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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
"My Girl cousins are gonna rock you"
Listened to the Fishscale last night. About 1 ½ times.
Quick thoughts:
-A lot of cooked crack references. Excuse me sonny, is this trap-hop?
-More introspective Ghost than non-linear Ghost. The joint about getting whoopings (produced by Dilla Dog) is dope. The album feels like more 'All I Got Is You' than 'Winter Warz'
-I tried to compare the albums, but I realized he put so many out so close together that they have blended together in my mind. Add the Theodore Unit album and the Trife/Ghost album there has been a lot of Ghost in the past 5 years
-Very 'underground'. I wonder how it will translate on the big Def Jam stage
-Outside of the 'Back Like That' joint not much for the vultures i.e. radio hits
-A Sandbox smash, not so sure about Best Buy
-Something has got to be done to go beyond the Ghost fanatics (like moi)
-Rae sounds great
-Cap rambles too much
"My Girl cousns are gonna rock you"
Listened to the Fishscale last night. About 1 ½ times.
Quick thoughts:
-A lot of cooked crack references. Excuse me sonny, is this trap-hop?
-More introspective Ghost than non-linear Ghost. The joint about getting whoopings (produced by Dilla Dog) is dope. The album feels like more 'All I Got Is You' than 'Winter Warz'
-I tried to compare the albums, but I realized he put so many out so close together that they have blended together in my mind. Add the Theodore Unit album and the Trife/Ghost album there has been a lot of Ghost in the past 5 years
-Very 'underground'. I wonder how it will translate on the big Def Jam stage
-Outside of the 'Back Like That' joint not much for the vultures i.e. radio hits
-A Sandbox smash, not so sure about Best Buy
-Something has got to be done to go beyond the Ghost fanatics (like moi)
-Rae sounds great
-Cap rambles too much
Monday, February 27, 2006
So I was coming back from Alma's birthday party Friday night. Later than I should have being that I had to be up at 6a.m. I had switched from Johnnie Walker to water early enough so I wasn't too bent. But I am sure the after effects of a few drinks and a quick puff had my ears a little sensitive.
After some damn crackhead broke into the car a month back, the in-ride entertainment hasn't been right.
No iPod, no XM. Just the radio. Usually I'm on WNYC but since it was Friday night I figured I should be a bit less cerebral.
Hence the readout of 97.1 on the way home.
Then that new Biggie song came on, 'Nasty' or whatever. Horrible.
Rather than attacking BIG I am gonna chalk up his sorry performance to Puff's piecing together outtakes from 10 years ago. We all know Biggie has/had skills, although I never agreed with his #1 ranking. But what the money hungry Hip-Hop vultures did that song made me sick. It was either that or the Rum, red wine, whisky mix.
That song takes one of the illest MC's and 'baby food's him.
'Baby-fooding' is taken something fundamentally good and grinding it down to its simplest form to ensure mass consumption.
The song was stripped of virtually all of its artistic merit and reduced to a watery slop.
And in that moment I realized the full reality.
The full reality that the values that I was raised have vanished from the current major landscape.
We all know this, but on Friday I knew it.
The clever and insightful rhymes of De La – 'no vacancy'
The rich sounds of Pete Rock and CL Smooth – 'we're good'
The need to make a point a la Chuck D – 'UPS is hiring'
It is all about baby food Hip-Hop.
-A product so simple that all ages can digest it.
-So cheap all economic classes can buy it
-And so simple anyone can make it so there is an endless stream of content providers.
And for the 1st time I saw what music snobs meant when they said Hip-Hop is not real music. If all you listened was that mess you would have to say that. What made me feel like an old fart even more is that after 'throwing up in mouth a little bit' (joke) I switched to the good WNYC which as all my eggheads know is Classical all night. And that quick juxtaposition of musicianship 1) embarrassed me as a Hip-Hop fan and 2) boosted my appreciation for Classical music.
The mind numbing name dropping of Puff was replaced by a musical composition far beyond my even imagined abilities.
We've got work to do people. We must restore the respect in our culture. Support those who are trying to make it better. We cannot let the interlopers and vultures write the history books.
'Fishscale' Tracklisting (stupposedly)
Tracklisting (may not be exact)
1. Shakey Dog (Prod Lewis Parker)
2. Kilos (Feat Raekwon) (Prod Moss)
3. Be Easy (Prod Pete Rock)
4. 9 Milli Brothers (Snippet) (Feat Wu-Tang Clan) (Prod MF Doom)
5. Hi (prod by Jay Dee)
6. Dawn (Feat Cappadonna & Trife)
7. Crackspot (Prod Crack Val)
8. R.A.G.U. (Feat Raekwon)
9. Whipped With A Strap (uses "One For Ghost" beat off Jay Dee's Donuts)
10. Back Like That (Feat Ne-Yo) (Prod Xtreme)
11. The Champ (Produced by Just Blaze supposedly)
12. Clips of Doom (Feat Trife) (Prod MF Doom)
13. Family Affair (prod Pete Rock)
14. Barber Shop (Prod Studio Steve)
Friday, February 24, 2006
Cheney, the Black VP
Remember how people said Bubba was the 1st Black President because he
cheated on his wife then set up shop on 125th.
Well in the spirit of Dave Chapelle and jokes Black people shouldn't
make public the SC has 5 reasons why Cheney is Clinton's running mate
and more Hip-Hop than Hot 97.
1) In the spirit of Stop Snitching Cheney blasts people in the face with
a shotgun and doesn't cooperate with the police. He is more gangsta than
all you silly rappers.
2) Like Busta and many brothers in Rikers he is involved in a shooting
and is nowhere to be seen for days. (This is kind of like 1a, but
whatever). Then blames the victim. And like an abusive husband convinces
the dude with bee bee's in his mug to apologize for causing the Cheney's
3) He is insubordinate to his boss. While Bush talks about getting off
of fossil fuels the next day Cheney sends his people up to Alaska to
start housing Black Gold.
I get the feeling he listens to Bush with that 'whatever dude ' look
'you're a dumb ass. I've got to do me'
4) He gets drunk and shoots people like Beanie Siegel.
Homie was lit. You know it.
5) Feels like 'the media' is always out to get him. I have never seen a
group of white people like the Republicans complain that the system aka
the liberal media is designed to take them out.
And Cheney is the most paranoid of them all.
6) He has mastered pimping the gub'ment for free money. See:
Cats robbing people for WIC checks on the 1st and 15th wish they had his
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Anthrax in Brooklyn?
I actually agree with W.
I agree with his position on this port issue and UAE. It is out and out
racism and xenophobia that is fueling this so called outrage on both
sides of the aisle.
Oddly it is W who created the climate that is now coming back to bite
him. The Republicans are the fear and terror party. And they have given
that fear and terror a face. An Arab face. Muslim Arab to be precise.
Not white Muslim like the cats fighting in parts of the former Soviet
We have been taught to fear every Arab male we see. The great
Republican Marketing machine has made us forget about the militia men
(Atlanta Olympics) or the domestic terrorists (OK City) or the Koreans
or potentially South Americans (Hugo) who hate the US and in some cases
have attacked its citizens.
No it's all about the towel heads and sand n*ggers and every nasty slur
we all may have used over the years. They are the ones to fear. And now
we are gonna turn over control of our ports to them?
Now all these fake leaders (again on both sides) want to wave the flag.
Shut up.
The majority of US ports are managed by foreign powers and guarded by Americans.
The ports in question were run by a British company before this
transaction. Where was the outrage about a foreign power in our midst
Quite simply if the country involved was not the United Arab Emirates
there would be no discussion.
This outrage is an attempt to legislate racism. And being a African
American I understand what happens when the gentry in the Senate
legislate against ethnic groups and nationalities.
History will show that this is an embarassing time for this country.
Tomorrow: this is why I am not a Democrat, don't like Hilary and would
most likely for old man John McCain.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
The Chapelle Block party is looking the illest thing in theatres since LOTR as far as the nerdy SC is concerned. And props to whoever designed the poster.
Not only is it a tribute to the old school flyer (a la Jamboree) but the building in the background is one of the illest structures in Brooklyn. It's called the Broken Angel building, right off of Classon.
Last week when Boogie and I were on a walk we took a second to really peep it.
It looks like it's falling apart (like Prometheus's home base for all my DC Comics nerds). But in reality it is one of the most illest things you'll ever see. It straight up looks like a haunted and abandoned house. But from what this dread told me an eccentric white dude lives in there and charges $60 for a visit. If I ever have an extra $60 and are feeling bold I might do it.
Now I wasn't there (and neither were a lot of people reading), so somebody tell me if that is the block where the Party was held? And are my profound observations as silly as I think they are.
-Where is Stevey Franchise going?
-Don't trade Starbury
-Nate is my man, but he didn't really beat the other AI
-Bonds needs to go away. It's the juice man, stop fronting
-it is a shame how little I care about the Olympics
-RIP Curt Gowdy
Monday, February 20, 2006
Martin Lawrence is one of the funniest cats out. After his meltdown his status sort of droppes. Enjoying a rare afternoon off we went to check out 'Big Momma's House 2.'
It's not gonna win any Oscars, but that joint was funny as s**t
Check it out of you have 90 or so minutes to get away from the grind
Busta might get subpoanead by a grand jury. What is he gonna do?
I guess we'll see how seriously people take those silly little T-Shirts
Listening to the Dilated album on Myspace. Nice idea.
Anybody played the Ecko/Kweli graf video game? Hope it's good.
Busy day. No day off for the crew. Got work to do. Holla Tmrw
Taping the inaugral episode of Take It To The Stage. Look for the fresh podcast on the good Brooklyn Bodega
Friday, February 17, 2006
Too much caffiene
Is that Mary rhyming on the Busta remix?
Why I am not mad at her? Always loved Mary
So I got a beef with small businesses complaining about big chains moving in on them.
There was a Starbucks that opened up around the corner that competes directly with the local too 'cool for school' café/art supply store. I used to get my occasional cup of joe from the local place before Starbucks. Now I was not a Starbucks guy, but I can't front when they opened I kind of got hooked. I started going in there almost every morning to pick up my new drug of choice. Then I started feeling guilty about not supporting the small spot. So I went back in there this morning to keep it real. These 'Bamas straight up stop filling my order put my shit on the side to get cold while they got a cookie and a granola cup for the patron behind me in the line. I mean come on? How do you straight up ignore your customers and then complain that Starbucks is pushing you out. That is some ghetto ass customer service.
When a well funded, highly organized chain moves in it is not time to complain. It's time t re-visit your business plan. Assess strengths and weaknesses and go to battle. Expecting people to support the little guy just because is ludicrous.
This reminds of the time when indie labels were all the rage. Eventually the lack of quality control succumbed to the machine of the major label.
I bought a Dan Brown paperback from Target on Thursday and felt guilty about the local bookstore going out of business. Then I went into the local shop and remembered that in 3 years never had I seen a recommendation, received a single word of advice. I remembered that there was no rhyme or reason to how the books were organized. No signs. No sections. Nada.
So kiddies, the moral of today's rambling is…I love Mary J Blige
Have a good weekend
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Thursday Babble
- chi-ching for Bam and Tom Silverman
- explain to me again how pro athletes can compete in the Olympics?
The US Hockey Team is full of NHL Players and almost lost to Latvia. I don't understand
Ghost-Dini speaks on Dilla:
[Ghost and Dilla] connected in a special way with J. Dilla thru his music, there was a soulful connection, as you will hear on the upcoming Fishscale album, he is most upset that Jay Dee never got a chance to hear the finished song but knows he will love it when he hears it up top with God!
Why did they draft Darco and never play him?
Looks like Sirius may want to re-consider the half billion dollar payout to Stern
Old Dilla interview – we are going to be doing something at the Brooklyn Brewery the 1st week in March. Free Beer. Dilla Sounds. Hope to see you there
Democracy across the world unless my guy loses
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Ghost on TRL yesterday...life goes on
A look inside the press day of Dennis Coles courtesy of the Bodega
Kanye is not mad - hooray!
Street Lit? are these books any good, folks?
Ghostface Killah Tour Dates
March 2006
5 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
6 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
7 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
8 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
9 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
10 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
13 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
14 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
15 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theater
16 - Fort Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
17 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
18 - Park City, UT - Suede
19 - Boise, ID - Big Easy
21 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
22 - Portland, OR - Berbatti's
24 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
25 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
26 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
27 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
28 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
29 - Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
31 - Austin, TX - Emo's
April 2006
1 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
6 - Atlanta, GA - The Roxy
7 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
8 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
9 - Charlottesville, VA - Starr Hill
10 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
13 - Boston, MA - Paradise
18 - Providence, RI - Lupo's
19 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
20 - New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
Monday, February 13, 2006
Dilla Dog
It is good to see so many bloggers paying homage to the unfortunate passing of Jay Dee. I think most like myself, felt compelled to write something probably realizing that we would be one of the few outlets that would recognize the significance of the brother.
I have gone from shock to sadness to celebration since my man James hit me with the news on Friday afternoon. I am not sure how many of you have had to deal with death in your life, but I find it better to celebrate life rather than mourn death. (Maybe I do that to keep from being overcome with grief.) So to begin the celebration on Friday night I begin compiling the illest Jay Dilla playlist on the good iTunes. Feeling that I was incomplete I went to Stones Throw and peeped the entire discography. Found the joints in my Library that I didn't have and bought whatever else I could on iTunes (Donuts, some Common work I didn't have, and Amplified).
After the second Bacardi and Diet Coke the celebration really kicked in.
I remembered the 1st time I heard Fantastic Vol.2. The arguments I got into about that album.
How I almost lost one of my oldest friends after fighting (almost physically) about the lyrical skills of The S.
I remembered when I was working on J-Live's first album and called Jay Dee looking for a beat tape while he was on tour with Tribe.
I remembered when I first cracked the plastic on 'Welcome to Detroit' or 'Champion Sound.'
I remember when I incurred the wrath of my boys from UVa when I declared 'Fantastic Vol.2' was the only classic album I could add to my list since Illmatic. (For the record, my top 7 are Vol.2, Nations of Millions, Criminal Minded, Paid in Full, Illmatic, 3 Feet High, and People's Instinctive.)
Whether I am right or wrong is irrelevant. What is relevant as this brother sparked those feelings in me. For that I am grateful.
Outside of Rob One Poetic from the Gravediggaz this is the 1st non Hip-Hop mega star that I can recall who has passed. And Jay Dee was one of us. Backpacker, underground, purist, neo-Native Tongue, whatever label floats your boat. He came up in the same era I did. His group rose through the same ranks the brothers I worked with did. And he didn't die from a drive by or an overdose. Nothing cinematic about Lupus. His ailments like his music were things that every brother and sister could relate too. That makes it all the more tragic. That was what made it hurt so much on Friday.
But I tell you, that brother had a gift that I wish I had.
I hope that his passing will draw some attention to his work and hopefully stimulate a mind or two.
And I am not trying to lionize Jay because as I listened to some of those songs over the weekend I became reminded about his uh… less than PC subject matter. He wasn't perfect. Flawed like all of us. Materialistic, aggressive, insecure, all of that. But humble, dedicated, passionate, and driven as well.
We are working on putting together a celebration of his music real soon.
Hopefully the SC will see you soon and we can talk some shit over "Players"
Friday, February 10, 2006
Things not to do when trying to get an internship
Been looking to add some warm bodies to the operation.
Human Resources must suck as gig. It's hard pouring through resumes.
Saying the same schpiel in interview after interview.
Anyway, here are some things I advise not to do, at least if you want to
party with us.
1. Email me at 12:32 asking to re-schedule your 12:30 appointment
2. Talk over the interviewer. Let everyone say their peace.
3. Arrive 2 hours late because you ignored our subway directions.
4. Show up for the interview smelling like weed.
5. Have absolutely no questions
6. Say you guys are a 'little Cornerstone'
(One intern used a C'stone reference to her benfit. The other did not)
7. Tell me 'Monday is no good anymore. Wes, how's your Thursday?' You
ain't Russel Rush yet, homey.
8. Take 3 days to return emails
We got some duds, but plenty of great candidates. Look for some new
faces, knuckleheads.
Some (trifling) things TO do
9. Reference one of my boys in your interview
10. Go to an ACC school
11. Be from the Bronx
12. Have read Kim's profile on www.brooklynbodega.com
13. Tell me you are anticipating the new CL Smooth and Raekwon albums
14. Be an English Major
15. Be ready to work the very next day
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Grammy redux
- De La opened the show. Never thought I would see that. Awesome.
- I like how all three of the plugs got some shine. Even though it's
really a Dove song (with Mase on the ad lib)
- Madonna must be the baddest MILF around (next to you know who)
- what was up with Kanye's purple suit?
- No shirt? (Taco meat on the side as Asheru said)
- but it was the gloves that killed me-even hard for me to defend that
- tough when you have to bang against the world-saver Bono
- any word on a Kanye tirade yet?
- John Legend had the best GOOD Music night
-LOVED the 'Touch The Sky' video. Hopefully we are gonna get Lupe for
the festival. I guess it's trendy to like Lupe, but whatever. I was
feeling him from the 1st listen of 'Late Registration'
- the video (and Kanye) reminds more and more of Puff about 2 years
after Biggie died
The video reminded me of that Puffy song with Jimmy Page and the one in
the desert with Betha
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
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I used to have a crush on Lisa Loeb. I think it's that school teacher thing she has with the glasses. Very Naughty America.
Monday, February 06, 2006
I was happy the Bus won and a player like Hines Ward got some shine.
In the age of TO and Drew 'I'll' Rosenhaus 'you' I like the story of the future Hall of Famer who takes a pay cut to help the team. I know the owners are rich farts who can afford it, but leave that out. It's all about Hines Ward crying last year because he thought he couldn't deliver a trophy to the Bus and sucking it up this year and getting it done.
It's all about rocking the throwback ND jerseys for your captain
It's about your momma crying in the luxury box
And finally it's all about Tight Ends thinking twice the next time they run their mouth about your leader. Every needs to get popped now and again. Literally and figuratively.
I actually dislike cats who run their mouth too much, which I think Joey Porter did. But a taste of those dudes on your team is cool. I know he had those Hawks shook, I'll tell you that. What is bad is when you get too much of that and you turn into TO and Michael Irvin. I would never want those guys on my team because when you are winning (Irvin) it's all gravy, but when things get rough (TO) they sell you out like a neighboring king in pre-colonial West Africa.
Irvin instigated that whole mess with Donovan and TO. That damn question about Favre was rehearsed and planned. On several occasions Irvin has made it known how he felt about TO's re-negotiation. And that interview was an attempt to spray Lysol on the bonfire.
And Irvin's silly comments about Donovan interview during SB week were asinine and juvenile. While McNabb's were thought provoking and appropriate. I hope Michael Irvin does not return to ESPN.
He drives me crazy. He and arrogant players like his ilk are bad for the kids. Good for NFL owners and major Universities, but horrible for the youth. Coaching kids now I see all of this stuff from a different perspective. The concept of team and sacrifice that I was taught in 3rd grade does not exist in too many of my kids. And I have to attribute it, to a certain extent to clowns like Irvin.
He talks over his fellow commentators. I hope Steve Young slugs him if he comes back next year.
He is lucky we looked the other way when he got caught with the glass bitch like T-Money.
As far as I am concerned give me Boomer, TJ, Jaws, and Stu and I'm good-dood.
The SC usually doesn't like to go negative, but I had to. Please forgive me.
Do the Boondocks really need to drop 'nigga' so much? I am not as caught up on the word as some, but damn.
What happened to 'Did You Know' on SportsCenter?
Friday, February 03, 2006
Windows of opportunity are constantly opening and closing all around us. What sparked this post was the piece I saw on SportsCenter about Edgerrin James' expected departure from the Colts. That is the sound of their window closing. That team is not the same team w/o Edge. Without a deadly running game Peyton's lack of mobility will be exposed like Miles' butt at bath time.
But this is not an NFL post, but a pseudo philosophical SC rant. The question is what do the Colts do now? What do you do when your carefully laid plans begin to unravel? When you business model expires. When your all-stars begin to see the green spots of envy?
Adapt or die.
I have faced these same questions throughout my career which is now officially 10 years old as an entrepreneur and 15 years old if I want to make myself feel better. And as I contemplate yet another major change, the re-launch of 7Heads, the Colts story gives me pause.
The wisest man knows when the party is over. When it's time to let bad things die and cut loose the weeds. To throw another sports reference, this is something the Knicks cannot or will not do. We must allot time for death and rebuilding. Without death there is no life. Something must end for something new to begin.
Many in our business refuse to die, and somehow convince themselves that this a worthy attribute. So as I look back at Feb '96 when I officially struck it out on my own (287 Armstrong, Chilltown, JC) I think today all those cats who are not here. All the MC's who were 'it' that are now nowhere to be found. The class of '95 MC's who pissed away their chances. My fellow businessman who have also disappeared and/or are clinging to the same plan hatched over a decade ago.
I also take joy in thinking about my friends in the business who have bounced back or sailed to heights that we never dreamed of. What triggers these thoughts is seeing Mos Def getting co-billed with Bruce Willis in '16 Blocks.' Who would have thought the Universal Magnetic b-boy would be working with Cybil Shepard's former co-star.
How does one decide if you should find the money to re-sign The Edge? Or when do you cut him loose and pull a Shannahan and build through free agency or the draft? or make the Edge take the supporting role and still be the star a la Jerome Bettis.
Who knows?
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Sergio and will.i.am on the Tonight Show TONIGHT!!
Catch Sergio Mendes and will.i.am performing "Surfboard" on the Tonight
Show with Jay Leno airing tonight at 11:35 pm PST on NBC!!!
BEP haters - do not attack Sergio. The album is pretty good
Tomorrow - why I hope ESPN fires Michael Irvin
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
I was gonna come up with something witty to make fun of the Cylon Invader George W, but I don't think I can beat the Robert Palmer reference that James rocked on the Bodega Blog. They just threw up some ill podcasts from my peoples Kyle and KB as well as fellow cinematic aficionado Mike Jax
I was watching Kobe play this high school team at The Garden, then I turned it off and watched Empire Disc 1 – Hail Caesar!
My man Andy put me onto Empire after he noticed my love for Rome and all Sunday Night HBO programming choices.
(Isn't cool that Turtle is the most famous of all of them in the off season? Knicks commercials, HIV awareness, Hip-Hop Honors)
Devoured Disc 1 after Boogie went down. I am all about Disc 2 tonight
Why are people attacking Tom and 'War of the Worlds'? I That movie was good, until the ending
Thanks to our friends at Giant Step for hooking up the Heather Hadley tix for the wife. She said the show was off the hook. Heather seems like she is no joke, on several levels – roowwwrrr!
Hopefully Dave won't get the same tongue lashing as homeboy from A Million Little Pieces, who just got dumped by his agent
So Alito is in. I saw a pic in the Metro Newspaper of Clarence "Doubting" Thomas cheesing like the Kool Aid Man. That dude looks like such a gump.


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Finance minister Malusi Gigaba has once again been linked to the Gupta family, through another one of his advisers. According to The Times, Gigaba's erstwhile special adviser, when he was minister of public enterprises, Siyabonga Mahlangu, flew to India with President Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane. Free State premier Ace Magashule's son, Tshepiso, was reportedly also on the flight. The 10-day trip took place just two months after Mahlangu was appointed.
Gigaba is in hot water over the Guptas, with Parliament wanting to summon him to explain why he granted citizenship to the Gupta's without them having met the necessary requirements.
Another one of Gigaba's advisors, Thamsanqa Msomi, reportedly acted as a "fixer" at the department of home affairs, where Gigaba was minister.
According to The Times, the Gupta leaks show that 11 meeting were scheduled to take place between Tony Gupta and "Siya" between October 2012 and June 2013. The meetings were reportedly scheduled on the calendar of Sahara Systems chief executive Ashu Chawla.
In 2013, it was reported that Mahlangu was present at a meeting when then SAA chairman, Vuyisile Kona, was reportedly offered R500 000 by Tony Gupta. The emails show that a meeting between "Siya" and Gupta was scheduled for the day before the meeting, The Times reported.
Mahlangu previously admitted introducing Kona to the Guptas but denied knowledge of the R500 000 offer.
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The Times also spoke to a source who said the Guptas wanted Mahlangu to be the director-general at the department of transport. But transport minister Ben Martins reportedly blocked the move.
"Around 2013, entirely of my own accord, I applied for the position of director-general at the Department of Transport, which had become vacant. Whilst I was interviewed, I was unsuccessful," Mahlangu said.
"I take exception that this was informed by anything other than my credentials and experience."
Gupta representatives did not respond to The Times' requests for comment.


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I wish I had some kind of pastoral lesson or positive message of strength. I'm just getting on. I'm making sure that my room and the house is tidy and in order.
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Part 4: Celestial Williams' Tips for Exceptional Eyes
Hello All! This is Celestial Williams, Styling Director for Phoenix Fashion Week. This is part 4 of my 6 part series. This one is my favorite! I think eye makeup is a love/hate relationship for most women. Eye makeup says SO much about a person. Here are some simple, yet very effective tips on how to get the BEST out of your eye shape and color.
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If your eyes are the window to your soul, then bring out your inner beauty by enhancing them. It doesn't matter what shape your eyes are, giving your eyes a little sass can do wonders for your look. Have fun!
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The Sea Tasso Driver. All about late Renaissance (that is, the future world) culture
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Sunday Guest: Queen Jadis
From: CS Lewis' The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)
The quote: The Queen . . . drew herself up to her full height and stood rigid. Then she said something which they couldn't understand (but it sounded horrid) and made an action as if she were throwing something towards the doors. And those high and heavy doors trembled for a second as if they were made of silk and then crumbled away till there was nothing left but a heap of dust on the threshold.
Who's that girl: Nominally, the Queen Jadis of The Magician's Nephew (the first episode in the Narnia saga, but the sixth Lewis wrote) is the same personage as the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (second episode, but the first written). On closer inspection, however, the two have many more differences than similarities. The White Witch is called, or rather, signs herself "Jadis" only once in the whole novel. All in all, she is a Disneyan character like Maleficent. Queen Jadis, on the other hand, is a more fascinating and disturbing entity, a witch as well as a queen coming from a lost universe, and even a super-heroine or super-villain with exceptional physical strength. The blend between witchery and science fiction reminds us of Lovecraft, though Lewis adds a further element, that is humor. Moreover, Jadis also implies sexual impulses that were / will be lacking in the White Witch. Last but not least, here's a link and a distinction, at the same time: the White Witch is only theoretically identified with Lilith, while Jadis does actually play that role.
SF trends: After inventing the "good aliens," even New-Age-like ones, back in the 1930s (cf. much later, movies like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Cameron's Avatar, etc.), against the then prevailing HG-Wells warlike trend, here Lewis goes back to creating an "evil alien" who wants to conquer the Earth. Cf. also the alien invaders in the cartoons and comic books by Go Nagai, whose heyday was in the 1970s.
Lost in Translation: The Italian version of The Magician's Nephew (Il nipote del mago, by C. B., "updated" by G. L.) unfortunately is of uneven quality, sometimes accurate and lively, sometimes quite bad, i.e. either with mistakes or trivializing the text so that its deepest meanings are lost.
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text: How long until the future is here? Is it tomorrow or is it in a thousand years? How will this supposed future look like? Be it filled with marvelous technology or shallow in lamentable sorrows? Humans are an ingenious species but sometimes we create mistakes that are disastrous for all of us! How will we learn from our mistakes when most people are too apathetic to make things happen! They lack the willpower and/or resolve to do have things occur. The Earth weeps in sorrow as we trash it in a variety of ways… I fear if we continue down this path, our planet shall be uninhabitable to hold life a worldwide graveyard so to speak where monuments to empires long and gone still stand but yet with seemingly no life to speak its story, the stories of mankind. Say an intelligent species beyond our realm of the solar system, discovers the pale blue dot we call home what will they find? We are here ever reaching towards tomorrow naively forgetting that today our present, is what we make it to be. Think wisely the path you choose, for it may be the final path..


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Emma Kagel of Suffield has received a national award for deaf students, sponsored by the Bell Association.
Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995, presented Kagel with the award during a recent ceremony at the World Trade Center in Baltimore.
Emma Kagel of Suffield has received a national award for deaf students, sponsored by the Bell Association.
Heather Whitestone, Miss America 1995, presented Kagel with the award during a recent ceremony at the World Trade Center in Baltimore.
Kagel, 13, is the daughter of Drs. Carol and Steven Kagel and a student at Renbrook School in West Hartford. She was presented with a star medal of honor and a $1,000 savings bond.
``It was a lovely experience, exciting for her to receive this recognition,'' said Dr. Steven Kagel. ``She's very articulate. She realized that she's endured the same obstacles that Miss America did as a child.''
Young deaf students who use a positive approach, including speaking, to achieve success were honored. Kagel was one of only 75 people nationwide to receive the award.
She is an honors student, an award-winning swimmer and a participant in soccer and basketball. She loves skiing. For four years, she studied piano and she has recently started violin.
Kagel is also talented with languages. For five years, she has taken French, and she has studied Latin and attended Hebrew school as well.
Hallmark Cards of Enfield set up a special project with The Association of Retarded Citizens of Greater Enfield Inc. at its facility on Bacon Road recently, as part of the United Way Day of Caring IV. Volunteers from Hallmark spent an evening with youths from the agency, helping them with a Haloween arts and crafts project, using Hallmark products.
The Day of Caring is an annual event in which employees from local companies donate from two hours to an entire day to nonprofit agencies. This event has grown from 400 volunteers in 1992, its first year, to more than 2,500 this year.
Johnson Memorial Hospital's 14th annual Benefit Golf Tournament was held recently at Elmcrest Country Club in East Longmeadow, Mass. The event raised more than $23,000 for the hospital's 1995-96 annual giving appeal, ``Compassion Served Here,'' for cardiology services.
The Enfield-Suffield chapter of the Polish Junior League is sponsoring a fashion show at the Oak Ridge Country Club in Feeding Hills, Mass., Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. Fashions will be by Country Miss of Northampton, Mass.
Proceeds will go toward scholarships and local civic organizations.
Tickets are $10 and include door prizes and desserts. In addition, there will be a special raffle for prizes, donated by merchants and league members.
For tickets, call Stella Dynia, 749- 8560, or Helen Corbo, 668-0804.
Christopher Doran, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Doran of Suffield, and Andrew Wilke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernd Wilke of Suffield, have been named as National Merit semifinalists. Both students are seniors at Suffield High School.
Eric Provencher, a Suffield High School student, has qualified for an Advanced Placement with Honor award. Michelle Postle and Daniel Broadhurst, also from Suffield High School, have qualified for Advanced Placement Scholar awards.
Lego Systems Inc. of Enfield recently donated $2,500 to Action Centered Tutoring Services Inc., a nonprofit organization supplying free tutoring service to inner city children of Springfield.
Christopher Sackett has joined Padgett Business Services of Northern Connecticut, based in Suffield, as a marketing representative. You can reach him at 668-8939.
Suffield Academy held its annual Undergraduate Prize Day recently to honor academic achievement in the 1994-95 school year. Several local students were given awards.
From Suffield: Tabitha Bliven, Junior History Department Prize for excellence in U.S. history and the Trinity Book Prize for good citizenship and service to the school; Derek Donnelly, Freshman History Department Prize for excellence in History I; Heather Knowlton, Junior English Department Award for best essay of literary criticism and the Religion Book Prize; Alison Moncrief, Sophomore History Department Prize for excellence in European history and the Dartmouth Book Award to the sophomore displaying the highest potential for the future at Suffield; Amanda Roman, Language Department Prize for excellence in French II and Science Department Prize for excellence in biology; Christopher Soderman, Junior Mathematics Department Award and the Bausch & Lomb Science Medal given to the outstanding junior science student; and Brandon Woods, Language Department Prize for excellence in French II, Freshman History Department Prize for excellence in History I and Science Department Prize for excellence in biology.
Also honored were Jonathan Medwid of West Suffield, honorable mention for the Junior English Department Award for best essay of literarycriticism; DanielHeneghan of Windsor Locks, Science Department Prize for excellence in physical science; Joshua Blanchfield of Windsor Locks, Music Department Award for vocal excellence; and Jane Kenny of Enfield, Holy Cross Book Award for excellence in history and the Science Department Prize for excellence in chemistry.


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Actual conversation from the car last night:
Mommy: We need to go to the grocery store
Sassy: What's a gwocewy store?
Mommy: It's where we buy food.
Sassy: Why?
Mommy: So that we can eat.
Sassy: Why?
Mommy: So that we can live.
Sassy: Why?
Mommy: Because food gives our body energy.
Sassy: Why?
Mommy: Because, sweetie, our body needs energy to work.
Sassy: Oh. OK. I will put a cheewio in my mouf and it will work.
Mommy: Sounds good...
Sorry for the lack of pictures. Hopefully, we will have our computer and camera issues solved during the weekend sometime!
March 13, 2009
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- Kendra said...
HA! She is too cute =)
- March 13, 2009 at 10:56 PM
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1.1 Historically, most of the waste generated in Hong Kong was either landfilled, incinerated, or discharged untreated into our waters. Disposal was done at the 13 old landfills which did not have the required pollution control devices installed, and at the old urban incinerators which were of the 1960 's design. A limited quantity of waste was also composted at a composting plant at Chai Wan. However, it became evident in the 1980's that the existing disposal sites were grossly inadequate for the increasing waste quantities. This problem was exacerbated by urban development encroaching upon these disposal sites and the changing public attitude on waste management. Realising the pressing need, strategies for managing municipal and other waste were developed in the 1980s and eventually published in the Waste Disposal Plan (WDP) in 1989.
1.2 The Waste Disposal Plan contains strategies covering various waste types that fall within the ambit of the Waste Disposal Ordinance, with details on their collection and disposal methods as well as proposed disposal sites. In the initial phase, the Plan advocates the development of secured waste disposal systems that would adequately meet the needs of Hong Kong. This system centred around three large state-of-the-art strategic landfills in remote parts of the New Territories, served by a network of Refuse Transfer Stations (RTS) sited in the urban areas (Annex I). This landfill-RTS system offers a cost-effective and environmentally acceptable disposal option, compared to the old landfills and urban incinerators. The WDP also specifies that future development of new incinerators should incorporate advanced pollution control equipment and be located in remote areas.
1.3 As a result of the development of the new facilities (Annex II), all major out-dated facilities were phased out gradually, the last one being the Kwai Chung Incinerator which was closed in mid 1997. We have thus moved one step closer to a cleaner environment. We are now geared to enter into the next phase of our overall strategy. As landfill space would be filled up eventually, the only sustainable method to tackle the growing waste quantities (Annex III) is waste reduction, which has become the focus of waste management in the 1990s. We are formulating a Waste Reduction Plan that comprises waste avoidance and recovery, building on the existing recycling system and introducing bulk waste reduction technologies (such as waste to energy incinerators), so as to minimise the future demand for landfill space.
2.1In formulating the waste management strategies, we need to take into account the growth in population, commercial and industrial activities, major development schemes such as port development, urban renewal programmes and other large scale reclamation. We have been running a waste monitoring programme since 1981 to gather information related to the design needs of the waste management system. Through this programme, we established the geographic distribution of solid waste and their major constituents, as well as identify the socio-economic parameters that can be used for forecasting future waste management needs. The information collected has been used in the development of the 1989 Waste Disposal Plan and subsequent fine-tuning and development of waste reduction and disposal strategies.
Municipal Solid Waste
2.2 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) includes household, commercial and industrial waste. For a densely populated city like Hong Kong, it is of utmost importance that we provide a long term secured disposal outlet for the MSW we generate. This is necessary to protect the well being of the people as well as providing a firm foundation for further initiatives like waste recycling and minimisation to proceed. Our long term strategy for managing such waste is by landfilling. This strategy was adopted after considering many factors. The cost of landfilling is a few orders of magnitudes lower than incineration, which was one of the main alternatives considered at that time. A large portion of the waste was construction waste, which could not be incinerated. The hilly terrain and high population density at urban areas precluded urban incinerators to be built. A strategy, based on three large regional state-of-the-art landfills served by a network of urban Refuse Transfer Stations (RTS) was therefore put into place. MSW is delivered to the RTSs by ordinary refuse collection vehicles, and then compacted, containerised and transported in bulk to the landfills. As compared to transporting waste in small refuse collection vehicles, refuse transfer in containers to landfills is more environmentally friendly and more cost effective. Over the last eight years since the publication of the Waste Disposal Plan, we have actively pursued this strategy. At present, five RTSs are in operation at Kowloon Bay, Island East, Shatin, Island West and West Kowloon, transferring up to 5,000 tpd of solid municipal wastes to the three strategic landfills at South East New Territories, West New Territories and North East New Territories. Four other RTSs are at different stages of planning and development.
2.3 Having secured the waste disposal facilities, we are now ready to move to the next stage of our strategy. As highlighted in the WDP, resource recovery, incineration and landfilling all have a role to play in the management of MSW. Waste to energy incineration facility will be developed. Development of waste minimisation, resource recovery and recycling is also an integral part of the waste disposal strategy. Private sector participation will be encouraged and supported as far as possible provided that the operation is financially and economically viable.
Construction Waste
2.4 Along with the rapid pace of urban development in the 1990s, we recognise that the quantity of construction waste would escalate and take up a significant portion of our valuable landfill space. Construction waste mostly consists of inert materials, which are suitable for reuse, for example, in land reclamation, or as recycled aggregates. In our management strategy, we emphasise segregation of construction waste at source; setting up appropriate sorting facilities; and the provision of more outlets for using the inert materials as public fill (for reclamation). We identify public fill and barging points at strategic locations, while extending the opening hours and relaxing the acceptance criteria to avoid the reusable inert materials entering the landfills. The successful implementation of these measures in stages starting from the early 1990s has brought the quantity of construction waste intake at landfills down to about one quarter of the total amount generated since mid 1996. The remaining 75% are reused at public fills.
2.5 The Civil Engineering Department has recently commissioned a consultancy study to review the public filling (formerly known as public dumping) strategy and programme. The study is now being finalised and the Draft Final Report has recommended the following key measures to further improve the management of construction waste:
Based on these recommendations and the feedback received from the consultation exercise on the draft Waste Reduction Plan, we will finalise our long-term strategy on construction waste management and reduction and incorporate it into our Waste Reduction Plan.
Dredged sediment and excavated material
2.6 The strategy for the management of sediment dredged from the river and seabed and material excavated on land was developed in the early 1990s. Marine dumping grounds at South Cheung Chau and East Ninepin are assigned for the disposal of clean dredged sediment. Exhausted marine borrow areas at South Tsing Yi and North Lantau, from which sand had been extracted for reclamation, can also be used for this purpose. However, dredged sediments, which are contaminated by high concentration of heavy metals or organic pollutants, need to be contained and isolated. They are deposited in special containment pits in East Sha Chau, north of Lantau Island, and are isolated permanently from the marine environment by putting capping layers on top of the pits.
Difficult Waste
Sewage Sludge and Water Works Sludge
2.7 Marine disposal of sewage and water works sludge has completely ceased in 1996, in compliance with the London Dumping Convention. At present, about 300 tonnes per day of dewatered sewage and water works sludge are disposed of at the landfills. Landfilling of dewatered sludge is a widely accepted practice throughout the world. As the quantity of sludge disposed of at present is relatively small compared with the quantity of MSW, this practice is considered acceptable. However, it is estimated that when the Strategic Sewage Disposal Scheme is fully commissioned in 2006, the total quantity of sewage and waterworks sludge generated in the territory will amount to 2000 wet tonnes per day, constituting a substantial amount of waste to be landfilled. In order to preserve valuable landfill space, a review of the sludge disposal strategy is necessary. We have recently commissioned a study to investigate the options and to formulate a sludge management strategy for the whole territory by late 1998. Technical options that would be considered include drying, incineration and enhanced dewatering.
Livestock waste
2.8 Indiscriminate disposal of waste from livestock farms has been one of the causes of pollution of streams in the New Territories. In our strategy, composting of raw livestock manure for subsequent recycling as fertiliser is the primary means of disposal. We encourage farms with effluent produced to install proper in-house wastewater treatment systems by providing technical and financial assistance. We also provide free waste collection and disposal services for farms producing dry livestock waste which is suitable for composting. A 10-year Livestock Waste Control Scheme was put in place in 1987, that included banning all livestock keeping in urban areas and new towns, and enforcing statutory effluent standards for livestock keeping in other areas. The raw livestock manure that we collect is now being composted at a plant at Shaling. If the amount of waste collected is more than required for making compost, the surplus will be diverted to landfill after conditioning to make it suitable for landfill disposal. As a result, these measures have reduced the pollution load on Hong Kong streams and rivers by more than 85%.
Animal Carcasses
2.9 At present, the two Provisional Municipal Councils collect animal carcasses arising from streets, public kennels, SPCA clinics as well as those generated from abattoirs and rearing activities. The Agriculture and Fisheries Department also collects animal carcasses from government kennels. Some of the carcasses are cremated at Kennedy Town Abattoir, Yuen Long Slaughterhouse and Cheung Chau Slaughterhouse, but the existing cremators are sub-standard and cause air pollution to the local environment. We will build an animal cremator as soon as possible. During the interim, the landfilling method, regarded as a tolerable temporary arrangement, is carried out in a controlled manner with close site supervision on each tipping and covering operation.
Clinical Waste
2.10 Clinical waste is currently collected by the Provisional Municipal Councils and by private waste collectors. It is either incinerated at pathological waste incinerators at hospitals and cremators of the Provisional Municipal Councils, or disposed of at landfills. Although there are existing guidelines from the Hong Kong Medical Association and the Hospital Authority on proper handling of clinical waste at the source of generation, we believe that the collection and disposal of this type of waste needs to be improved. Uncontrolled disposal of clinical waste at landfills can have operational health hazard and other environmental problems, while incinerating clinical waste at the existing outdated incinerators can cause air pollution to the environment.
2.11 We plan to implement an effective control scheme for the proper management of clinical waste to safeguard public health and safety, and provide for the disposal of clinical waste by incineration at the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre. So far, we have produced a consultation document on our proposed clinical waste control scheme and are currently consulting concerned groups on the scheme. During the interim, we have instigated an administrative permit system for better control of the disposal of clinical waste at landfill, while some clinical waste such as human organs, body parts etc. will continue to be incinerated at the existing pathological waste incinerators and the cremators.
Chemical Waste
2.12 The management strategy for chemical waste comprises the provision of a centralised chemical waste treatment centre, as well as legislative controls that cover the storage, collection and disposal of all chemical wastes.
2.13 A Chemical Waste Treatment Centre (CWTC) at Tsing Yi started operation in 1993, treating most of the chemical waste arising in the territory. The legislation on the control of chemical waste was enacted in 1993. A charging scheme for users of the CWTC was implemented in March 1995. This would encourage reduction, re-use and recycling of chemical wastes.
MARPOL Waste
2.14 The MARPOL Convention aims to eliminate pollution of the marine environment by oil and other harmful substances from ships and to minimise discharge of such substances. The CWTC also provides reception facilities for MARPOL Annex I (oil) and Annex II (noxious liquid) wastes from sea-going ships using the Hong Kong Port. A charging scheme for MARPOL waste was implemented in August 1995.
Low-level Radioactive Waste
2.15 The radioactive wastes in Hong Kong are of low-level, mainly generated from hospitals, the commercial sector and educational institutes. There are about 55m3 of historic low-level radioactive wastes stored in disused air-raid tunnels at Queen's Road East, Wanchai. A small amount is still produced in Hong Kong (about 0.2m3 each year). The existing storage facility at Wanchai is located amongst dense residential population and is not an ideal long-term storage site.
2.16 In our strategy, we plan to build a low-level radioactive waste storage facility at Siu A Chau. Upon its completion the waste from the Wanchai Tunnel will be moved to this facility for storage. After a number of years, when the low-level radioactive waste is decayed to a level suitable for disposal at landfills as normal waste, it will be transferred from the facility for final disposal at landfills.
3.1 The amount of waste generated and requiring disposal in Hong Kong has been increasing rapidly. Although we have recently secured three state-of-the-art landfills for the final disposal of our waste, new sites for landfills would be extremely difficult to identify and would be expensive. As pointed out in the Waste Disposal Plan in 1989, the next phase of sustainable waste management is waste reduction. As early as when the first strategic landfill started operation in 1993 and whilst the other two were still being constructed, we commissioned a study on waste reduction in 1994. Based on the findings of the study and consultation with concerned parties, we published a draft Waste Reduction Plan in 1997 for public consultation. Having received comments from over 100 organisations and individuals, we are now revising the draft Plan aiming at promulgating it by mid-1998.
3.2 The philosophy of the Waste Reduction Plan focuses on conserving the scarce landfill space through waste reduction measures, comprising, in order of desirability : avoid waste; minimise waste; maximise recovery, reuse and recycling of waste, and reduce bulk quantity of waste. Currently, we have a reasonable level of recycling in the commercial and industrial sector. However, the recovery of household waste was less effective, as only 8% of such waste was recovered according to our 1994 figures. We will therefore focus on the domestic sector in order to boost the recovery rate. As the Provisional Municipal Councils are the authority for the collection of household waste, we see that there is scope for them to facilitate the recovery of waste, such as by separate collection of recyclable materials.
3.3 Whilst we recognise the important role that waste-to-energy incineration could play in waste reduction, it is prudent not to rely solely on this technology for waste management. The waste reduction measures should include a wide spectrum of activities ranging from the long term education and publicity programme, to the use of incentives to encourage recovery, charging schemes to discourage waste disposal, and land allocation to assist recycling industries. The success of waste reduction would largely depend on the participation of all sectors of the community, in particular changing the habits and the attitude of the individual towards waste management. Besides promoting waste reduction through education and publicity, we are also setting up task forces with various sectors in the community to spearhead waste reduction initiatives in these sectors.
3.4 Mandatory measures through legislation could be an effective means to reduce waste if our partnership or voluntary approach is not successful. Styrofoam boxes is an example of an area where we may need to consider a mandatory approach in future (see Annex IV).
4.1 Under the Waste Disposal Ordinance, a permit system has been introduced with effect from 1.9.96 to control the import and export of hazardous and contaminated waste. An important requirement of the control system is that prior notifications and consents from all countries concerned (countries of export, import and transit) are required before the commencement of any proposed shipment of controlled waste. Waste importers and exporters are required to apply for the necessary permits from the Environmental Protection Department.
5.1 The planning horizon of the Waste Disposal Plan is 2001. Since its publication, the planned programmes have been implemented in phases. We are constantly monitoring and evaluating the strategies and programmes, which are adjusted and fine-tuned in the light of changing circumstances and evolving technologies. A major review of the WDP will be undertaken before the turn of the century to evaluate the effectiveness of the plans and programme, and to set new directions as necessary.
5.2 Resource recovery, waste avoidance and minimisation will continue to take top priority in the management of all waste types. We are committed to launch the Waste Reduction Plan in mid 1998. With successful implementation of the proposed waste reduction measures for municipal and construction waste, the remaining life of our existing landfills can be extended from 2012 to 2023. However, the existing waste disposal capacity would be used up eventually and additional long-term waste disposal options need to be identified. Apart from considering the state-of-the-art technology in waste-to-energy incinerators, we will also consider, inter alia, the extension of the existing landfills, and identifying new landfill sites which could be land based or marine based. Regarding siting of waste facilities, we will examine the viability of co-siting the sludge treatment facilities with other solid waste disposal facilities, and also the option of co-incineration.
5.3 The Polluter Pays Principle is the driving force behind the introduction of user charges at waste facilities. At present, no waste disposal charges are imposed on waste collected by the Municipal Councils, or any household waste collected by private waste collectors. The introduction of the user charges will have the benefits of not only helping us to finance the operation of the facilities, but will also help to reduce the quantities of waste when producers realise that waste disposal incurs cost. We will continue to pursue the implementation of the Polluter Pays Principle.
Annex IV
Around 100 tonnes of styrofoam food and drink containers are disposed of at our landfills everyday. This constitutes about 1% of the total municipal waste disposed.
2.Biodegradable lunch boxes, as alternatives to styrofoam ones, are made of plant fibres and are more expensive, costing around 30 - 40 cents, i.e. 10 - 20 cents higher than normal styrofoam tableware. This cost burden, inevitably, discourages their extensive use. The short storage life of this product is another major concern of food product manufacturers and users. The development of degradable lunch box is not very mature at this stage and the quality may vary significantly from product to product.
3.Whilst styrofoam food containers are of concern, other styrofoam products are important for packaging, etc. Given that it would be difficult to justify prohibiting one styrofoam product but not another, very careful consideration to alternative strategies would have to be considered before introducing legislation.


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For an introduction to this series, click here.
May 24, 2007
This chapter starts out with Peter and John healing the lame man. He was lame from birth, and he sat by the gate of the Temple asking for donations. Peter simply says, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!" (3:6) Now we cannot do this today. This was a special time in the history of the church. There was no New Testament scripture. All the church had was the Apostles. They were fighting a major uphill battle in trying to establish Christianity. God chose to allow the Apostles to perform miracles so that their legitimacy before God could be established in the eyes of those who were willing to acknowledge it.
A vast majority of the miracles in the Bible occurred in three eras: Moses and Joshua, Elijah and Elisha and Christ and the Apostles. Moses and Joshua were leading the Jewish nation out of bondage and establishing a new nation. Elijah and Elisha were trying to bring back an apostate nation. Christ and the Apostles were establishing a new religion.
The second half of the chapter is a sermon by Peter. This passage is very indicative of Peter's typical sermon to the Jews. "And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus," (3:17-20, ESV)
Peter said it didn't matter if they had crucified Jesus. God still wanted them to repent of what they did and turn to Him for salvation.


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The War Must Come to Colombo
Forgive my blatant disregard towards being politically correct. I intend to make my point as clear as possible, thus the usual diplomatic wrappings that form a masquerade around my true opinion will be set aside on this occasion.
The recent massacre at
However, it occurred to me that we in
To avoid misunderstanding, let me make it clear that I too empathize with the families of the victims of this massacre. However, I find it puzzling that events such as this along with
It is obvious that we
No, I am certainly not asking you to wear sackcloth, weep and gnash your teeth in despair. However, I invite you to ponder upon the dynamics of our conflict and how we in
The truth is, we have grown comfortable in our own depression and look elsewhere to offer our condolences. Charity must begin at home.
Thank you for reading.