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Here are a few pictures from our time in the studio.
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In this weeks video Jaime talks about her hair journey and what is most important when expressing who you are with your hair.
Now here are some fun images I took of Jaime in the studio.
Thanks Jaime for everything!
For a few years now I have been wanting to gather the stories of people with naturally curly hair. Being a curly myself, I know that there are many challenges to having curly hair. First up is the lovely Deitra.
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1. Mid to B
-3 buy 1 flashes 3 buy 1 smokes at least 2 armor up
-whole team go straight to middle
-1st person there smoke the double door then the rest save it and smoke the connector at mid
-then 1 person throw a flashbang through window and 4 throw it over the ridge and flash the FUCK OUTTA B!!!!
-charge in with the armor Ts first and hold B. do not go chase after them like flipping idiots afterwards
2. Straight up Rushing B
-at least 3 people buy 1 flashes 2 people buy 1 smokes
-first person flash into b tunnel turn around and continue pushing and all push with him DO NOT STOP OR BAIT
-throw 2 smokes to the double doors in b (incase sniper or just to reduce chance of getting hit or dying while crossing)
-and 2 flashbangs over B to flash those in mid and ct spawn (to delay them and give more time to get in position)
-1st person into the site check closet
-2nd + 3rd persons secure platform
-4th person should be bomber and go plant in B
-5th person kinda stay back and watch b tunnel from in site or in tunnel itself (depending on situation. use ur best judgement)
and hold B (and dont all be idiots and watch same spot
3. Sandwiching B= 2 b tunnels 3 going mid
-b tuns ppl buy flashs/nades/etc w.e u think is neccesary and u guys will camp b tunnels until told to push by the people in the middle
-then 3 ppl going in middle buy at least 1 smokes 1 flashes
-once u arrive at mid at the connector smoke it then 1 person will stay back and delay/stop or at least warn about the rotation at mid/ct-spawn ( and he has flashbang as escape plan)
-the other two will throw their flashes over b and give the call for the tunnel people to push and basically we swarm B and take it over (and hopefully hold it
4. Walking/Delaying B
-the whole team is to quickly buy their stuff and head over to the wall farthest to the left in the direction of going into B tunnels and hug that wall and DO NOT MAKE NOISE OR GET SEEN (if seen just rush it or alternate plans) and camp outside B until a certain time (remember not to always use same times mix it up and throw the other team off) and slowly make your way into B and rush or w.e the best plan is at that moment
5. Around the World = faking B going cat (im sure many of you know this plan, but in case you don't here it is)
- at least 2 people buy smokes for smoking dd when going out of lower b, 2 flashes (1 for flashing cat from lower b which should be the last person coming outta lower b and 1 flash for the guy in the front to continue his advances)
(of course there are alternate versions like maybe u want 2 ppl to go long and 3 ppl going into b tunnel opposed to having whole team going into lower b to cat. in this case ull want the ppl at long to flash the plat or w.e etc etc)
----and yes i know this one isnt taking over B but i posted this one just for the sake of the next plan----
6. Snaking B (gay name but I thought it was appropriate cuz its kinda like it)= faking around the world going to B (double fake!
-basically make the other team think ur gonna do around the world by doing around the world till cat then hop off and go to mid
-everyone get at least 1 flash and 1 smokes
-have 3 go into b tunnel then 2 of them will throw flashes into the b site and rush into lower and join the forces at mid
-for the other two who havent gone b tuns go from direction of long to mid and smoke the double door at mid ( and try not to get spotted if possible)
-then the forces at lower b will join up wit forces at mid and then all flash b and get in site (and also not a bad idea if u all smoke the connector :])
If you think one of these plans are lacking, feel free to give advice. Or if you have other plans feel free to tell the team.
Yes. We can alternate these plans but lets stick with these ones first before we go and mix the plans up so we are all on the same page.
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Yeah I'm A Goof-Off, But It Could Be Worse
Greetings all, Steve here. This week I've developed a new process for, while not actually being more efficient or getting things done better, to appear be doing so, due to the fact that you're not worse. How it works is, you apologize for something you've done badly or failed to do entirely and then point out that you didn't do something worse. It's quite an innovation, I think. Oh, by the way, sorry that my post is a little later this week, but at least I'm not a serial killer. See, it works. :)
I came up with the idea when putting together a presentation for school. I'm doing something fairly unconventional and I can't really back up my theory or support my conclusions, but it is a very neat idea. I am anticipating potentially being torn apart in my presentation and I thought that I should forestall any criticisms by saying right off the top that it was an unprovable theory and asking for everyone to be open-minded. I'm calling it, "Random Thoughts On Egypt by Steve Sharam or Please Blow Holes In This Presentation." I'm using a lot of Far Side cartoons. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Anyway, this train of thought got me to thinking about how this process could be expanded for use in the corporate world. I think that this has real possibilities. Take, for example, the following example scenarios, for example:
"Sorry boss, I didn't get that presentation done, but at least I didn't sleep with your wife."
"Ladies and gentlemen of the board, you'll likely find that this presentation that I was supposed to be working on for the last three months lacks refinement and, um, facts, because I threw it together in the elevator on the way up here, because I was up all night thinking about Eva Longoria, but at least I didn't steal the spark plugs from a nun's car."
"While it's true, Your Honor, that my client embezzled $40 million from unsuspecting investors and lost it all in a craps game in Vegas, I would like to bring it to the court's attention that never once did my client sell homemade napalm to schoolchildren."
Actually, I think that defense has been used several times. It's possible, in fact, that this process could be expanded to personal relationships as well:
"Sorry honey, I know I shouldn't be ignoring you all the time because I spend so much time at work, but at least I didn't sleep with my boss."
I think that the possibilities of this approach are endless. Any ideas about other ways to apply this approach? I won't look at them, but at least I won't out-right insult you in public. Until then, keep your pen on the page and don't steal anyone's pants. Oh well, you do better. :P
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I'm afraid its not a new idea, Steve, food manufacturers have been using that ploy for a long time:
'This product contains GM soy, aspertame, ADHD inducing food colorants, cancer causing unpronouncables, but, hey, at least there is no sulfuric acid or cyanide (speek:preservatives, or anything else that is NOT) in it'
Darn it!
Yeah, you're right. I thought I was onto something original there. I'm on a health kick and I've started reading the labels on most food items I buy. It's far scarier than just blindly wandering through life. In fact, I'm now quite a fan of blindly wandering.
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I'm not positive if this is even a video card problem but that is my best guess. So first here are the specs on the new computer I bought
ATX BB System w/ecs AIT RC410 MB
ATI RADEON X200 PCI-E Video
Intel 915 dual core PD 2.8 GHz CPU (775) 2x2 MB {800MHz FSB}
512MB of PC4200 DDRAM2
160 GB Hitachi HDD with SATA 2-300, 8 MB CACHE 7200RPM
Video driver updated to CATALYST 7.2
Now my problem is that any time there is excessive movement on the screen (i.e. SIMS 2) there seems to be tranclucent wavy lines that appear throught the screen (almost like a haze). I'm pretty sure it has to do with the graphics card but I find it odd that the same thing happens when the windows download screen is up and going at a fast pace.
I've changed changed the display setting from 32 bit to 16 but that was to no avail. Also saw that there might have been a little conflict with ati's CATALYST 7.2 so I went to 7.1, but again no change. If anyone has any ideas it would be a major help.


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• Take Exit 13. Head west on Main Street then cross over the bridge. Road will change from Main Street to West Wheelock Street (Rte. 10A).
• Continue through the light at the corner of the Dartmouth Green. West Wheelock now changes to East Wheelock (Rte. 10). You will pass in front of the Dartmouth Green and Hanover Inn.
• Take your next left (across from the Hood Museum) and go through a set of lights.
• Follow Route 10 N.
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• Take Exit 18. Head towards Hanover NH on Rte. 120 North, at the set of lights at the Hanover Food Co-op, bear right.
• At the intersection of Rte. 10N and 120N turn Right onto Rte. 10N.
• Follow Route 10 N.
• At the Traffic Circle, take your right onto Reservoir Road, (Co-op Grocery store on the corner).
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Wow.....I hadn't realized it's been so long since I posted. Been busy with remodel stuff. I finally let the man have his way & he took out the closet in the Living Room. Well the only part that was actually in the Living Room is the door the closet itself was actually in the Kitchen...yeah that's right in my tiny Kitchen |:(
So now my Kitchen is bigger which is nice but on the downside that means....... you guessed it more work & another trip to Lowe's. Drywall time! Thankfully my nephew has much experience with drywall since his dad hangs drywall for a living & he spent many a summer working with him growing up. Once the drywall is up I can hopefully finish up the Kitchen remodel. I have painted the cabinets in there so far & I have to say the change is remarkable. I don't feel like I'm in a dungeon anymore when I'm in there! Here are some before & after pics for ya:
don't get me wrong I think wood cabinets are pretty but not in a small kitchen - it just makes it too dark in there (btw those cabinets were darker in real life). So white cabinets & pale sunny yellow for the walls & ceiling. Can't wait until I can post some full room pics after all the painting is done & new floor is installed.


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Two Words: Grassroots Marketing
By Richard Rutigliano, PriMedia, Inc.
OK, so maybe this'll take a bit more than two words, but the point remains: grassroots marketing is simply one of, if not the, most effective tools that heating oil and propane companies have for preventing fuel conversions. Now, admittedly, many people read "grassroots marketing" and start thinking about kids in newsy caps standing on street corners, handing out pamphlets — probably not a realistic strategy for your company — so let me take a minute to review what that phrase means today, and what it means in the context of today's energy industry.
Grassroots marketing generally refers to a marketing strategy that targets a specific niche rather than a large audience. Typically speaking, such a strategy is executed directly, meaning it puts an actionable piece of information right in front of the targeted recipient. Whether on the doorstep or web browser, or in a mailbox or email inbox, the message speaks to the target's specific interests and concerns as they relate to a particular topic.
For an energy marketer, the target would be homes and businesses in the surrounding area. The topic here would of course be fuel choices and conversions. The interests and concerns are more complex, but in this context, let's boil them down to affordability, reliability and environmental impact. Energy consumers want their fuel to cost less, they want to count on it being available when they need it, and even if they don't necessarily want it to be green, they probably want it to be clean.
So, how does a heating oil or propane provider address these interests and concerns while speaking directly to home and business owners in the area? And more importantly, how do you do it better than the utilities that are trying to take away your customers? Grassroots energy marketing can take a number of forms, but there are two cost-effective, complementary tools that have been most successful for local heating oil and propane businesses in the Northeast: Direct Mail Marketing and Pay-Per-Click Landing Pages.
"Postcard Says What?"
Postcards are one of the most effective forms of direct mail marketing, because humans are essentially hard-wired to read them rather than throw them right in the trash. Through the generations, we've used these cheap, simple pieces of cardstock to show someone something impressive and tell them about it. The recipient sees an image, mentally responds to it, and habitually flips the card to read the other side. This isn't just true for trips to the Grand Canyon. It can and does work for energy marketers as long as the image is gripping enough to grab your customers' attention, the headline is compelling enough to keep it, and the rest of the copy is strong enough to hammer your message home.
Working with the American Energy Coalition, PriMedia has helped develop and deploy postcards in a number of areas that were under threat from gas utility encroachment, including southern Connecticut and other parts of New England. Most recently, we brought the message to central Pennsylvania, where energy utility subsidiary Peoples Gas has been trying to get home and business owners to agree to sign up for gas service. By collecting enough signatures of intent, the utility can justify and fund pipeline extensions in the area. (You can read about all the particulars of this situation in "PPA Vs. Peoples" on page 30.)
The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association and American Energy Coalition rightly identified the scenario as ripe for an Every Door Direct Mail® campaign (more on that term a little further down), and working on behalf of the area's local companies and associations, contracted PriMedia to design a series of postcards that could be sent to homes and businesses in specific geographic locations. Our team leveraged a particularly applicable image and created powerful headlines and messaging to apply to the situation at hand.
Each postcard in a series of four targeted a different area. Thus, the message was continually adjusted to hone in on a specific niche of home and business owners. Furthermore, the details of the message evolved as the situation developed. Once a local newspaper picked up the story, our copywriters had a new source to cite, with specific quotes from disappointed gas customers. By telling that story and editing it to suit different audiences, Pennsylvania's local heating oil associations were able to connect with consumers at a grassroots level, hammering home the message that natural gas conversions are not the affordable option the utilities say they are.
Affordability was the issue at hand here, but the postcards could just as easily be customized to make points about dependability, sustainability or any other argument that applies in your area. By the same token, this campaign was coordinated primarily at the association level, but because postcards are such affordable assets, individual dealers can tailor the message to their customer base. Of course, for the best results, you'll want to work with a full-service marketing agency that can facilitate the graphic design, research, copywriting and printing needed to execute any campaign effectively.
DM vs. EDDM®
USPS® defines its Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) service as "an affordable targeted advertising technique that lets you map your marketing mail audience by age, income, or household size." This demographic information is pulled automatically from the prior U.S. Census Report, and the postal service has a mapping tool that allows marketers to zero in on addresses in a particular ZIP Code or carrier route. Therein lies the biggest difference between direct mail (DM) and EDDM.
Whereas DM campaigns are generally restricted to the addresses on a particular mailing list, EDDM campaigns can hit every address in a designated area and can even target postal routes based on the reported age or income of their occupants. This allows you to go beyond your base, to connect directly with your neighbors, and customize your message to suit different kinds of households. Short of going out by yourself and banging on people's doors, it doesn't get much more grassroots than that.
The question of whether a DM or an EDDM campaign is best for your company depends largely on the goal of the particular campaign you are looking to launch. If you're expanding your service area and looking to attract new customers, obviously a direct mail campaign to your existing customer list isn't going to cut it. Likewise, if you're part of a local association that's trying to counter the utility company's disinformation campaigns, you may want to spread the word beyond your base. EDDM was used for three of the four aforementioned Pennsylvania campaigns. In the single DM campaign, this method was chosen so as to avoid otherwise inevitable overlap with one of the EDDM areas.
When trying to determine whether DM or EDDM is the right choice for a postcard or other print marketing campaigns, it's always best to consult a professional agency that has the research and media-buying experience needed to secure the best possible price and ensure your message hits its mark. In either case, though, you don't want to simply send a postcard and call it a day. You need to follow up to ensure that when your targets go to find out more about what's going on in their area, it's your message and not the utility's that stays in front of them.
Clear For Landing
A pay-per-click landing page empowers you to do exactly that. Think about it: a homeowner hears one thing from the gas utility, or maybe from a neighbor who's just echoing the utility's claim, then hears another thing from you or your local energy association. What's the next thing that homeowner is most likely to do? If you answered, "go online and look it up," then you're right on the money.
For better or worse, most people get their information online today. Unfortunately, most utilities are owned by massive corporations that can afford to build beautiful, state-of-the-art websites and run highly active social media campaigns designed to control the flow of energy-related information in your area. Fortunately for our industry though, there is an affordable and effective way to quickly reinforce the anti-conversion
message. That's what the American Energy Coalition did in southern Connecticut, and it's what they're doing again in central Pennsylvania.
In case you're unfamiliar with the terms "pay-per-click" and "landing page," here is a quick refresher. Pay-per-click is an advertising service that enables website owners to have their pages automatically appear atop page-one search results for particular keyword terms, which might be, for example, "heating oil conversions" or "switching to gas heat." Each time a person clicks on the sponsored link, the site owner is charged an amount based on the going bidding price for the keyword terms.
The landing page is simply the web page to which the internet user is sent when he or she clicks that link. (If this still sounds like a foreign language to you, I apologize, but believe it or not this is the simplified explanation. That's why the associations entrust Google-certified web developers to handle this sort of thing.) The American Energy Coalition commissioned three new landing pages for Pennsylvania: "Upgrade and Save," "The Real Cost to Convert," and "Disadvantages of Natural Gas." Each provides energy consumers with an invaluable knowledge base, as well as tools that can help them find an energy expert in the area or determine the actual cost of switching fuels. But the end goal is always the same: preventing fuel conversions.
Your Roots Run Deeper
As a heating oil or propane marketer, you already know that history is on the side of your product. And you can already see that history is beginning to absolve our industry in terms of pricing and sustainability arguments. The challenge is to make sure your customers and neighbors see this too. I won't lie: it's a tough challenge, because we're up against multinational corporations with politicians in their pockets … and pockets that run deeper than the Permian Basin … but as I've said before, our industry has a winning, positive message and the facts to turn the tide on energy policy.
In a battle for our communities' hearts and minds, we also have another powerful weapon in our arsenal — our roots. Most local heating oil and propane businesses that still thrive today are longtime members of the communities they serve. So, when I say they have history on their side, I mean it literally too. With that in mind, grassroots marketing is in a sense, a back-to-basics approach. It's about getting out there and connecting with the people your drivers see on their routes every day. In other words, it should be second nature for a business like yours. The mediums may have changed, but that only means your message can ring louder than ever before.
If you'd like help getting your message out with a grassroots marketing strategy, please give me a call at 800-796-3342 or contact PriMedia online.


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Beautiful Decay blogged my work. I love the idea of beautiful decay. I love that they recognized my Artforum series since they are a spoilage of the glossy magazine.
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It is one of the newest Tracfone mobile phones that been released recently. Let's start with LG Ultimate 2 general review. The phone screen is large 4.5 touch screen offers a lot of options for you, speaking from a personal experience having such screen is pretty amazing and don't worry about if it will fit in your pocket properly 4.5 can fit in most pockets indeed. You will have the opportunity to read on the phone better whether an article or an entire book it's obvious that this phone is suggested for who likes reading a lot or who wants to watch movies or something like that in a better resolution and clearer visibility.
These days being in touch with your social accounts is getting more important even it's not only about social stuff it's about getting the news, exploring scientific articles and much more but spending much time doing so on phones with smaller screens can make you feel not so good so if you do I would recommend to go for a bigger screen phone such as this one LG Ultimate 2. The design is pretty good, the phone available in black color.
The camera is nice 5 MP with a flash it can be enough if you are a normal user unless you want something more professional. You can take selfies! There is a front facing camera 1.3 MP such as most of other phone's facing cameras its normal of course it's not so good for that but if you are a selfie geek I would recommend you to get another phone with a better facing camera.
You can get the phone with an amazing Tracfone deal note that this deal can be available for limited time. You will receive triple minutes for life and for who is not familiar with this term it means that if you applied 400 minutes card you will receive 1200 minutes, 1200 texts and 1200 MB of data included note that values already tripled.
The phone processor is 1.2 GHz dual-core beside the ram is 1GB which is really good comparing it with the other Tracfone mobiles so far, the battery life is pretty good too and the home button is color changing LEDs which is amazing.
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From its inception during "The Roaring Twenties" the Yoo-Hoo label has dominated the chocolate drink world. The 1950s, however, was when this popular drink reached the legendary status that it still maintains today. This decade saw the proliferation of Yoo-Hoo advertisements, including official endorsements from the New York Yankees and, specifically, Yogi Berra. The image of Berra draped in pinstripes smiling with a Yoo-Hoo in his hand was a sight to see. In this case, the ad is for an energy bar also produced by the chocolate drink company. The endorsement reads "take it from Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, go Big League with Yoo-Hoo frozen energy bar". An intriguing collectible for Yankee fans and vintage collectors alike.
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Formula 1 News - September, 2010
Sep.9 (GMM) Sebastian Vettel has vowed to keep attacking in 2010, despite the wave of criticism about his rate of errors in recent races.The 23-year-old German's most recent gaffe was his crash into fellow championship challenger Jenson Button at Spa, earning McLaren's rebuke that he has become F1's "crash kid".But Vettel told German language Speedweek that he is not now going to drive more cautiously as a result."Racing is not a coffee break," said the Red Bull driver."I go to the grid to win if it is possible. But you have to attack, you can't just wait for it to happen."Vettel admits his Spa-Francorchamps manoeuvre on Button went badly wrong, and phoned his British rival to apologise.But he will be racing with an unchanged attitude this weekend at Monza."I always try to attack, so in that way nothing is going to change. You always have your head switched on and everyone weighs up the risks."I know that both myself and my car are fast enough to win," added the German.


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American Idiot - Green Day - Reprise - 2004 - 8/10
I never thought I'd say this, but Green Dayreally showed their maturity in this album. Previously their longest song, ironically called "Longview," was about 3:40, now most of their songs on this album are at least 4 minutes. I hesitate to compare this to both the album, and the group's growth, but this album is mildly similar to The Who's "Tommy." This album, like "Tommy" could easily be called a rock opera, although I would probably call it a "pop opera" or a "popera" if you will. By the way, I coperated "popera" so don't even try to use that again without expecting to send me a quarter. I saw Green Day when they were almost done, touring behind a greatest hits album, playing second fiddle to Blink 182. Luckily, they pulled themselves together, put out their best album and began (hopefully) a shift back to the concept album as we know it.
Sure, some critics said it was much of the same, and they're right but they're also wrong. It does sound the same, but at the same time, on each and every song you can see the growth, you can see where that song would have been before, and what it is now. (1) "American Idiot," the title track has the vocal progression and same rhythm part as "Maria" with the vocal delivery of "Basket Case." The song pushes anti-conservatism observations about the media and homophobia with little behind the buzz words. (2) "Jesus of Suburbia*," has the tempo of "Waiting," the feeling of "Macy's Day Parade," and the guitar chords and progressions of "Redundant." The song is a multi part "opera" seemingly all parts introspective about Billy Joe's upbringing. (3) "Holiday," has the vocal progression of "Poprocks and Coke," the guitar chorus of "Longview," with the greater guitar parts of "Walking Contradiction." "Holiday" is essentially a harsher "American Idiot" that uses stronger language and more allusions to sarcastically light into American conservatism. (4) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," the humongous video single about being lonely has similar stop go lyrics and guitar parts as "Brain Stew" combined with the guitar buildup of "Walking Contradiction." (5) "Are We the Waiting," is a throwback to the old Green Day Standard "Waiting" except that was a non emo version that shares the intonation of this newer track accompanied by the guitar rifts of "Redundant" and the tempo of "She." The song is pretty deep, probably beyond a random guess but it seems to be about the urbanization of dreams, and the side effects of the wheels of progress. (6) "St. Jimmy," about a funny character who gets his own song here while being name checked throughout the album, has the guitar parts and vocal delivery to match "Maria" and the drums of "Jaded" with the fast delivery of "Stuck With Me." (7) "Give Me Novocain," which has amusing lyrics metaphorically about pain and loss, is played at a tempo between "She" and "Redundant" but with the vocal delivery of "Macy's Day Parade" and lyrics like "Longview." (8) "She's a Rebel" is a simple tune with the vocal delivery of "Welcome to Paradise" and the cool intro of "Jaded" that seems to literally be a new take on "She." (9) Continuing the trend of revisiting "She," "Extraordinary Girl" is the song from her point of view and has the long instrumental intro of "Longview" but the tempo and feeling of "Stuck With Me" and the guitar parts in "J.A.R." (10) "Letterbomb," a possibly metaphorical song about ignoring obligations, uses the little girl sound effect and powerful guitar intro we know from "Maria" with the lyrics "Stuck With Me." (11) "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is begun with a guitar intro like in "Warning" and recaptures the feeling of "Macy's Day Parade" to comment on how quickly time passes. (12) "Homecoming*" has the static guitar lead in just as "Welcome to Paradise" did with the vocal inflection of "Basket Case" and the guitar of "She." The song, like "Are We the Waiting" has no obvious explanation and could perhaps be praising returning from war. (13) "Whatsername" is a new take on the progression of "She" that goes from the introduction to the main meat of the song using similar voice inflection to finally end the story of "She."
What annoys me the most is that whenever I want to talk about this album with some of Green Day's fans, they say stuff like, "I liked them before they were political." Honestly, come on. The album is NOT political. There are TWO songs that are MAYBE politica. Sure, some of the others have tenuous allusions to mildly political concepts, but this album is not really that big of an outcry about the war. If you don't believe me, you could read all of the lyrics. What would have made this crystal, is if the album had been named something more logical, like St. Jimmy, a character who is mentioned throughout, but that probably wouldn't have been marketed as well as "American Idiot." Or another thing they complain about is that Billy Joe sold out and went "goth." Does it matter? The music has gone to another level. Yes its poppier, yes its a little more emo, but its still Green Day. I hope my song-by-song break down above can prove that to you, but if it doesn't it doesn't.
When it comes down to it, most of these songs are catchy as hell, and this is a really really good pop album. Accept it for what it is, a pop album, and then you have to admit, its a pretty damn good pop album.
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NAIROBI, November 28 – President Mwai Kibaki has ignored demands from the civil society and signed into law, the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to probe historical human rights abuses and bring about national cohesion.,
The commission will investigate crimes committed since independence in 1963, to February this year.
"President Mwai Kibaki has signed into law an Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment, powers and functions of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission," a brief statement from the Presidential Press Service said.
The TJRC aims at bringing perpetrators of human rights violations to justice, promoting national reconciliation and resolving conflict between different groups.
It will also aim at providing compensation or restitution for victims and also serve as a public acknowledgement of the suffering of the victims.
The Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Committee led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan agreed to set up the TJRC.
The commission will focus on the widespread violence that followed the disputed presidential elections late last year that resulted into the death of 1,500 people.
The unrest also saw some 350,000 people displaced internally and property worth millions of shillings destroyed.
The violence was blamed on unresolved historical injustices mainly the distribution of land and state resources, plus alleged human rights violations by previous regimes.
Those found guilty of genocide and other human rights violations by the TJRC will not be eligible for amnesty.
Parliament passed the TJRC Bill last month and handed it to the Attorney General to study, before presenting the document to President Kibaki for assent into law.
A section of the civil society had appealed to the Head of State not to sign the Bill until it was revised claiming that it was 'seriously' flawed.
"The TJRC Bill will not achieve its objective as it is fraught with contradictions and inconsistencies that would be used by suspects to frustrate its implementation. Politicians want to use it for cover-up," a statement from Kituo Cha Sheria said.
"If the contradictions in the draft bill are not resolved, the TJRC will fail to contribute to or even undermine the justice which Kenya so badly needs. We should take time to reflect on the Bill and amend it to rectify the flaws rather than passing it into law with undue haste," said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch.


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2. When a force acts on a mass, acceleration is produced. The greater the mass of the object being accelerated, the greater the amount of force needed to accelerate the object. Click here to read more about Newton's Second Law of Motion.
Others who followed Newton – most particularly Albert Einstein – refined our understanding of gravity. The most accurate description of gravity today can be found in Einstein's general theory of relativity, which asserts that gravity is a consequence of the curvature of space-time.
Fascinated by Newton's revelations about gravity? Check out this 15-minute video:
If Newton had only contributed his three Laws of Motion and his understanding of universal gravitation, we'd have remembered him as one of the world's greatest scientists. But Newton didn't stop there. He also built one of the first practical reflecting telescopes, contributed to the invention of calculus, and explored how white light can be broken up into a spectrum of colors by a prism, thereby laying the foundation for much of modern astronomy.
Yet Newton himself knew how much more remained to be discovered. He is known to have said:
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
By the way, in the past, you often saw Newton's birthday as December 25, 1642. That is beginning to change, and now we are more and more often seeing Newton's birthday as January 4, 1643. The difference is due to the fact that, when Newton was born, England was in the midst of a 150-year period of using a different calendar from the rest of Europe. The rest of the continent had already adopted the Gregorian calendar – same calendar we today use. However, the English were still using the Julian calendar, which lagged ten days behind because of a faulty method of accounting for leap years.
Bottom line: Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 (December 25, 1642, in the same year that Galileo died, in the old style Gregorian calendar). His work laid much of the foundation for our modern understanding of the physical universe.


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Ohio State Buckeyes Rose Bowl Champions
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- irondad said...
Being in Oregon, I have to put a wet blanket on your celebration!
- January 6, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Doug C said...
Dan - Your Ducks did pretty well this year. But its been soooo long since the Buckeyes have won a bowl game - always seem to fade in the stretch - that I had to celebrate a little.
- January 6, 2010 at 3:14 PM
It will be great to watch Ohio State Buckeyes,i have bought tickets from http://ticketfront.com/event/Ohio_State_Buckeyes-tickets looking forward to it.
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IAFP 2011 to be Held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Des Moines, Iowa (March 10, 2011) The International Association for Food Protection will hold IAFP 2011, July 31-August 3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The meeting has earned recognition as the leading food safety conference. Registration and housing are now open via the Association Web site at: www.foodprotection.org.
IAFP 2011 will feature more than 50 symposia, over 100 technical presentations, and nearly 500 poster presentations. In addition to the science-based presentations, the four-day meeting will include committee and professional development group meetings, educational exhibits, and an awards banquet.
This year marks the 100-Year Anniversary for IAFP, which began as the International Association of Milk and Dairy Inspectors in Milwaukee in 1911. Several celebratory events and exhibits will take place during IAFP 2011. In addition, a number of social events, some tailored exclusively to student members, are also planned. The annual Silent Auction will feature many items for attendees to bid on to raise money for the IAFP Foundation. IAFP will also host a pre-meeting golf tournament.
Three pre-meeting workshops, Improving Dairy Quality; Cleaning and Sanitizing Practices; and FD312-Special Processes at Retail, will also be presented.
Issues regarding foodborne disease outbreaks, emerging chemical hazards in food, the effects of climate change, best practices for cleaning and third party certification are just a few of the challenges that will be discussed throughout the educational sessions. Special presentations will be made at the opening and closing sessions including the Ivan Parkin Lecture by
Dr. Roger Cook, New Zealand Food Safety Authority, and the John H. Silliker Lecture delivered by Dr. Jorgen Schlundt, National Food Institute Technical University of Denmark.
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The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) represents more than 4,300 food safety professionals committed to Advancing Food Safety Worldwide®. The association includes educators, government officials, microbiologists, food industry executives and quality control professionals who are involved in all aspects of growing, storing, transporting, processing and preparing all types of foods. Working together, IAFP members, representing more than 70 countries, help the association achieve its mission through networking, educational programs, journals, career opportunities and numerous other resources.


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Keep Operation Christmas Child at Big Walnut High School
For 25 years without fail, Spanish classes at Big Walnut High School have participated in Operation Christmas Child. Most students choose to participate by bringing in shoe boxes filled with small presents and items such as toothbrushes and soap that they wrap during their Spanish class. These wrapped shoe boxes are then given to the Samaritan's Purse, an international relief, to then be delivered to children in third world countries.
On October 31, 2017, students brought in their shoe boxes, gifts, and wrapping paper excited to prepare the gift boxes for the children. Imagine their surprise when they find out they are unable to wrap their shoe box in class. The teachers each tell their students that we cannot wrap our gifts because the organization the gifts are given to is religious. Therefore we will either have to wrap our gifts at home and bring them in or stay after school the next week to wrap them because someone didn't like the fact that they would be giving to a religious group if they would have chosen to participate.
This activity is NOT mandatory. It is your choice to decide whether or not you would like to participate. You are not punished for not participating. Though students who want to participate are unable to because a few people don't agree with donating to a religious organization.
Those who signed this petition believe first and foremost that this is about the children. That is why we all donate to this organization, it is an international relief. They bring gifts to those who have nothing for Christmas and they do not discriminate. If you absolutely cannot see past religious affiliation you don't have to participate. Otherwise, we believe that those who want to participate have the right to do so without interference because of the simple fact that their intention is to give to children. Some of these children have not experienced human kindness and have lived lives that we cannot imagine. We feel that the least we can do is donate a few items in a wrapped shoe box to be delivered to them for Christmas.
Thank you for your time. Please consider signing this petition to help keep Operation Christmas Child at Big Walnut High School.
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1983 AIDS Fear
By Kazz Falcon
1983 AIDS Fear
I just learned that I'm
HIV positive, dear
Trust me, it's a lot
harder than I thought
I must face the tough road
HIV people got it rough
Most wouldn't live pass
I had lots of emotions
There weren't enough
medications out there
We was in the most fearful
times with AIDS
Who knows?
In the year of 1990, I could
work again
Right now, I was too sick to
do anything
Only if we had hope
Hope for the future
Then again, there wasn't
much hope
We were dying off like flies
I was trying to fight off the
1983 AIDS fear
Today's HIV
By Kazz Falcon
Today's HIV
We were living longer unlike
There were enough medications
There were many types to choose
We should take the right ones
Our t cells and the viral load
was under control
We were healthy
We can go back to work
Let's plan to have a
production life
So fulfilling and, yet, so
We could plan for our future
We should stay away from sex,
drugs and alcohol
We would be able to live longer
Today's HIV
Stupid Person
By Kazz Falcon
Stupid Person
How dumb can someone get?
I think his thumb is up his
He should go back to class
He would get smart again
He could be a genius
Yeah, right
The sight of him really made
me sick
By his stupidness, I was so
ticked off
He still haven't lick
his wounds
He was hanging on to his alcoholic
He must be banging his head
on the wall by now
I thought he want to get ahead
in life
How could he?
He listened to stupid MISGUIDED
"Stay with your lover
if you love him."
Look at him, he was homeless
Stupid person
Misguided Advice
By Kazz Falcon
Misguided advice
Hello, are you trying to ruin
my life?
(Which you did, by the way!)
I kid you not
You pretended to care for me
I tended to him after the latest
car accident
I ended up being homeless
I can't care or love
an alcoholic
I dare to admit,
His excessive drinking pushed
me away
Leaving him to be happy is
the way
You claimed, "Stay with
him if you love him!"
I proclaimed on the web, "He
is a alcoholic!"
Look at me now, I am homeless
When he moved to his sister,
I was left out in the cold
I shouted, "He has the
problem, not me!"
Please no more misguided advice
Why Am I Homeless?
By Kazz Falcon
Why am I homeless?
It's because I am a druggie
It's because I am an
It's because I am a gambler
It's because I abused
my lover
It's because I was evicted
from my apartment
It's because I was mentally
It could be any one of them
It was none of above
It was my lover's fault
He was in a car accident, badly
He lost the car, the job and
the apartment
The dynamo effect ruined my
All thanks to him and his drinking
I was pist off
I could pound my fist on him
The sound of being homeless
wasn't fair
I found myself to be alone
in the world
Why am I homeless?
My Secret Life
By Kazz Falcon
My secret life
I lived a very comfortable
I drove a luxury car and lived
in a three bedroom house
I gave my family security and
I was a loving boyfriend and
Then, it all came crashing
Someone wanted a tall order
of Ecstasy
They money was on my mind
Greed was sitting in nicely
It feed me crazy thoughts,
I could have it all for my
Wouldn't you know it?
The undercover office arrested
My life as a drug dealer went
up in smoke
I was sentence to four years
in prison
My girlfriend left me with
my baby son
I got nothing from my secret
Getting Away
By Kazz Falcon
Getting away
That's what I need to
I need a long break
Things were getting to me
I can't even think straight
My boss wants to make a profit,
I was doing my best at work
The home life was hell,
My roomie made my life miserable
The lover doesn't feel
love by me,
I spent way too much time at
the office
My mental state took a beating
I could take so much
All the problems I had
I'm getting away
By Kazz Falcon
I would do anything to get
off the street
I should risk something big
I could be an alcoholic or
a druggie
Which I am neither
It was either the street or
a sober living place
Some friends really believed
I was both
I just pretended to be one
It ended my homelessness for
the time being
I bet you would do the same
The street wasn't a place
for me
I wouldn't survive there
I know my limits
The street wasn't one
of them
On The Bus
By Kazz Falcon
On the bus
I was going somewhere
Somewhere except the place
I came from
Anywhere was fabulous
As long I don't end up
in the same dreadful place
It could be anywhere
I just want to travel to a
new place
A life without an abusive lover
is my dream
If he follows me, I would scream
So far, so good
There was no sign of him
I became farther away from
the abuse
I came to a new town
On my knees, I fell down
I prayed
"I hope I lost him on
the bus!"
Bible Study
By Kazz Falcon
Bible study
I was learning about the bible
I was earning something good,
A deep loving spirit filled
relationship with God
I could understand him much
I should become a better Christian
I discussed about the bible
There might be differences
along the way
I had my opinions and beliefs
Reading the bible is such a
There would be arguments, much
to Satan's delight
The more I learn,
The more I become strong,
The more faith I would have
in God
Only if I believe
Join a bible study
Betrayal by The Pastor
By Kazz Falcon
Betrayal by the pastor
A popular pastor did something
For many years, he deceived
All those times, he lived a
wicked life
How could he done that to his
wife and us?
He stole money from our church
He slept around behind his
wife's back
We wept
He kept on till he slip up
The whole town knows
We looked up to him, a father
Our kids were confused
He abused our trust
We still need to keep our faith
in God
Betrayal by the pastor
The Ex Lover
By Kazz Falcon
The ex lover
I still had his picture in
my wallet
My new lover was mad as hell
It's sad when he believed
I still love my ex
I don't love him the
way I used to
The new man has all my love,
attention and devotion
He has nothing to worry about
It's something he must
have faith in
I was doing my best to forget
my ex
I won't betray my new
I would stay true to our love
I still carried my ex's
picture in my wallet
So I can sit on his face
It's to remind me of
where I felt the pain
The ex lover
Attempted Murder
By Kazz Falcon
Attempted murder
He tried to kill his little
She cried for help
He kept on chasing her with
a knife
She wept for her life
A car pulled up in the driveway
He done some fast thinking
He hopes the past would stay
in the past
Fear of being caught,
He put the knife in her hand
The chase was on once again
A door slammed open
The mother looked in awe
She couldn't believed
what she saw
The sister explained, "He
started it!"
The mother took the knife away
and punished her
He got off scott free for the
attempted murder
A Blank Mind
By Kazz Falcon
A blank mind
I can't think of nothing
Anything would do
Something I could write about
The writer's block is
a bout
It could go on days, weeks
or, even years
What can I do?
I might have run out of ideals
I know there are many things
to write about
I must put my thoughts on paper
That was a good start
Something was bound to grab
my attention
Nothing would come out of a
blank mind
The Real Queen
By Kazz Falcon
The real queen
Who is it?
I am, oh yes, I am
I may not live in a castle
I may not have servants
I may not be born in a royal
Oh yes, I was born a queen
I don't need a crown
I don't need the riches
I don't need a country
Because I was royalty all around
It may sounds dumb to you
I really don't care
All I care is for respect
That's all I ever wanted
Bow down to the real queen
There He Is
By Kazz Falcon
There he is
Where have he been? I wondered
Here he is coming
Somewhere he disappeared again
Anywhere he may turn up
Out there without him, I felt
so alone
Nowhere I could find him
I couldn't bare the thought
of losing him
I cared so deeply for him
I dared him to be mine forever
I was scared I lost him in
the crowd
He stared at my worried eyes
from afar
I ran up to him
We hugged for a long time
He pulled out a diamond ring
It renewal my faith in real
There he is
A Father's Love
By Kazz Falcon
A father's love
His daughter wanted him to
move back home
An important message sent by
a white dove
She didn't want a long
distance relationship
She wants to know him better
He was so moved by the letter
This Friday, he would go on
a long journey
He already had a job line up
A new home await for him
They would bond the moment
he arrives
He can't wait for the
long drive
The daughter wants a father's
A Mother's Hatred
By Kazz Falcon
A mother's hatred
She loves her kids a great
She wouldn't let their
father hurt them again
He abandoned them at a young
She felt like he belongs in
a cage
She couldn't get over
her rage
It was eating her alive
It took a beating on her life
Raising three kids was too
much sometimes
Their safety and happiness
comes first
He was a jerk for leaving them
The mother's boyfriend
was a wonderful stepfather
He replaced their father in
the kid's heart
Her resentment was still there
So is a mother's hatred
Angry Norm
By Kazz Falcon
Angry Norm
Watch out for the storm
He shouted out loud,
"I can't get a
freaking job!"
He could turn into Hurricane
He was under educated
He was over educated
Which one was he?
All he wants is a good paying
He wants to go up in life
If not, suicide may come knocking
I hope not
He is a sweet loving guy
Angry Norm
By Kazz Falcon
I looked into his eyes
The same look my lover used
to have
I saw his wonderful smile
It have been awhile
Since I saw my lover's
I was drawn to this affair
Isn't it fair?
I tried to walk up the stairs,
Knowing the danger lurks in
the apartment
Through alcohol, my lover is
I can't go on like this
I must feel good inside
To escape the abusive reality
I need this affair
A Spirited Lady
By Kazz Falcon
Dedicated to Rebecca Street
A spirited lady
She is sweet, loving and uplifting
It really shows in her heart
She is tender and soft
She cares for everyone
People still remembers her
from The Young And The Restless
Someone complimented her as
Cricket's mother
She was grateful and saddened
by the news
He lost three brothers to AIDS
Her portrayer on the soap touched
She played the first daytime
HIV+ character
It means the world for the
both of them
She was realistic in the Y&R
It was sad when she died
I was glad she still touches
people around the world
She was on the soap in the
late 1980's
Indeed, she is so special to
She is as real as they come
A spirited lady
Addicted To The Web
By Kazz Falcon
Addicted to the web
I could be born as a spider
Wouldn't you know it?
I couldn't have those
eight legs
I shouldn't be spending
so much time on the web
It's easy to lost track
of time
There are many things to do
Chat, email, cruise, games
and the 411
That's basically the
whole web
Where are those insects I dreamt
I was getting hungry
Hmm, I must search on the web
Then again, I can start my
own web
It could attracts those yummy
I wasn't going anywhere
I had time on my hands
Addicted to the web
My Ex Boyfriend
By Kazz Falcon
My ex boyfriend
What a low life scum
Why couldn't he be a
bum instead?
He had so much going on for
He was in college and had a
wonderful job
I wanted our baby son to have
a role model
Hell, no
He threw his future and his
son's in the trash
All for what?
Being a drug dealer is a bad
I don't want our son
to grow up around drugs
Never again
I believed he was a club promoter
No, it was another lie
At night, he made his most
money from the drugs
I hope he rot in prison where
he belongs
He would not see our son ever
From the drugs to prison, that
my ex boyfriend
A Changed Man
By Kazz Falcon
A changed man
Oh how wrong I sold drugs
I was old enough to know better
I told my ex girlfriend the
truth from the jail
She was hurt and furious
I let her and our beautiful
son down
I was sorry
Yet, she was unable to forgive
Losing everything, mostly my
family, taught me
I can't be a drug dealer
I put them in danger from the
dirty dealings
It angered me for being a fool
I want my family back
She can't trust me, I
don't blame her
I must complete my prison term
From the days in prison, I
was a changed man
The Dragon
By Kazz Falcon
The dragon
He was once of the fierce creatures
I ever love
He was friendly at first
His kindness captured my heart
We became lovers
I wondered if I was insane
back then
Could fast love works?
The black cloud came forth
I was trapped in a troublesome
His drinking increased gotten
out of control
I had no place to escape
He never did hit me or be violent
with me
My only peace was on the web
I wanted so much to be a spider
The web was a safety net
He was in a car accident and
lost everything
We went our separate ways
But our love dreadfully stayed
The dragon
Earth Always Endures
By Kazz Falcon
Earth Always Endures
Not quite like hell
Life is one big fire burning
Souls are being lost
That's why we need Jesus
Heaven on earth is more like
Earth always endures
Life Is…
By Kazz Falcon
Life is
Happiness and sadness
Life is
Positive and negative
Life is
Being alive and death
Life is
A baby and a grown up
Life is
Being careful and living dangerous
Life is
Choices and mistakes
Life is
Love and lust
Life is
Friends and enemies
Life is
War and peace
Life is
Young and old
Life is
Hurtful and healing
Life is
Strong and weak
Life is
The truth and lies
Life is
Wealthy and poor
Life is
Good and bad
Life is
Eating and starving
Life is
Laughing and crying
Life is
What you make the most out
of it
Feeling Good
By Kazz Falcon
Dedicated to Gary Gonzales
My sweet dear friend wrote
me a poem
"You are for all to admire
Truly everyone's hearts
Your giving and kindness was
something odd
Your sharing and caring was
a gift from God
Please be happy and don't
focus on gay
Think good thoughts, good things
will come your way"
It was good to be known like
It was even better being famous
My closest friends was a part
of that
I was moved so much that tears
came from my heart
He was like a father to me
He gave me everything in the
whole world
He made my world much better
to enjoy life
He was a good friend indeed
The closest thing to family
was my friends
They gave you all the support,
love and understanding
It filled the void in my heart
I hadn't seen my
family in ages
Two families was better than
Gary's poem made me feeling
good about life
I rushed out to shared it with
The impression on their faces
made his poem extra special
It will forever remain in my
A motherly friend cried in
joy and sorrow
We would miss him deeply when
he dies
His poem was our treasure to
Good friends never died
They stayed in our hearts to
keep in touch with our memories
Feeling good made us share
the best things in life with friends
And the poem Gary wrote was
one of them
Pitch Black
By Kazz Falcon
I opened my eyes
I can't see anything
Darkness was all around me
I got out of bed
I tried to turn on the light
Damn, the lamp doesn't
I walked through the darkness
I stumbled to the floor
I hurt my knee slightly
I still couldn't see
I feared for the worst
I hope it wasn't true
I can't go blind, I just
I can't lose my sight
I crawled back to bed
I looked at the clock
Damn, the batteries wasn't
working either
Then again, I may be going
I can't see anything
at all
I turned on the TV, nothing
It dawned on me
The storm knocked out the power
The Prom
by Kazz Falcon
I set my sights on the crown
It's rightfully mine to begin
I was living proof that I am
the queen
It gave me a good shot
This queen wasn't greedy
I wanted to please my every
I ceased the opportunity
I ran for Miss Queen at my
My gay friends thought it was
We finally had a real queen
to root for
Some people don't give a hoot
I came in living color
I walked on the stage
They stared at me
I heard the whispers, "Beware
of the flamboyant queen."
The crown was too important
for my gay friends and I
Down on the floor, some peeps
ran out of the door
I gave everything I got
I performed RuPaul's hit, "Supermodel
Of The World"
They were having the time of
their lifes
They yelled "We want a real
queen, not some cheap imitation!"
I felt so good inside
Everyone danced their asses
They announced the King and
the Queen
The real queen was here
No one could steal my moment
The first time in my life,
I was on top of the world
I was popular as never before
I was ever so gay
It made my night
I wouldn't trade it for the
"Long live the queen!" they
This queen belongs with the
Copyright © 2005 Kazz Falcon I have the spirit of an alien.I need to find my own kind.I must shed off the dreadful human skin.It is
very uncomfortable.


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Let's Discuss: On Buju Banton and Demanding the Love You Deserve
Song: Wanna Be Loved
Artist: Buju Banton
Album: 'Til Shiloh
Released: July 18, 1995. Loose Cannon Records, Island Records
Writer(s): Browne, Haldane Way. Kelly, Dave. Lindo, Hopeton St. Aubin. Myrie, Mark Anthony
I wanna be loved, not for who you think I am, not what you want me to be, could you love me for me?
Because I am a woman who feels things deeply, a lot of my love stories begin with a feeling. An immense feeling of connection with another. It usually starts in the pit of my stomach and travels through my body, a warm heat that forces itself out of my mouth in the form of the words, "I love you." My most recent connection ended almost as quickly as it began and was comprised of two lost people who had an idea of what love is, but never tasted nor witnessed it develop. People we love come into our lives as lessons or chances at growth, so I thank him for allowing me to understand a more pragmatic approach when it comes to matters of the heart. I thank him for teaching me to follow both head and heart. Through this, I am examining how I need to be loved. For a very long time, I accepted the love given to me. There was always the hesitancy to demand more affection or communication for fear of pushing them away. I am also learning to not let resentment build until my needs fall out of my mouth in hurt masked as anger.
I tend to attract creative men and with that comes the burden of becoming their muse. They often do not take the time to know the real me, but rather the parts of me that enhance their artistic endeavors. Allowing myself to become a muse overshadowed my ability to know myself independently and outside of who I was in relation to men. My first loves were creative men, so I've had to do some slight work to untangle myself from the experience of loving men who are more in love with the idea of you than the real you.
As women, we are often taught to keep our emotions stifled so as to not run men away; do not nag, do not complain. But staying silent while you are being loved incorrectly is damaging to yourself. As I grow in my womanhood, I understand that it is important to demand the love you need. If a person cannot learn to love you the way you need, then they are not the lover meant for you. It is better to be by yourself, you are the only person who can love yourself wholly. There is nothing lonelier than being in a relationship with someone who does not rise to the occasion to love you. There is nothing lonelier than to love a selfish person.
I Buju Banton need it desperately.
'Til Shiloh is perhaps one of the greatest albums to exist. What strikes me the most about the album is the writing and raw delivery of Buju Banton's poetry. Buju's writing is simple and it is through this simplicity that he is able to get across very important messages of knowing oneself in order to survive. When we discuss matters of love, the topic of surviving love often arises. Wanna Be Loved is something of a guideline on self respect while on a quest for true companionship. The visual for the song follows a young dread who walks through various scenes where he is rejected and finally comes across a place where he is met with acceptance. The song and visual are telling us that in order to find your tribe, to find the people with whom you belong, you must first love and know yourself. We all want to belong and it is a beautiful thing to be accepted, but this song enforces the necessity of belonging to those who love you for all that you are. If they are not able to, let them be. Buju writes, "Woman, if it means contention, I'd rather be alone." and this is perhaps the greatest lesson I've taken from the song. So often, we barter ourselves for what people choose to give us and this is what we call love. We would rather be with someone who has their foot half in, because it is better than being alone; but this is only true if we are not comfortable with our own company. Buju's writing says a lot about the power in knowing oneself and how that aides us in successfully loving others.
Show me you care upfront and boldly, don't shun my feelings.
Learning to be comfortable with yourself means to be open with your flaws and your better traits. Forgiving yourself for the things you believe to be negative and working to improve those things, meanwhile maintaining humility in your positive traits. This means understanding yourself holistically and how your strengths and weakness relate in matters of love and relationships. Loving yourself means understanding how you need to be loved, to receive the love you deserve and shun the love that does not deserve you. Wanna Be Loved reads as a checklist of things Buju needs in order to feel a complete love, which led me to consider the things I need in companionship. I need a partner who will be open to my emotions, because I have many. I need a partner who is spiritual and has a deep connection to God. I need a partner who is able to teach me things that I've yet to discover and who is open to learning from me. Communication, loyalty, honesty and tenderness; these are the things I need in order to be a better partner to someone. These are the things that I've often forfeited for the sake of maintaining some kind of connection and things that are no longer negotiable at the sake of my emotional health and self-respect.
Let's Discuss: How do you want to be loved and how do you request that love from your partner?


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Reunion in Cape Town
Kellie and I finished the term with Parents Day at school. It was amazing to meet all of the kids families and their caretakers. We discussed education and the issues that are holding some of the children back from performing at their full potential. We also elected two parents to the Three2Six Steering committee and these parents will be helping to direct the guide the project in the right direction. They represent all Three2Six guardians.
Over all the day was a success, our guardians were proud of the children's efforts and happy with the reports. Kellie, Linn and I spent the afternoon posing for photos with the kids all the guardians wanted to have memories of us with their children. We are all honored. The only downfall was having one Mother who has caused us quite a bit of grief already this year, abuse the three of us because we refused to beat her child at school, pour cold water on their heads to wake them up or hit them with inanimate objects. This particular mother really disappointed us as she played the 'race card' and blamed her faults on the account of us being white and weak. To be honest, it was laughable, but these are the things we must deal with on a regular basis. Domestic violence is a massive issue within our community and it will continue to be for many years to come.
Kellie and I have now flown to Cape Town for a most needed break. The city life is becoming hectic and the first term was seriously difficult. Cape Town is absolutely breathtaking and we consider moving here later on in our lives. It is #1 on my most beautiful cities list. Just, stunning. The photographs do not do it justice.
V&A Waterfront / Cape Town
Oh, did I mention that I was reunited with my parents!?
Robben Island
We celebrated Dad's birthday by going to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27 year jail time. We were lead by an Ex Political Prisoner named 'Ntando Mbatha, serving four years on Robben Island for leaving and re entering the country 'illegally', in actuality he was fighting Apartheid and arrested after military training. I know not the strength that one must have to relive such a harsh reality day in day out, but he is most definitely a wonderful man with an amazing story to tell.
Sad that so many people on our tour showed such disrespect during his shared experience, sad that some used their trip as a spectacle to take selfies in Nelson Mandela's cell, selfies climbing on the beds of those who lived in the different cells with big smiles on their faces. 'Disrespect' is obviously a global movement.
Here are some photographs from inside the jail at Robben Island, Mandela's cell and the surroundings.
Upon return we were provided with a beautiful site. Cape Town at a distance.
We ended the day with a lovely dinner at 'The Greek Fisherman', overlooking the waterfront. A few drinks, a great catch up and some wonderful laughs, I am honored to have these two as my beautiful parents.
Tomorrow's blog is about our fishing trip and maybe a nice beard update for you all.
Stay chiller. Follow and smash the like button, Benjamin.


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Exploring Burlesque: Striptease Salon
Wednesday, July 6th — 7:30 p.m. — $20
Have you ever wanted to rock your boa? Peel your stocking? Shimmy your hips? Get your glamour puss on because this class is for you! Join Orchestre L'Pow producer Madison Moone for Striptease Salon, a flirty evening of classic bump and grind perfect for beginners or just the curious.
Students will be guided through a sexy burlesque movement study including bumps, grinds and struts, followed by a tantalizing round of peeling techniques and prop dancing. We will also explore classic burlesque characters before constructing a series of short teases as a group. Together, we will discover a deeper sense of our personal erotic being while developing a greater appreciation for our feminine power!
Students should dress in comfortable clothes such a yoga or dance wear. Music and demo props will be provided by Miss Moone. All levels of fitness welcome, no dance experience or nudity required. Please avoid alcohol consumption before attending and arrive by 7:20 p.m. — class will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m., no late entrance after 7:45 p.m. No photographs are permitted. There will be time for shopping after the class!
Grab your best girlfriends and join Miss Moone for an evening of fun, laughs and celebration of the female spirit. See you in class!
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