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More buyers, few sellers, push up King County home prices
Home sales in November outpaced new listings, helping push prices up.
Seattle Times business reporter
On the last day of November 2011, 158 houses were listed for sale in Bellevue east of Interstate 405.
And on the same date this year? Just 62, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
Inventory — or a lack of it — is driving King County's residential real-estate market, brokers and industry observers say. Statistics released Wednesday by the listing service underscore the impact.
Countywide, just 3,720 houses were on the market as of Nov. 30, 14 percent fewer than at the end of October and 43 percent fewer than a year ago.
Inventory always dips in winter. But it hasn't been this low since at least 1999.
Closed sales in November, however, were up 19 percent year-over-year. There were 16 percent more closings than new listings last month.
"We're not replacing what we're depleting," said Kathy Estey, managing broker in John L. Scott Real Estate's Bellevue Main office.
"If you did that at the grocery store, pretty soon you wouldn't have anything left."
The imbalance between demand and supply helped push the median single-family sale price for November to $385,000, tops for the year. The previous high, $380,000, came in June.
"We've been in this same place all year — sales are up, but inventory's down," said real-estate blogger Tim Ellis of Seattlebubble.com. "At some point, you can't have any more of a sellers' market."
Why aren't homeowners putting their houses up for sale? Ellis, Estey and others offer several explanations:
Many homeowners bought just before the market crashed and still owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.
If the owners sold, Estey said, they'd most likely have to rent, and rents are rising. "They might as well stay in their homes and make their payments and take their [mortgage-interest] tax deduction."
Other homeowners may not be "underwater" on their mortgages, but prices still haven't recovered enough to motivate them to sell, said George Moorhead, branch manager at Bentley Properties in Bothell.
"They're saying, 'I want to try and recoup that 30 percent that I lost,' " he said.
Buyers outnumber sellers in part because more people are buying second homes for investment or retirement, but not selling their original residences, Moorhead said.
Another factor in the lack of inventory: Little new construction is coming to market.
Builders stopped building when the recession hit, Estey said, and only now are gearing back up.
So will supply increase anytime soon? Yes, but probably not until spring, said Glenn Crellin, associate director of research at the University of Washington's Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
Rising prices mean fewer homeowners are underwater, he said, but many don't want to be bothered with listing their properties during the holidays, or when it's wet and nasty outside.
"They're going to use that time to make their properties ready for the market," Crellin said.
But sellers may find fewer buyers, he cautioned, if the "fiscal cliff" results in widespread tax increases or pushes the economy back into recession.
Other gleanings from the listing service's November report:
•King County's median single-family sale price of $385,000 was up 20 percent from November 2011. But that's somewhat misleading: The median fell to post-crisis lows last winter, but has been in the $370,000-$380,000 range since June.
The year-over-year increase also reflects a change in the makeup of houses being sold.
Bank-repossessed houses accounted for just 6.6 percent of all sales last month, according to online brokerage Redfin, down from 18.5 percent in November 2011.
•While closed house sales were up 19 percent countywide compared with the same month last year, they soared nearly 41 percent in Seattle. Closings were up 91 percent in Queen Anne and Magnolia, 49 percent in Ballard and other northwest neighborhoods.
Crellin said he's not surprised: "Look where the employment growth has been. It's all been in downtown and South Lake Union."
Buyers are more selective now about where they want to live, Ellis added, and more are choosing Seattle.
•King County condo inventory fell even more steeply than the single-family supply. It was down 56 percent from November 2011.
Condo sales volume and prices rose, but more modestly than houses. Closed sales were up 10 percent year-over-year, while the median sale price, $204,500, was up 7 percent.
•Single-family sales volume in Snohomish County was flat, with just three more houses changing hands this November than last.
The median price, $271,000, was up 11 percent.
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A "major cosmetic surgery review" has been launched, The Daily Telegraph has reported. It added that the industry faces "tough new regulations over fears that patients are being misled over the safety of procedures".
The news – picked up in most of the print, broadcast and online media – is based on a government announcement of a "call for evidence" as part of an ongoing review of cosmetic surgery and other cosmetic procedures. Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director, is leading the review.
The government announcement was accompanied by an opinion poll of 1,762 people which found that only half took into account the qualifications of the person treating them when deciding on cosmetic surgery. Those polled also said they were less likely to have cosmetic surgery following the news about PIP implants.
What is the government doing about cosmetic procedures?
A team of surgeons, physicians, campaigners and journalists are helping Professor Keogh to gather evidence and make recommendations to the government. The review is considering:
- regulation and safety of products used in cosmetic procedures
- regulation of the skills and qualifications of people who carry out procedures
- how to ensure that organisations that do cosmetic procedures are able to look after their patients during their treatment and afterwards
- what information and advice patients need to make an informed choice – including "time for reflection"
- how to improve complaints processes so that complaints about cosmetic procedures are listened to and acted upon
- the introduction of a national implant register, for products such as breast implants and other medical devices
The government wants the public to share their views on these issues and their experiences of the cosmetic surgery industry and cosmetic procedures.
Why is this cosmetic industry review happening now?
The Department of Health says that the review is in response to concerns raised about the industry following problems with PIP breast implants. The review was set up in January 2012 as part of the government's response to the emerging problems with the PIP implants. This new announcement highlights a call for evidence from the public.
Professor Keogh said: "The recent problems with PIP breast implants have shone a light on the cosmetic surgery industry."
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Review into money-off deals for cosmetic surgery
The Independent, 15 August 2012
ITV News, 15 August 2012
Cosmetic surgery views sought after breast implant scare
BBC News, 15 August 2012
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The Guardian, 15 August 2012
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There's DH over to the left looking for the geocache
Can't beat geocaching in beautiful places like this, huh? That lake is Lake George. We were up in the Lake George area over the weekend (if you read my other blog (Carole's Thoughtful Spot) you know we recently bought some property in the Adirondacks) and we were sure to fit some geocaching in along with our other activities. This geocache brought us to a little beach down a non-descript little side road. This is the kind of place you would never even discover if not for a geocache hiding down there. Which is one of the very best things about geocaching when you're travelling or on vacation - you are taken to wonderful, off the beaten path sort of places you would never have found on your own!
We're going to Chincouteague, VA for our summer vacation and DH has already scoped it out and told me there's a geocache just a few blocks away from where we'll be staying. As you're planning your own summer vacation this year be sure to plug in the town you're visiting into Geocaching.com and see what geocaches are around!
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Story highlights
- Average gas price has reached $3.87 nationwide -- the highest ever recorded in March
- Ford O'Connell: Increases in gas prices can hurt President Obama's re-election chance
- He says Republican candidates must seize the moment to push for a different energy policy
- O'Connell: If President Obama doesn't change his policies, he may lose his job in November
Thanks to the circular firing squad nature of the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, it had begun to look as if President Obama would coast to re-election in November.
But then came along high gas prices. The recent dramatic increase in gas prices could become the issue that slows the economy, stalls the recovery and sinks the president's chances at a second term.
As a Republican who recognizes President Obama's great skill as campaigner-in-chief, I'm shocked he has handled the issue so poorly. Even most of those who agree presidents can't do much to lower gas prices acknowledge they must be perceived as doing everything they can to ease the suffering. Sixty-five percent of Americans tell pollsters they disapprove of the president's handling of gas prices.
Average gas prices have reached $3.87 nationwide, the highest ever recorded in March. The prices are expected to go even higher as the summer driving season arrives. If President Obama can't change the perception that he can't do anything about it, he could find himself pumping his own gas after November.
The international markets are unlikely to save him, given the current unrest in the Middle East and rising demand in China, India and elsewhere.
Popular opinion -- and the U.S. economy -- could take a strong turn against him if the situation is not rectified by summer. Americans will not appreciate paying $5 per gallon or more on their vacations. Those in the battleground states of Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada and Colorado could be particularly annoyed.
They will come to see his energy policy -- calling oil "the fuel of the past," and slowing the permit process for drilling in the Gulf -- as crafted to please his friends in the green movement. And while the president is set to begrudgingly fast track the southern portion of the XL Keystone pipeline, he does not appear to have bought into the merits of the entire project.
President Obama can argue that changing his policies would not dramatically increase domestic oil supplies in the short run. While this is technically correct, Americans are unlikely to buy the argument. As economist Larry Kudlow and others have noted, speculators and traders, whom President Obama has blamed for the current crisis, respond to news of new energy exploration. For example, President George W. Bush confronted a similar problem with gas prices spiking during spring and summer 2008. He responded by lifting an executive branch moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf regions in an effort to jump-start production, and high prices subsided by fall.
President Obama seems to be leaning toward dipping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which may or may not work since that move does not actually increase production. And he has embarked on an American energy tour, highlighted by stops in three swing states, to convince voters he's doing all he can.
The Republican candidates, who seem never to miss an opportunity to take on the president, must seize this moment to push for an energy policy that would better serve the interests of the middle class. They should start a conversation now on how to avoid future gas price spikes.
Domestic energy security is one of the nation's most critical issues. President Obama's own Energy Information Agency says we will need almost as much gasoline for transportation in 20 years as we consume today.
The president is right that drilling alone will not satisfy our domestic needs. And he has supported an all-of-the-above approach. But his actions haven't completely matched his words. It truly must be all of the above. It must, as Newt Gingrich contends, tap into proven homegrown reserves in the High Plains, in Alaska, off both coasts and in the Rocky Mountains. It must include an all-of-the-above approach to technology as well -- including fracking, mapping and drilling -- and it must again involve building refineries.
Such an approach can help drive down oil prices in the short term, boost domestic energy production, reduce dependence on unstable foreign sources, create jobs and provide new revenue streams for the government. It will be environmentally responsible because production of oil under U.S. environmental standards is among the strictest in the world.
President Obama has pinned almost his entire re-election hopes on an economic recovery. If gas prices don't retreat soon, Americans will cancel their vacations, the seasonal industries that depend on those vacations will wilt, consumer spending will slow and the administration's hopes of showing concrete signs of an economic recovery by Election Day will fade. In that scenario, the president could find himself out of a job -- and it will be his own fault.
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June 26, 2008
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-A highly-decorated coach who has spent his entire career in Southeastern Massachusetts is the new head track and field coach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Steve Gardiner, who has coached track and field for the last 33 years, will succeed Jon Hird as head track and field coach. Hird, who served as the interim head track and field coach last season and was the head cross country and track and field coach at UMass Dartmouth from 1988 through 206, will remain on staff as head cross country coach, while assisting Gardiner with the track and field program and serving as the Academic Coordinator for the athletic department.
A 1974 UMass Dartmouth graduate when the university was known as Southeastern Massachusetts University, Gardiner has served as head boys' cross country and track and field coach and as both an assistant and the head girls' coach at New Bedford High School since joining the Whalers in 1978. A member of the Massachusetts Track Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2000) and the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Hall of Fame (2003), Gardiner was named Massachusetts Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe in 1980, 1989 and 1993, was named to the Runner's World Coaching All-Star Team in 1984, and was the District 1 (New York, New Jersey and New England) Coach of the Year and a finalist for national honors in 1996. He has led his teams to five All-State outdoor track and field championships, six Class A team championships, a New England team championship and an Eastern Massachusetts Division I cross country title. Six of his relay teams have claimed state titles, and he has coached three high school All-Americans, nine New England champions, and numerous individual state and division champions. His teams also earned more awards for academic excellence than any other NBHS team.
A distance runner and cross country participant while an undergraduate, Gardiner began his coaching career as an assistant at New Bedford HS for one season before taking the reins at Apponequet High School for the next two years. He joined the Whalers' staff for good in 1978. A member of the Massachusetts State Track Coaches' Association and USA Track and Field, Gardiner earned his Level II Certification at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO in 1990.
"I am looking forward to the opportunity to lead the UMass Dartmouth track and field program," said Gardiner. "After having competed here under Coach Bob Dowd, I always wished that some day, I would be able to return to my alma mater as its head coach. It is an exciting time at UMass Dartmouth, and I am very fortunate to be here at this time in my life. I am excited for school to resume in September, and to officially begin the process of developing a championship track and field program at this outstanding institution."
"Coaches like Steve Gardiner do not become available very often," said UMass Dartmouth Director of Athletics Ian Day. "Steve's accomplishments are legendary, and I have no doubt that he will continue his extraordinary career with great success at UMass Dartmouth. We are extremely excited about his joining the Corsair coaching staff."
Day praised Hird, who served as the interim head coach last season after Devlyn Lovell resigned. "I would like to thank Jon Hird for stepping in as the interim coach this past year," said Day. "It was appreciated, especially at a time when our program needed someone with Jon's experience and character."


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Rabbi Debra Orenstein comes to Congregation Bnai Israel after 18 years in Los Angeles. There, she was an instructor at the American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism), where she taught in the rabbinical, graduate school, undergraduate, conversion, Elderhostel, and continuing education programs. She served as spiritual leader of Makom Ohr Shalom, as well as a teacher and scholar-in-residence across North America, regularly speaking at synagogues, universities, and conventions.
She received her training at Princeton University (A.B. summa cum laude), University of Judaism (B.H.L.), The Jewish Theological Seminary of America (M.A. and ordination), The Neighborhood Playhouse, and The Meisner-Carville School (Two-year Program). She completed an internship in pastoral psychiatry at The Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as mediation, meditation, marketing, administrative, and new media trainings for rabbis.
Rabbi Orenstein is the author or editor of five books, including the award-winning Lifecycles book series: Lifecycles 1: Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones, Lifecycles 2: Jewish Women on Biblical Themes in Contemporary Life, and the forthcoming Lifecycles 3: Jewish Women on Holy Days and Communal Celebrations*. She co-authored From Generation to Generation, a collection of sermons and Bible commentaries, with her grandfather, Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz. She has also written essays for The Women's Prophets Commentary (2004), Etz Hayim Humash (2001), and The Tallit (forthcoming), among others. She has written 30 columns for The (Los Angeles) Jewish Journal.
A frequent guest on radio and television, Rabbi Orenstein has appeared on dozens of media outlets, including as a repeat guest on WOR Radio, New York; Jewish Television Network; Good Day LA (Fox Television); and KABC Radio, Los Angeles. She also "worked her way through rabbinical school" as an actress and has appeared in a handful of films and numerous stage productions.
Debra's rabbinate represents both the inherited tradition and its flexibility in every age. A seventh generation rabbi, she is also an alumna of the first entering class at The Jewish Theological Seminary to include women. Her parents are Rabbi Jehiel and Sylvia Orenstein of South Orange, NJ.


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Wow , she looks fantastic. Very appealing indeed. Well spotted, old son.
This woman is beautiful. I think what really makes her stand out, for me, is the sort of healthy, mid-western, sensual mother-earth vibe she has not only from her figure, but from her glowing skin and voluptuous hair. She looks completely accessible.
She's so beautiful! Cute dress and I like how she's the only one aware of the shot.
Is there a reason why she likes these shoes so much? Perhaps there's an aesthetic about them that she favours?
Regardless, they don't necessarily go with each of her outfits.
She looks great! Love her shoes!
Nice dress, fabulous hair
She's beautiful, and I like her dress. But she likes her bandage shoes much better than I do. On the other hand, it's nice to see a fashionista repeatedly wear one pair of shoes. Just as we plebes do ;).
Exactly what a woman should look like. Eye yi yi. Perfecto.
She's obviously not midwestern, but she does look healthy. A nice contrast to the knobbly-kneed stick figures so many girls aspire to being.
I love how she keeps wearing those intense sandals with airy, feminine dresses! It's her signature! Many people posted here have a certain something in their choice of clothing that is gloriously celebratory, and she's one of them.
I like the fact that she punctuated the dress with tough & edgy looking shoes. It gives the whole look an urban edge.
The polkadot dress is easy and breezy and perfect for her, but I'm not personally a fan of the new "thick ankle-strap" look, which just seems to make all legs look thicker than they actually are.
I think that the girl on the right is Pamela Bellafesta. She works for the swedish fasion magazine no.1, King.
Still love her but still dislike the shoes.
I like that she's not afraid to wear a short dress with a fuller figure and muscular legs. She gives me more confidence.
Our wonderful swedes:)
I recognize those shoes from previous installations! She wears them often and wears them well!
Who makes those shoes?
Oof, just say no to those shoes.
both women are gorgeous, and gorgeously dressed.
Ahhhh, this is "A New Muse, Milan." I love her, amazing legs, and not afraid to show them.
i'm drawn to the blond on the right. both her and her clothes.
i remember her from a previous post! she and her clothes are just too stunning to forget, i suppose…
Great outfits. The dress falls really well on the brunette and complaments her figure. I also like how she wears her outfits with such confidence. As for the blonde, I like how she rolled up her sleeves, nice contrast to the skirt.
I think these are the same ladies you featured on June 25th.
what a stunner. i've seen her in a couple other posts and my reaction is always the same. yowza.
she is hot, her name is Emine Sander and she comes from Sweden (half Tunis). She works as a stylist on a wellknown swedish magazine…
love the black sandal wedge heels things in black arround her ankles
I recognize those shoes.. I believe she was already featured before?
i love the black skirt on the blonde woman on the right
I'm a size 4/6 Black women and I was made fun of for years by family and friends for being too skinny. I wished for years to be her size or at least the size she appears to be in the photos. With all that said, I'm shocked to hear everyone saying they admire her confidence like she should have something to lack confidence about. She's thick and in my community that's hot.
Love it all… the hair the dress, the shoes…perfection.
No to the shoes…
i hope we'll get to see how they dress in cold weather. be on the hunt Sart!
fuller figured? thick? are you kidding? what's with those comments? this girl is beautiful. i do not see anything fuller-figured or thick about her?
what a wonderfully cute and simple dress
See Dan, even your comment is saying that there's a problem with being thick or fuller figured. No one said she wasn't beautiful. But, at the same time, she still isn't skinny. So what if she isn't skinny!!! I'm trying to say that she would be fly to the people I grew up around. Hotter than any of the skinny [email protected]#ches. And I'm one of them!!! Lol
Take it easy Dan.
Hi is this picture taken in sweden ?
i think so
I love her figure, she has a very nice shape like Beyonce. I also love her style this lady, she is one of my favorites along with CArrine(Paris Vogue) and the lady on the bike.
Sart, your lady on the bike is in the latest issue of glamour(?). Her name is eva fontanelli and she is a fashion assistant.
And I just noticed that you worked on the August issue. You are really doing well in the fashion world, congrats.
she is so pretty, and she has got a very nice style, Im loving the shoes its "HER":)
The blonde girl next to her looks good also
She's actually fashion editor at Café Magazine, not stylist.
hate the shoes, love the smile.
that's actually emine sander, she's the fashion editor of Café in Sweden.
I am a loyal fan who have been browsing your blog ever since you started. Have to say this is one of my favourite pictures, she is sooo radiant. I love her dress as well, seeing this picture just brings a smile to my face.
I feel like we keep seeing those shoes and they just don't 'go' with all her outfits. They are too much and distract from her otherwise great look.
The skirt is from Acne too, I think, the A/W collection. It's very nice.
The dark-haired woman is the very definition of fabulous! She wears it all so well. And,uh, what lovely legs. Above all, Mr. Sartorialist, you obviously have good taste. She has a beauty that is just left-field enough to make it oh so intriguing. And her smile, so open and warm. She is simply radiant. A stunner, indeed.


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Thanks to all of you who have read, supported and contributed to the site in the years we've been a part of it. We'll miss being in touch with you all via WitOut, but we'll still be involved in the Philly comedy community in many other ways, so we'll see you around!
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Ross Sandler of RBC has done what every good analyst should do, which is say something interesting. What Ross has said is that, at its current growth rate, Facebook will surpass Google in size by 2011-2012.
(We expect Facebook's growth will slow more rapidly than Ross thinks, but the comparison is still startling.)
Ross also illustrates how important Facebook has become to Google as a traffic source. Fully 19% of Google sessions now come from Facebook, up from 9% a year ago. At the very least, this will likely give Facebook the leverage to negotiate a sweet referral deal at some point.
(How annoying it must be for Microsoft, which is paying Facebook, to watch the company send all that traffic to Google).
Facebook does have a big problem relative to Google, which is that it doesn't have a business model. Yahoo still holds its own against Google on a global user basis, but no one is accusing Yahoo of being a threat to Google.
Still, size matters, and Facebook continues to take the world by storm. So Ross's observations are important.
Ross's key points:
Facebook is actually positive and complementary for Google thus far, but that could change if Facebook's rapid growth trajectory continues on its current path, or if/when social media can find a business model and attract ad dollars from other online media.
At the very least, we think Facebook as the "starting point" for more and more users on the Internet could create some multiple compression for Google over time, if the momentum continues. Our key findings are as follows:Complementary (For Now): Google and Facebook are two of the fastest growing and largest companies on the internet, and thus far, Facebook's ascendancy has likely helped Google gain share. 45% of monthly unique users go directly to Facebook (as a starting page), up from 39% a year ago. At the same time, Google is now driving 64% of Facebook's uniques, up from 51% a year ago. Google.com, on the other hand, has a consistent 66% of its uniques as a starting page, same as a year ago. Google's uniques via Facebook are growing at 188% y/y, and now represent 19% of Google's traffic (up from 9% 12-months ago).Facebook Actually Boosting Google's Share: Facebook's incremental uniques going to Google.com are 50% greater than incremental uniques going to Microsoft and 250% greater than those going to Yahoo. Facebook's growth is actually helping boost Google's search share vs. the other engines. This staggering statistic alone is likely central to all future negotiations for Facebook monetization deals, whether it is with Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo.Facebook Could Surpass Google In 2011/2012: If we assume modest deceleration in growth for both sites (an 85% CAGR for Facebook and a 20% CAGR for Google), Facebook could surpass Google in terms of total worldwide uniques, by late-2011 or early-2012.
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Robert Pattinson's Family Isn't Welcoming Kristen Stewart Home for Christmas
Looks like it'll be a lonely Christmas for poor Kristen Stewart, because she's apparently been summarily uninvited to celebrate the holidays with boyfriend Robert Pattinson's family.
Which may or may not have had something to do with the rather awkward Thanksgiving dinner she spent with them last month.
Originally, the couple had planned to spend Christmas together, but since Rob's 'Twilight' press tour has precluded him from seeing his family much recently, he instead decided to travel back to London for a Pattinson reunion -- alone and without the added drama that Kristen might bring.
An insider said, "Rob's mum wanted him to spend Christmas with them in London and, before their [November] trip to the UK, that had been his and Kristen's plan. From London, they were going to fly to Mexico for New Year."
But along came the worst Turkey Day ever. Kristen and Rob were in London for the 'Twilight' premiere, so they had a meal with Rob's family on Thanksgiving, and it was the first time she'd seen them since all that cheating nonsense.
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When it gets down it, in some biologists' views anyways, it is all about sex.
Well, at least for much of the plant and animal kingdoms.
Every physiological adaption or morphological innovation comes about because it enabled some ancestors to survive, but becomes a trait of a species or a lineage because it gets passed on down the line of descendants.
Hence, sex matters – although, everything else that keeps an individual alive longer to have sex, or have more sex, matters just as much as well!
My friend and colleague Dr. Carin Bondar has a new series out for EarthTouch TV, an internet environmental and science channel on Youtube and also on their own webpage: EarthTouch.tv.
They have 21 series and it looks like how Discovery Channel and Animal Planet used to be when they just aired science and nature… but I digress.
The best part is that they are made for the internet. Short, interesting, entertaining and to the point with only a short commercial in the beginning.
Check out the first episode of Dr. Bondar's Wild Sex series below and use your own judgement about appropriate age. It's filled with double entendres but nothing obscene.
I think it's an exciting way to present science. It's fun, entertaining and filled with natural history. I think a teen and young adult audience would really like this series and has could have potential to reach audience segments that hard to reach for more traditional science communication on TV.
The trick is to push is out there, but with EarthTouch as a YouTube "TV station" the viral potential is great. Sharing among social networks is super easy, you can embed on your blog or website (like I just did) and discuss or critique it, and the energy of the Carin and length of the program is suitable for our ever-evolving short attention spans.
These characteristics are what sets Wild Sex apart from the current crop or "me-cumentaries" – where the documentaries are about the presenter and their journey and less about the topic/animal/environment/issue.
While the presentation and subject matter might remain mildly offensive to some nature documentary traditionalists and parents who might feel queasy whenever sex is mentioned around their children, those aren't really the target audiences.
I, for one, am looking forward to future episodes!
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my sixty mile journey
5 comments:
- Vivian said...
Wow what a story!!... and those pictures...I have no words to describe how uplifting this post is. You made me start caring about something I never did before (as selfish as it may sound)
- November 22, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Stephanie said...
I'm not going to lie, this post made me cry! And I'm not a crier! : )
Well done you two! So inspiring!
- November 22, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Nikole Taylor said...
Wow. This made my day.
- November 23, 2011 at 11:24 AM
- Fairfield House said...
At my lap top in tears for the amazing person you are and for all the beautiful lives lost to cancer. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. I hope it encourages others to get involved, to give more than a passing thought, to be part of something larger than themselves.
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- November 25, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- shelley said...
Corey, what a beautiful and inspiring post. You gave me chills and made me cry.
I used to follow your blog, but for some reason I had you stored under "my favorites" instead of as a "true follower" anyway, my laptop broke and a year later I have it fixed. I scrambled all year trying to remember the name of your blog and it just would not come to me. The greatest JOY in having my laptop back is that now I can follow again.
Many blessings to you and your sweet family.
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One design choice on the Nokia Lumia 1020 has a small handful of people a little flustered: you cannot share the full-resolution photos on Windows Phone using any of the built in social networks. No email, no NFC, no uploading to SkyDrive, etc. The reason for that is because each 38MP image is between 9 and 15 MB in size and that would chew through bandwidth.
The oversampled 5MP images you can do anything, including all the above and auto-uploads to SkyDrive. Those weigh in at a more reasonable 3MB and are meant for sharing.
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- Select and done
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A full, high resolution image uploaded via the Lumia 1020
As we mentioned above, the Lumia 1020 cannot share the massive 38MP images from the device. The only way is to plug the Lumia 1020 into a PC and do the drag and drop routine. To be honest, we're totally fine with that. We shoot full-frame DSLR images for our site and resize them to around 300kb for posting. There's really no reason to send someone a 10MB, 38MP image especially when you have a beautiful, oversampled 5MP (3MB) one to share instead.
But for backing up purposes, we can see where having a wireless solution would be helpful. AT&T Locker does allow backing up of the Lumia 1020's full high resolution images to your account. It works quite well and you can even share that photo with others via email, Twitter, Facebook or MySpace with the app's built in social networks. Once the image is shared, guests can even download the full, high quality photo to their PC.
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copyright the Chronicle January 18, 2017
A recent decision by the Vermont Supreme Court could cost the new owners of the former Champion lands in Essex County a million dollars in lost property tax relief.
State Senator Bobby Starr of North Troy thinks he has a better way to approach such situations, but said he needs to wait until the courts are finished with the matter.
The question involves 56,000 Northeast Kingdom acres that were once owned by Champion International Corporation, but sold to the Essex Timber Company in 1998. Essex Timber enrolled the property in the state's Use Value Appraisal program, more commonly known as the Current Use program.
Under that program, a landowner is taxed for a forested or agricultural property at its "current use" value, rather than at its fair market value.
One of the conditions of the tax relief program is that a landowner must submit a forest management plan to the state. That plan must conform to state standards and be approved by the state Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR), which must periodically inspect each property to make sure the owner abides by the management plan.
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MIDDLEBURY — Town officials in Middlebury on Tuesday announced that they have moved the location of Tuesday night's annual New Year's Eve fireworks display.
Due to severe icing conditions at the American Legion Field on Creek Road — the traditional site for the fireworks — the fireworks display was moved to the recreation park between Mary Hogan School and the Memorial Sports Center.
I no longer remember who gave us the advice, but when our family first moved to Vermont some wise soul told my husband and me: "The winters are long and cold. The best way to survive them is to find an outdoor activity that you enjoy."
MIDDLEBURY — CVAA invites seniors to the New Year's First Friday Luncheon kickoff on Jan. 3 at the VFW hall on Exchange Street in Middlebury.
Participants will enjoy a meal of roast pork with gravy, baked stuffed potatoes with cheddar cheese and ranch dressing, roasted beets, butternut squash, onions, red potatoes, applesauce, zucchini bread, and chocolate brownies with white chips and ice cream for dessert.
Seniors ages 60 and older are welcome to attend. Suggested donation is $4.
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Police Department, in cooperation with other Addison County law enforcement agencies, will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint, as well as saturation patrols, on New Year's Eve, Chief George Merkel announced on Friday. This initiative is in support of the Governor's Highway Safety Program's Holiday Safety campaign.
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Public Service Board on Monday gave its conditional approval to, and issued a Certificate of Public Good for, Vermont Gas Systems' proposed 41-mile natural gas pipeline from Colchester to Middlebury and Vergennes.
The $86 million project could be delivering natural gas to businesses along Middlebury's Exchange Street by late next year, followed by service to other areas of Middlebury and Vergennes, as well as pockets of consumers in Monkton, Ferrisburgh, New Haven, Bristol and East Middlebury.
ADDISON COUNTY — Relatively low numbers for fall and December archery and muzzleloader deer seasons left the overall 2013 Addison County hunting success rate short of that in most recent years.
The total number of deer weighed at the county's nine weigh stations ended at 807, down by almost 8 percent from last year's total of 875.
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• Rifle season: 421.
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John Grisham, (born February 8, 1955, Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.), American writer, attorney, and politician whose legal thrillers often topped best-seller lists and were adapted for film. Grisham became one of the fastest-selling writers of modern fiction.
Grisham grew up in Southaven, Mississippi. After he was admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1981, he practiced law and served (1984–89) as a Democrat in the Mississippi state legislature. Then, inspired by a trial he observed in 1984, Grisham took three years to write his first novel, A Time to Kill (1989; film 1996), which deals with the legal, social, and moral repercussions when a Mississippi black man is tried for the murder of two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter. Despite good reviews for its skillfully crafted dialogue and sense of place, the novel failed to sell.
Grisham vowed to "take a naked stab at commercial fiction" with his next novel, The Firm (1991; film 1993, TV series 2012), about a law school graduate who is seduced into joining a Memphis law firm that turns out to be a front for the Mafia. The selling of the film rights prompted a bidding war for publishing rights, and within weeks of the book's release it appeared on The New York Times best-seller list, where it stayed for nearly a year, allowing Grisham to give up his law practice and move with his family to a farm in Oxford, Mississippi. In the meantime, A Time to Kill, reissued in paperback, sold more than three million copies.
Grisham wrote his third novel—The Pelican Brief (1992; film 1993), about a female law student investigating the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices—in only three months. There were 5.5 million copies of the book in print by March 1993. Film rights to the novel were sold for more than $1 million. Another novel, The Client (1993; film 1994), sacrificed roller-coaster suspense for humour and slapstick energy. Critics almost universally agreed that the plot, dealing with an 11-year-old boy who uncovers a mob-related murder plot, read as though it had been tailor-made for the screen. Indeed, the film rights to the novel sold for $2.5 million, while the novel itself sold 2.6 million copies within 15 weeks. Grisham continued his success with such titles as The Chamber (1994; film 1996), The Rainmaker (1995; film 1997), The Runaway Jury (1996; film 2003), and The Testament (1999).
In 2001 Grisham detoured from his formulaic legal thrillers with A Painted House (television film 2003), the story of a farm boy from rural Arkansas who discovers a troubling secret in his small town. Other nonlegal novels followed, including Skipping Christmas (2001; film 2004 as Christmas with the Kranks), Bleachers (2003), Playing for Pizza (2007), Calico Joe (2012), and Camino Island (2017).
However, Grisham also maintained his steady output of legal fiction, with The Summons (2002), The Last Juror (2004), The Appeal (2008), The Litigators (2011), The Racketeer (2012), and Gray Mountain (2014) among his later works in the genre. In Sycamore Row (2013)—a follow-up to A Time to Kill—Grisham returned to the racial politics that drove the events of the first novel, this time examining their impact on a case involving a contested will. Rogue Lawyer (2015) chronicles the adventures of a criminal defense attorney who enjoys taking on seemingly hopeless cases, and The Whistler (2016) is about judicial misconduct. The Rooster Bar (2017) centres on three law students struggling with debt who discover that both their school and their student-loan bank are owned by a questionable Wall Street investor. Grisham's later legal thrillers included The Reckoning (2018), about a decorated World War II soldier who kills a pastor after returning to Mississippi.
His first nonfiction book, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town (2006), explores a 1982 murder case that resulted in two Oklahoma men being wrongfully sentenced to death row. In 2009 Grisham published the short-story collection Ford County. The following year saw Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, the first installment in a series of young-adult novels. Sequels included Theodore Boone: The Abduction (2011), Theodore Boone: The Accused (2012), Theodore Boone: The Activist (2013), Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (2015), and Theodore Boone: The Scandal (2016).


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The Oxfordshire Hotel & Spa is a stunning luxury 50 bedroom hotel with championship golf course, full day spa, health and fitness centre with indoor swimming pool. Free parking, Wi-Fi available throughout the hotel and preferred resident green fees.
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Each room offers en-suite facilities with individual baths and power showers along with luxury designer toiletries for your convenience. Bedrooms also have their own balcony as well as being fully air conditioned with tea and coffee facilities and flat-screen TV's.
The Tempus Health and Fitness Centre features a swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and treatment rooms, and there is also a modern gym. Children under 16 may only use the fitness centre and swimming pool on Saturday and Sunday between 12:00 and 16:00 and must be supervised by an adult at all times.
The championship golf course has 18 holes, designed in American parkland style.
Spa treatments and tee times should be booked prior to arrival to avoid disappointment.
The Oxfordshire Hotel & Spa's signature restaurant 'Sakura' serves a varied menu whilst boasting amazing views over the rolling Chiltern Hills. However, if you are looking for a more relaxed atmosphere our stylish Lounge and Clubhouse Bars both offer a range of beverages and snacks.
Situated in scenic Oxfordshire, the hotel is located just off the M40, meaning central London can be reached in just 40 minutes, Thame is a 10-minute drive, historical Aylesbury can be reached in 20 minutes. The sporting venue of Silverstone can be reached in 30 minutes and Cheltenham Racecourse can be reached in an hour. There are also plenty of other places to visit nearby - Waterperry Gardens (8 miles), Waterside Theatre (12. 4 miles), Ashmolean museum (14. 6 miles) and Blenheim Palace (18. 8 miles) to name a few!
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I popped into Boots today and got some half price goodies!
Although I am not a big user of Rimmel – some of the products aren't great, and the packaging breaks on me in a matter of days, I like the look of this palette:
It comes in two tiers, featuring 15 eyeshadows, four lip colours and three blushers.
I love the layout of the eyeshadows! They are more shimmery in real life, and are well divided into blues, mauves and naturals. Rimmel eyeshadows are ok quality – not madly pigmented but they would be good for a sheer look and of course, with primer potion underneath.
I like the blushes too. The darker shade is almost a bronzer.
Price? £7.50 (sorry no links – it is all sold out online anyhow).
Next is Soap & Glory. I loved the travel bag to be honest:
Creamy Shower Gel, Bubble Bath, Shea butter and Sugar Body Polish, Body Butter, Moisturising Mist, Clay Mask, Bath Bar and Eye Mask.
The eyemask has pearls inside and I think it can be refrigerated for a cooling sensation.
I had a bit of a rash with the glossing mist so I will have to wait to see if the other products will work on me.
This kit was: £9
Then Bourjois! These gift sets are beautifully presented in novelty boxes which can be folded over:
Chocolate Blusher set:
The bronzer resembles as chocolate bar and comes with a bluffer brush! all for £5!
Firecracker set with gloss and eyeshadow in Noir – its a black green and with volume mascara, £7.50/
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I have tried Bourjois gloss and eyeshadow here and there – although the mascaras don't work for me, I love the glosses and quaintness of the brand.
Anything else? Well….
I found this feather headband. I ADORE it – it fits perfectly and I love the ruffles – however, does anyone know if it is suitable for a wedding? I know black is associated with funerals but sometimes if my outfit is going to be all dark, then it might not matter…but perhaps someone with more experiences of weddings can tell me if it is ok or not…
I have a wedding to go to! Finally! The make up planning begins NOW!
I have a sewing table at home so I decided to buy a mini iron so I don't need to heat up the giant iron we have on little creases. It cost £2.50 – and as you can see, it is about the size of 2 Bourjois eyeshadows:
This wasn't from the sale, but still it only cost me 99p! I had wanted a precision curler for a while – in my experience, plastic curlers ALWAYS break on me – maybe I am exerting too much force, but anyway, I want to try this out. I have been wanting the Japonesque precision curler for a while, but that's about £27…
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Losing faith
One of those moments. Feeling really down, losing my faith. Why can't things just work out for a change. Forgot how that's like for a long time now, or am I just doing things so wrong. Or am I just getting old. Feeling really down, losing my faith. Why can't I get a good break. A real one, a long one, for a change. That could help. Too long of a test, becoming too much really. Or is it just payback time. Haven't I paid enough. Am I ungrateful. Losing my faith. Tomorrow is another day, same test, where am I heading.


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Election officials deny Usher was given special treatment
Election officials in Georgia have dismissed allegations USHER was given "preferential treatment" after the R&B star was whisked to the front of the queue at a polling station in Atlanta.
The Yeah! hitmaker turned out to cast his ballot at a community centre in the suburb of Roswell when America went to the polls on Tuesday (06Nov12), but authorities were accused of allowing the singer to skip a long line of voters because of his star status.
Residents vented their anger to local TV station WSBTV and county election officials have now released a statement defending the decision to take the star to the front of the queue through a back entrance.
The statement, released to WSBTV, reads, "(The) Poll Manager... was directed to ensure that Mr. Raymond's (Usher) presence would not become a distraction by taking necessary measures to move Mr. Raymond through the process as expeditiously as possible. At no point was this decision made for preferential treatment, but to minimise and avoid a distraction at the poll."
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama was declared the winner following Tuesday's vote, gaining a second term in the White House.


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The Intelligent Hip Hop/ Rap Discussion Thread
Alright, so let's get this started.
Some ground rules to help facilitate a decent discussion.
1. If you come in here and ignorantly bash rap with a simple rap is crap or whatever statement, I WILL request that a mod take some sort of disciplinary action.
2. If you're one of the skeptics to the rap genre, please, politely tell us what it is about the genre that you don't like, what you look for in a song, and what you're currently listening to so that the rap veterans have an idea as to what to aim for.
3. I ask that you guys try to avoid flaming and keep an open mind. Threads like these can often become flame wars simply because one person comes in acting like a douche and so the people in the thread treat him like one. And in this manner the cycle continues.
4. For those that are more well-versed in rap, please try to contribute. One man providing artist suggestions and whatnot for an entire forum can get really difficult and time consuming.
And that should be it for now. Now on with the thread.
Let's face it, rap music is hated by most because of the image that commercialized mainstream rap has produced. Most people see rap as nothing more than unskilled buffoons talking into a mic and promoting drugs, gang violence, immoral materialistic desires, etc.
The purpose of this thread is to spread the word of quality rap music to the masses. To let them know that like every genre of music, rap music also has its good and bad artists.
With that said, I'll start things off by recommending the one artist that has changed most people's perspectives about rap. Sage Francis
Sage Francis is often described as the "thinking man's" version of Eminem, I simply call him a genius. This man is a far cry from your traditional rapper, a few listens should convince you of this fact. Insane wordplay, witty satire, excellent fusion of poetic lyrics with a rap flow, some sweet instrumentals, and always a conscious message.
If anyone wishes to hear some samples of Sage Francis, post up.
I lack sleep at the moment, so I'll recommend a bunch of other artists a bit later.
i love alot of artists from Stone Throw(mf doom, madlib, etc.), thats about it for hip hop for me though.
Im more of a fan of old skool rap Tribe called quest, Common, Run DMC. Most Rap these days does not suit my taste. I feel that most rap is not actually saying anything or dicussing issues. Lets be real some artiest will throw a sample on throw some BS lyrics in and some curse words and thats a song I dont like that its not creative. I wish we could go back to the roots of what Rap/Hip Hop came from. But for the most part i like a good beat anything by Nas and even thought they are in the 40's now i still love Bone Thugs.
Also, I want to say Silentknight great job creating the thread and yes Sage Francis is great artiest. Kudos my friend
i like to listen to 2-pac,snoop and dr dre..maybe some jay-z
and i like latin hip-hop.ocasionally the rap hits in the clubs and thats it.
a tribe called quest is godly. anyone here love the roots?? im looking forward to talib kweli's new album
I think if you want intelligence in rap you should give Deltron a shot, i love his music.
That opened my eyes. After listening to his CD i knew there was something in RAP that i could actually like
Talib Kweli still hasn't released a quality solo album imo, his highpoint was definately Balckstar with the Eternal Reflection album closely following it.
If I had to make a best of Nas cd I don't think anything after Stillmatic except for maybe Let there be light would make it.
Jay-Z hasn't been the same the last few years, his voice has lost it's arrogance and complete confidence it use to carry and he just dials in performances but I guess it's hard to be hungry when you're a CEO and have Betonce....
Bone Thugs new album is meh, too much Swizz Beats and wtf at bow wow.. he wrecked that mariah collabo which is usually great between her and bone.
I'm a supporter of rap as a medium when the artist is trying to convey some sort of socially relevant message. For example Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise, which I take to be a rant against the entrapment and dead end lifestyle of gangsterism is one of my most respected pieces of music. However, when you're talking about Gangsta Rap which seems to serve no purpose other than to brag about how quickly you'll kill someone with your gun, I just have to shake my head and chuckle, because it's so lame.
I used to really hate rap, but I've come to tolerate most forms of it in recent years after I found something I dislike ten times worse. Now I really don't mind it at all other than maybe 50 Cent's music.
I posted this idea of mine earlier, but apparently double posting gets your second post deleted.
I was thinking that I or someone else could throw together a nice compilation of select tracks and make a mixtape for those unfamiliar with rap to sample.
My mom is really into Rap and hip hop. The only stuff I can say I like is...ummm...BEP and Eminem. Do they count?
Well, I barely listen to hip hop nowadays, but it still pisses me off when people declare all hip hop as uninteresting crap. When I was still an avid listener I liked Kweli a lot. Black Star was one of my favorite albums, and Thieves in the Night was one of my favorite tracks ever - Mos' verse on that track was ridiculous. Reflection Eternal was a great album. The Manifesto was tight as well. Last Emperor's One Life is amazing as well. I loved Nas' earlier stuff as well; Illmatic is probably my favorite album. Of course, there's Rakim; what can I say about him that hasn't been already said. I love Public Enemy as well.
My absolute favorite among hip-hop and rap is probably madvillain, I could listen to their album non-stop, can't wait for a second one. I guess I should check out MF Doom solo as well.
I only recently came across Solilliquists of Sound. Quality stuff, DiVinci is a freaking genius with the MPC. Anyone who doesn't consider the drum machine or whatnot an instrument should check this video out.
deltron is actually the group name and deltron is del's name in the context of the group. deltron 3030 is like the ultimate nerd rap album.
the new common bout to drop soon. i'm pretty excited.
i'm also feeling lupe fiasco right now for intelligent rap. kinda feeling that whole chi scene right now.
bronze nazareth recent album is not too old. i'm still giving that some listens.
i said this last time around in the last hip hop thread. not really feeling sage francis flow... putting too many words in the bar. plus his voice sounds real gay (no offense to you yuri folks).
the problem w/those that want to get into rap is that it's easy to get lost in the lyrics. great rappers use a lot of metaphors/similes and techniques that a novice won't get. that's why mainstream rap is so simple and dumbed down.
if you're willing to give rap a try i suggest:
1)Lupe Fiasco: he's a nerd who's into anime, a skater, doesn't curse, a devout muslim, intelligent, very lyrical, addresses social ills
-check out his song "kick,push" which is about skateboarding (and a metaphor for life), his album Food & Liquor, and his Revenge of the Nerd mixtape
2)MF DOOM: nerds/comic book readers will love him, his song are never about much but he's great, funny, wears a Doctor Doom style mask, does voices for Adult Swim shows
-check out MM...FOOD and DangerDoom (Adult Swim album)
3)get some De La Soul or A Tribe Called Quest both are really fun, lighthearted, and smart
4)Talib Kweli and Common: really socially concious and intelligent, lots of meaningful songs
5)Count Bass D: indie artist, raps and produces, average joe/everyman type of guy
-check out his album "Dwight Spitz"
6)Nujabes: japanese producer, did a lot of the Samurai Champloo OST, jazzy
-get Metaphorical Music and Modal Soul
7)The Roots: one of the best live bands, they've played w/everyone from Prince to John Mayer
For real hip hoppers, check out Blu & Exile's album "Below the Heavens"
I wouldn't choose rap over hip/pop, but if you're looking for some good rap I reccomend HOME MADE KAZOKU.
When i was in middle school and into rap, the roots were one of my favourite bands. Really soul-full music.
Heh, when i came into this thread i thought it was gonna be about japanese rap artists like def-row, or sorta like flo, but i guess they are more popish.
As for my matured opinion of rap. Usually it stands for everything i hate. Alot of oldschool rap was about being good at rapping, hanging out, or about nothing at all! Which was cool and fun. Now i find alot of it is just egotistic ignorance. I'm not a fan of nickelback or whoever made this song, but i love this quote: "if everyone learned and nobody lied, if everyone shared and swallowed their pride... then we'd see the day when nobody died." It's not true in entirety, but in theory and everything i hear in rap is saying "hey im better than you, and stop rapping cause this is my scene, blah blah I'm an idiot." It's all the ignorance that makes me glad im on the south side of detroit river (Canadian side).
Sorry i got carried away, but it angers me because pop appears to be in the process of being taken over by rap, which just makes japanese music that much more appealing.
I've been looking for a bit and i can't seem to find too many good rap love songs. Does anybody know of any good ones?
You can never go wrong with The Pharcyde or A Tribe Called Quest when it comes to quality hip/hop that is not crunk. If you're looking for fun style rap, check out laptop rappers MC Chris and MC Lars, both very intelligent, funny, and very geeky.
Edit: Some how I forgot to mention Jurassic 5. Jurassic 5 is my favorite hip hop group, and Quality Control is an excellent album.
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I want to study the basis of topology. I know functional analysis and very basic topology. I need to learn about homologies and homotopies but it seems that all the books (mostly of Russian authors) that I've found do not explain everything in detail and don't bring many examples so that it would be easy to understand.
Can anyone suggest me a good 'heavy' and intelligible book to begin with?