sort the magazines and newspapers, how we file the books, how we open Friendster and Facebook, when we need to go to the bodega HAAAY life! , and how to make palusot when we are going to absent. HAHAH! and specially when Mommy meets Daddy Binoy! :DD HAHAHA Uyyyy! All of this will never fade away. :) Thats it! Right Kafatidz! Joan, Ivy, jade, Adel, Jelay and Michelle =) .
Here's to our THROWBACK pictures! PLEASE DONT JUDGE! :D HAHAHAHAH
|HAHAHAH YEAR 2009 at PASEO del MAR yeap! ACCOUNTANCY vs MANAGEMENT :DD (collage na lang huh) and USO po and PEACE sign :D HAHAHAH *peace*
|HI THERE! meet the SHOPLIFTERS of SHOP-O-RAMA :DD HAHAHAHAHAH JK (Im so happy for what Ive recieved OBVIOUS naman!)
|YAN LANG KINAIN namin! POBRESA mode lang :D JUNKS for healthy living :D
|Oh hi Adel! HAHA ikaw na ang STAR ng PASKO :D charot! :P
|Where's the sun? :D HAHAHAHA
|MORENAS and PROUD :)
|Lets Start with a SELFIE! :) Hihih Hi there! :)
|At BARCODE RIZAL oi ha! ADEL huh? ABSENT ka! :D
|Love this pic with JELAY :D
|Since palaging ABSENT si ADEL eto! We attended a debut party of family friend of mine EJ which is a childhood friend of ADEL.
|Instant Pictorial lang after the 18 candles&treasure speech. :D Hallway, Stairs and the most decent background COMFORT ROOM,. HAHAH :D
A date with Adel and Ivy ❤
We decided to watch the Star Cinema 20th Anniversary presents the FOUR SISTERS AND A WEDDING. We enjoyed watching the movie as in.. (Singit singit din :D)
Yup so before going home we decided to try this new restaurant/cafe along the town which is the BOJOL GRILL, (but actually we just really want to try the The FRAP BAR Zamboanga,) So FAR this is the most decent FRAPPED here in Zamboanga. definitely need to come back and try the entire menu EVERYTHING'S SO GOOD. We tried the Berries and Cream.
|Blurry Ticket!
Yup so before going home we decided to try this new restaurant/cafe along the town which is the BOJOL GRILL, (but actually we just really want to try the The FRAP BAR Zamboanga,) So FAR this is the most decent FRAPPED here in Zamboanga. definitely need to come back and try the entire menu EVERYTHING'S SO GOOD. We tried the Berries and Cream.
|Here's to a closer Look.. Berries and Cream. :)
|Oh Yes! Excuse me teh Ivz :D HAHAH
|Mcdo Burger and Fries :9
|Mcdo Fries and burger with Frappe = YUM :)
SELFIES we love it, or simply I lOVE IT! With the invasion of INSTAGRAM, the selfie phenomenon isnt going away anytime soon so why not make the most of it? RIGHT?
|No Filter! Just me and the number 1 sign :D HAHAHAH and of course with my frappe :)
Why not take a few hundreds snapshots to capture the moment even if that moment included our FACE, HAHAHAH Pagbigyan niyo na kami paminsan minsan lang din naman ang ganito. (WEH?)
|While waiting for the order ayan! picture2 ang peg :)
|Teh Ivz and your's truly! :)
|Yes! Teh Ivz and Adellou :)
|Others lang si teh IVZ :D hohoh
|Here to a SEMI WACKY! :D HAHAHA
|Fish Eye! Hating Kapatid! :D
|Okay lang se Adellou! :D HAHA :D
Shameless! I know But it wasnt all the selfies. We did try some shots which turned out pretty well noh? LOOOK!
But of course, we ended out a photo session with another SELFIES LOL.
|Follow her on IG and TWITTER! @aelloug & @alougonzaga
|Hi :) (Wala ng macaption)
|Follow her on twitter: @ivmariot & IG: @ivzmariot
OOPS! wait wait wait! sa movie may BLOOPERS, eh ako may STOLEN SHOTS!! :P
|Peace yew! :D
|Teh Ivz busy opening the catsup! :D
Our little food adventure to the lovely place called Bojol Grill- The Frap Bar. I encourage you guys to give this place a shot. I promise that you guys will not only leave with happy full bellies, but with new and wonderful memories. :)
So if you liked it then please share…if you didn't then share it anyway!
TWITTER: @TheFrapBarZC
INSTAGRAM: thefrapbarzcGovernor Camins Avenue, 7000 Zamboanga CityCONTACT NO: 0916 123 4585
Stay tuned for more entries like this in the future and I hope you enjoyed reading. Still have some to post just gathering some pictures to use so I hope you come back for that as well! Thank you again for reading my blog! Love yewwww alll!!!!! :)


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Nineteenth-Century Figural Baseball Thermometer
Starting Bid - $500.00, Sold For - $928.00
The mercury thermometer mounted on white bakelite is suspended from a "tree branch" hung between two "saplings" growing from the "rough" dirt base, all rendered in pewter, with a 2-7/8-inch tall pewter figure of a pitcher throwing underhand in the right foreground. Stamped on the bottom "Pairpoint MFG. Co." One metal peg near the bottom of the thermometer, which mounts it to its backing, is not original and has been replaced, otherwise in Excellent condition. This is an extremely rare Victorian era baseball figural piece. Measures 7 x 4.5 inches. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000. SOLD FOR $928.00
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Larson, Martha and Soleymani, Mohammad and Serdyukov, Pavel and Jones, Gareth J.F. (2011) Automatic tagging and geotagging in video collections and communities. In: 1st ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR 2011), 17-20 Apr 2011, Trento, Italy. ISBN 978-1-4503-0336-1
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Automatically generated tags and geotags hold great promise
to improve access to video collections and online communi-
ties. We overview three tasks offered in the MediaEval 2010
benchmarking initiative, for each, describing its use scenario, definition and the data set released. For each task, a reference algorithm is presented that was used within MediaEval 2010 and comments are included on lessons learned. The Tagging Task, Professional involves automatically matching episodes in a collection of Dutch television with subject labels drawn from the keyword thesaurus used by the archive staff. The Tagging Task, Wild Wild Web involves automatically predicting the tags that are assigned by users to their online videos. Finally, the Placing Task requires automatically assigning geo-coordinates to videos. The specification of each task admits the use of the full range of available information including user-generated metadata, speech recognition transcripts, audio, and visual features.
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We had a fabulous week-end ! And...hum......look at this !!!!!!
Life is great !
We had a fabulous week-end ! And...hum......look at this !!!!!!
Life is great !
Have a Happy Birthday Faya the bone looks good and the buiscuits to.yum yum will you share them with your brother.
Ludo the cool dude.
Happy Birthday!! You don't look a day over 3! We'll have a treat in honor of your special day Faya!
AireSmooches and WelshieHugs,
BabyRocketDog & Hootie
Happy Birthday Faya...your pressies look yummy, you have a wonderful mummy, and Dyos wants to share treats to make happy his tummy.
Happy 4th birthday, Faya! Your bone and cookies look so yummy! You still have snow! Lucky you!
Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch
Bob aniversaire! Merci pour toutes les conseils vous nous donnez.
Bisous, Bisous,
Sally Ann et Mack
Happy Birthday, Faya!
Sure you had a pawesome time celebrating your big day!
Specially having there Taky and enjoying those delicious treats!
Kisses and hugs
You don't look a day over 2! Enjoy your day and friends' company.
Joyeux Anniversaire!
theBUSTER,Ms.Persephone & Ms.Blue
Oh Faya...
Happy 4th Barkday, dear Girl! Scruffy's fourth was just a week ago...you two would have been adorable puppies together!
Hope you have Spring and enjoyed your pressies and cake!!
Kisses, Scruffy, Lacie and Stanny
w00fs, happy barkday Faya...looks like u gotted sum yummy treats..me hopes u has many many more..
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Happy, happy Birthday, Faya! Sorry we are late! We hope you had a pawsome day!
Penny & Patches
Happy birthday Faya. How lovely your friend Taky came to help you celebrate.
Molly, Taffy and Monty
Happy birthday!!!
And what a beautiful 4 years old you are....Happy Birthday Faya
We hope it was a great day, Faya! You certainly deserve it, and we're pretty sure your moma and Dyos made it a very special celebration! Happy Yappy Birthday!!!
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Eh, oui, ma Faya et on était tous là pour toi.Un bon moment qu'on a passé ensemble, vous avez été sage toi et Dyos, seulement 3 trous.
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Happy Barkday!!! Those treats look absolutely fabbers, dive in!!
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Blissed Out, England, India, M C Raj, New Zealand, novel, philosophy, Tantric, Vajrayana
The Dance Of The Cosmic Cells
By Goldy M. George
15 December, 2012 Countercurrents.org
Title: Blissed Out Author: M.C. Raj Publisher: Frog Books First Published: 2011 Pages: 428
Unfolding the Mysteries
The book starts with Iniyan being introduced by his girl friend to her mother Helen. The entire story surrounds around Helen who is in search of herself throughout the novel. Her father a British army officer kills himself after a mental shock of death and killing in the war. Unable to bear the pain of her husband's demise her mother dies with her birth. Helen's life struggle starts. Her foster father Philip another army officer, brother of her father, followed the military discipline in bringing her up. Her foster mother Lorrain didn't like her hanging out with boy friends and hence makes her follow the rules.
Helen's search for "Self" continues and she falls in love with her married Professor Daniel which ends in a failure. She comes across a Hindu spiritual teacher Keshav in London who refers her to his guru Tapasananda in US. He seduces her into sex under the aegis of tantric Hinduism which ends up with her deportation from New York, Later she is send as agent to get rid of the Maori rebel chieftain as part of the diabolic design to Aotearoa. Here she meets with a gallant and courageous Maori chieftain Ngai Tahu with whom she falls in love and marries him against the wish of the British army. Raged by this act of Helen, the British takes revenge by assassinating Ngai Tahu. After his death she led a brave struggle against the British occupants to reclaim their land and
Helen's journey and search continues. She falls in love with Sunil a Dalit professor from India who recommends her to a Vajrayana Buddhist guru Bikshananda in India. She reached Mysore and stays in his ashram where she meets Kanni a young beautiful and bold lady. However her meeting with Sunil back in the Ashram had a change on her which raged Kanni. Bikshananda had a different intention with Helen to make sex with her under the garb of fusion. Helen run away the trap and throws herself into the arms of her love Sunil. With Sunil she has a daughter Nyree.
The Philosophy undercover
Blissed out is rather a philosophy than a novel. Raj speaks his heart in Blissed Out. He draws the commonality between the political progressions of the western world to colonise nations with that of the socio-religious processes of India under the garb of Hinduism. The application of Christian missionaries to tame and civilize the indigenous people, thus pave the paths of British Empire reiterates the historical combine of faith and power. While Buddhism in the current format is only an extension to Hinduism, Christianity is the clear method of establishing power under the garb of dogmas and doctrines. Colonialism and imperialism are operated under various formats of politics, religion and social domain.
Freedom is the lifeline of this novel. Freedom of every individual has to relate with the larger freedom of the community. It is a process when one moves from reflective actualization to self-actualisation. The notable factor is that freedom is not an independent entity. It consists of justice, liberty, peace, sustenance and harmony. Anything that is forced on another is a violation and it obstructs freedom and peace. Thus individual freedom is an essential component of the liberation of cosmos. This means that it provides and creates space for all. Thus it is an ideal state of no-domination of religions, caste, culture, dogmas, politics, and power.
Love, Sex and sexuality are means to reach the ideal state of freedom. The ultimate reality human existence is one's body. Love is a quality of a cosmic being communicated through the cells. This again is a progression in self-actualisation. Sex is the most common interaction between living beings of all kinds. It is the consequence of the communicative interaction between the cells in the body of a male and female. Sex has a key psychological impact on human life.
A few Hitches
The writings of Raj requires thorough editing, which otherwise would appear to be a book without grammar, There are a few parts in the books where it suddenly jumps from one setting to another without a proper link. The space and time is not clear and connective, though one could have a wild guess of 18th and 19th century. In many paras signs, symbols and codes applied are all modern which again tings an element of suspect the time factor. Inappropriate metaphor is another shortcoming in this novel.
Apart from these few limitations, Raj has been good to do justice to infuse life to the theme, thesis and philosophy of his choice. It is reader's delight and not a secondhand storyline for sure.
The 'T' factor
Halfway through the novel Iniyan the storyteller turns the story maker. He goes on to produce a TV serial based on the diary given by Helen. Helen has placed her life story in it. He figures out that the Sunil in the dairy is none but his father Kumar. He discusses with his father to bring his lady love Helen back home along with his daughter. It was a challenging task to get his mother Anu's consent. Slowly Iniyan negotiates with her. After an initial outburst she finally agrees to have her daughter back home.
The interaction of indigenous wisdom, culture and civilization, of Maoris and Dalits, in the form of waves is the 'T' factor of the novel. Iniyan and Nyree recognize this truth and realize it in the form of DALAOTEAROA. The cosmos and its energy cycles dance to blend and melt in bliss. Kumar, Anu and Helen join it.


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"Financial products based on 8th-century religious laws may seem an unlikely haven during a global crisis. But Islamic banking and financial services, based on traditional Muslim laws known as Sharia, are enjoying a major resurgence.
A survey released on Nov. 5 by The Banker magazine found that assets held by Sharia-compliant banks rose 28.6% in 2009 to $822 billion, while assets held by conventional banks grew only 6.8%.
True, Islamic finance still accounts for only about 1% of the global financial-services market."
Here is my page on Islamic Finance that I have not updated in a VERY long time.


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Nicholas had a his first Thanksgiving at home this year. Grandma and Grandpa Dale can to visit from Chicago and Grandma and Grandpa Matthews were here for the meal. We started the day by going to Sandhills to take our family Christmas photo. They have a big decorated tree outside and I figured since it was Thanksgiving and the stores were closed it was a perfect time to take Nicholas there and avoid people. It worked and the background looks really nice but we probably took 25 pictures and he isn't looking forward in any of them. A few were still pretty good so I ordered our photo cards.
During dinner we gave Nicholas some mashed potatoes. He hated them. He gagged and threw up. He gagged on a teeny tiny piece of turkey too. He sucked on a roll without gagging but didn't eat any of it. Preemies can have a lot of problems eating and I think we are going to run into that when we try to switch over to table food.
Not much else has been going on. He had occupational therapy last Wednesday and his therapist was so happy with his improvement in just a week. She said he made her Thanksgiving. He got his second dose of the seasonal flu shot and the first dose of the H1N1 shot last Tuesday. This week he has a visit from his early interventionist, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
Mark has had a cold all week and I just started to have symptoms today. Nicholas had some crusty around his nose this morning but no other signs. We being really careful but I caught it so we aren't out of the woods yet.


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We had just arrived at Hussain Restaurant in Sungei Petani then to have breakfast while on our way to my nephew's house in Alor Setar. We bought almost all newspapers available at the book store beside the restaurant. We flipped through the pages of each newspapers anxiously without bothering other customers in the restaurant who looked curious of what we were doing. And true enough, Afirah's pictures and news together with the 8 Penang top scorers in PMR who received the Certificate of Appreciation from the Penang Education Director the day before were not only appeared in Utusan Malaysia, but also in the STAR, New Straits Times and METRO. A day after that, we also found the news in a Chinese newspaper.
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
Afirah receiving the Certificate of Appreciation from Penang Education Director
The Certificate of Appreciation
At this occasion, again, I have to encounter with journalists. A TV1 (RTM) journalist asked me about the way I guided Afirah to her success. I did not have an exact answer to this because my guidance was actually very minimum. I did not really guide Afirah because she already had an aim of getting 9As and therefore endeavoured for it on her own. I did not have to force her to study. Instead, I gave her freedom when and what to study. I only came to her rescue whenever she needed one.
However, I told the journalist about three main factors. The first is Allah s.w.t., that it is Allah s.w.t. that bestows one with intelligence, the basic ingredient of one's success. Secondly, one's clear goal, hence the efforts. And thirdly, a conducive atmosphere, at home and at school, with parents and teachers and friends.
Afirah and the Penang top scorers
In the first factor, I could observe the gift from Allah s.w.t. of Afirah's brilliance. She is always the top students at every level, the primary and lower secondary levels. Intellectual sub-culture is also in her. Wherever she goes, even to only a supermarket around our area, she would bring a book in her hand and would read it whenever she has a chance, in the car, while waiting for us et. cetera. The place she likes most is bookshops. She would not miss the bookshop whenever she finds one. We share similar hobby in this.
Her goal in PMR, the second factor, was also very clear to her. She wanted 9 straight As and she sticked her own computer-printed statement of this goal on the wall in her room together with other various motivational statements. She set her mind accordingly and worked for it freely, without any pressure from both myself and my wife.
Afirah's motivational statements in her room
Thursday, December 28, 2006
AFIRAH SCORED 9 STRAIGHT As IN HER PMR
Afirah's PMR result - 9 straight As
Not only that. She is also a top 7 student in Penang and will have to attend a special ceremony at Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri Pulau Pinang tomorrow morning to receive her Certificate of Appreciation from Penang Education Director.Being one of the top students in Penang is really a very meaningful accomplishment for a Muslim. She is at least at par with, if not above of, non-Muslims top scorer and definitely above thousands of them with lower achievement. It is a real win indeed.
It is really a double joy. Taariq with his 5As and Imtiaz and Afirah with her 9As and the Certificate of Appreciation.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
In Dungun, we spent a night on the 9th at UiTM Hotel. Early in the morning on the 10th, we were already at Dungun Imtiaz for the interview and managed to get the first number. I was told that there were more than 300 students - who were all 5A's scorer - came for the interview. They were asked to memorise a page of the Qur`an within 40 minutes, apart from oral and writing examination. Among them was the daughter of the Terengganu Menteri Besar herself, accompanied by the Menteri Besar's wife. Though the Menteri Besar was the founder of the Imtiaz, her daughter had to go through similar procedure as others and his wife was together with us the parents in the hall listening to the briefing delivered by the Director of Integrity icon Sdn. Bhd. (IISB) Ustaz Wan Zakry Wan Kamaruddin. IISB is a subsidiary of Yayasan Terengganu given the task of managing the Imtiaz.
All together, I came to understand, more than 1,000 students came for the interview in Dungun, Kuala Berang, Besut and Kuala Terengganu from the 10th until 13rd December 2006. Out of these, only 420 students were chosen. And Taariq was one of them, Alhamdulillah! Taariq was very happy to know the result. He hugged and kissed his mum out of happiness.


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Album: The Nashville Sound
Label: Southeastern/Thirty Tigers
Release date: June 16, 2017
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit backing band will release The Nashville Sound on June 16 via Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers. The follow-up to 2015's Something More Than Free was also produced by Dave Cobb and is the first official Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit album since 2011's Here We Rest.
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit recorded The Nashville Sound at Nashville's legendary RCA Studio A. Isbell penned 10 new songs for the LP which are said to "address a range of real life subject matters that include politics and cultural privilege ('White Man's World'), longing nostalgia ('The Last Of My Kind'), love and mortality ('If We Were Vampires'), the toxic effect of today's pressures ('Anxiety'), the remnants of a break up ('Chaos and Clothes') and finding hope ('Something To Love')." The 400 Unit features Derry deBorja (keyboards), Chad Gamble (drums), Jimbo Hart (bass), Amanda Shires (fiddle) and Sadler Vaden (guitar).
The group launches an extensive summer tour June 17 in Asheville that runs through October, with a five-night stand at the Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15. He also travels to Europe for an international tour Oct. 25-Nov. 14 that hits Dublin, London, Paris, Brussels, and Copenhagen, among others.
The Nashville Sound Track Listing:
"The Last of My Kind"
"Cumberland Gap"
"White Man's World"
"If We Were Vampires"
"Chaos and Clothes"
"Hope the High Road"
"Something to Love"
*All songs written by Jason Isbell except "Anxiety," written by Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires


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Sometimes spilling ink is a little like spilling blood. And sometimes, you just can't find the vein to save your life. Sometimes, a little provocation can inspire the blood-letting. (I know it worked for me.) So to prick your vein and release the crimson flow, I'm posting an inspirational writing prompt on Fridays to open those veins and let the ink spill.
Writer's Digest
Today's post is as much a Site Feature as it is a Writing Prompt. I discovered Writer's Digest several years ago after meeting one of their staff, the fabulous Chuck Sambuchino, at a writer's conference. I happened upon a photo call Chuck posted for dog images for a book he was putting together. (Red Dog, Blue Dog is a political humor book featuring hounds of all breeds and their political persuasions.) So with Chuck's help, I became a published photographer before I became a published author, a perk I hadn't foreseen.
I hope you will wander around their site and see just what they have available for writers. They are an invaluable resource. And, they have great Free Writing Prompt Exercises, a 2 week Writing Prompt Boot Camp and Free Downloads. Go and check them out!
All the credit for this writing prompt goes to Writer's Digest and the author of the prompt, Brian A. Klems. And now...our writing prompt...
The Dog Ate My Homework
By:In an ironic twist, a dog really ate your homework. When you try to explain this to your teacher she says, "Come on, you can do better than that excuse." Instead of arguing, you take that as a challenge and come up with an elaborate story as to what happened to your homework. Let us hear it.
I highly recommend participating in their weekly writing prompts. You get 500 words or less to respond to the week's prompt, which you then post on a thread. The feedback is wonderful; other writers comment and make suggestions on how to improve your writing...and sometimes, they just tell you how amazing you are.
Happy writing, y'all!
Happy writing, y'all!


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Sweden begins drive to reduce youth unemployment
The initiative includes a clear employer focus and intensive search to match young people with work. The target group is young people between 16 and 24 years.
In Sweden, it means a creative collaboration between, inter alia, Employment Services, Insurance Agency, IF Metall, Recruitment companies and representatives from the regions of the country with a youth unemployment rate of over 25%.
Through discussion, collaboration and innovation, the project aims to lower youth unemployment effectively and for the long term.


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Good morning!
Tomorrow marks the start of Spring Break for Big Sis and I have some fun stuff planned! I am hoping the weather warms up a tad so we can do some good beach time. Today at school she has an egg hunt that she is pretty excited for. She even wore a new "springy" outfit. And of course I packed her an Easter-ish Bento.
I was messing around with lunch the other day and came up with this:
Kids both loved it. As you know, we are all obsessed with Angry Birds.
Big Sis celebrated her 6th birthday last Thursday and had an Angry Cake too!
We had a very low key birthday at home this year. I promised every other year we would do a big party. She was pretty bummed this was an off year but we still made it special. Her favorite present was a giant box full of big kid crafting supplies. ALthough she hasnt had a chance to touch it really with all this maddness going on lately. She has Karate on Tuesday and Thursdays. Soccer practice on Monday and Wednesdays. Gymnastics on Saturday mornings and Soccer games are Saturday afternoons. So throw a bunch of homework in there and the kid has NO time. Dont think Im one of those crazy moms who forces her kids in to every activity, My kids beg to do this stuff!!! Here is a picture of her cake and a few gifts!
This Sunday we are having friends over for Easter. I am planning for about 60 people so I should actually be in the kitchen right now prepping :) The Bunny will be here and there will be an egg hunt and TONS of food. Im really looking forward to it!! But I dont think my waist line is. I started another round of Boot Camp on Monday. Im really hoping to transform my body this next 8 weeks! Well I hope to take lots of pictures on Sunday! I hope you all have a wonderful Easter!!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Easter happenings
Posted by Lindsey and Co at 9:08 PM
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