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"All you need is will, if you just want to" say all kinds of old phrases about the will, and thus we are taught the importance of the will and the necessity to want all kinds of everything.
But the will is not important, or necessary; it restricts and prevents prosperity and peace and is in fact evil.
The will is never what is, but always what is to be, based on what was. And it can never be other than illusion, because what once was and perhaps will be, does not exist.
Reality is always what is, in the here and now. The will is therefore flight from reality.
Some say that we can never be free because we want both a roof over our head and clear sky and the two will not match. This is in itself quite right, to want a roof over your head and the sky do not match and what does not match is conflict.
But it is no the roof over our heads, clear sky and the discrepancy between them that stands in the way of our freedom. We focus on the consequences and look thereby bypass the cause, or will, which is in fact the force that prevents us from facing the reality, ourselves, which in turn inhibits our freedom and thus we are trapped in the world of illusions.
When we want something, we flee reality, and flight from reality can never be freedom. Freedom is always what is.
He who is free sees what is. He does not need a roof over his head or sky. He wants nothing.
To want something is dispute, whether the will is directed to one or two, wanting a roof over one's head, or both wanting shelter and clear sky, or maybe something else. And a dispute within us is war, though in small extent, that will automatically be directed into our surroundings.
We have given the will exaggerated importance; we see strong will as something positive as we see no will as something negative.
"Use your will, you can if you just want, if you do not want it enough, you do not get it" are well-known phrases.
We seem to see will as something inevitable, a living force outside and independent of us that we cannot survive without. We believe that if there was not will then we would be idle and totally disabled out in some corner. It is of course the greatest misconception.
If we really and sincerely believed, that the will could solve our problems could we then say 'will is all you need' to a mother who is dying, leaving her children behind, and a child who is struggling with a serious illness or all the women and children who have been sold into sexual slavery? No we could not. Not just because it would not be fair, but also because it would not be true. It is not enough to want, or desire something for it to happen. The will does not solve our problems.
We do not need will to be and do anything. It is not the will that controls the rotation of the earth. It just rotates. And the same goes for what relates to us. Children do not need will to grow. They just grow. We do not need will to be hungry. We just become hungry. If the will ruled the world no one would die, because we all want to live, but still we die. We do not want wars and famine but still we have wars and hunger worldwide. If the will was all that was needed then all disasters would disappear.
We can in fact not perform out of will. We only think we do.
In some cases, will is only pointless word. We say one thing and mean something else. Perhaps we confuse the will with something else and milder, like choosing, longing and etc. But more often than not we dare not speak our minds.
In other cases, we seem to see it to do, without the desire or will, as something negative. So we hide our actions behind desires, intentions, obligations and will.
Yet we must know that an act, which is solely due to desire, obligations or will, is an act without love. Love can never be desire, duty or will. Love stands alone, without all.
It goes without saying, if we care for our children or engaged in our work, whatever it is, because of obligation then love is far away.
When we lay down the obligations, desires and will then there is love.
But are we doomed to be dependent on will from one to another, on the eternal flight from reality?
It is quite clear that what we want is totally irrelevant. It does not matter whether we want a roof over our heads, clear sky, or both, and indeed anything else.
It to want to change from one to another does not change anything. That we want to lose weight, quit smoking or get rid of some habit, change from one to another, does not erase the habit. To get rid of what the will is directed to is no solution. It is the will itself that is the problem.
The will or it to want maintains status quo. It directs the attention to the habit and gives it a greater strength and thereby longer life.
It is in fact not until we lay down the will that we can do something. The will itself must disappear.
The will has no independent existence, apart from and independent of ourselves. It is just an idea, created by ourselves and an idea can do nothing. To be able to do something then the idea has to disappear. The will is in fact an obstacle to all progress.
The will is, by nature, evil. And then I mean evil as harm or disaster.
It, as all other illusions, is the creative force that sustains starvation, wars and other human grief. It creates only troubles that we had better be without, and we therefore should rid ourselves of.
What prevents us from freeing ourselves from the power of the will? When the will is gone what is left? Nothing.
The will is a delusion and when the delusion is gone then we see the reality. And reality is in fact nothing and we cannot accept it.
We find it difficult to understand and accept the no thing or nothing. To experience all as nothing, that everything is created from nothing and to be nothing, is as difficult to understand as endless.
We say, the world is endless, and at the same time we try to make an image of what endless looks like. But it goes without saying that there cannot be an image of endless. Image is an end and if we create an end what then is beyond that? If we create an answer to that, what is beyond that etc.?
The same applies for nothing. We cannot think us nothing because to think is something. And that is exactly what we do. We cannot accept the reality of nothing, ourselves as nothing, so we think of something, no matter what.
We cannot know that we are nothing. We
can only be it. Because to know is something.
Anyone who is nothing needs nothing. Neither assets, knowledge, nor will. He just is what he is. He cannot give it a name, which is to know, until afterwards and then it is only a memory, something that was.
While it is not enough for us to be, without all, then we are controlled by delusions we have given various names and then we are in constant conflict with ourselves and our surroundings.
The will is flight from what is, reality. We are reality. We are therefore fleeing ourselves and a man on the run is not free.
If we desire freedom we must dare to let go, whether we call it will, or something else. We must dare to be in the moment, the only reality, which is nothing.
Then we want nothing. Then we are nothing. Then we are.


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The past two years I have had a small garden. I grow tomatoes and cucumbers on the side of the house and then a larger garden in the backyard. The dirt on the side of the house is well worked. I am picking sweet cherry 100's right now as they are the first things to ripen. I have a collection of them sitting on the counter, it makes me nervous. I dont want to waste them on a boring salad. I actually keep using the tomatoes from the store until I know what to use these for, more than likely though I will watch them turn wrinkly on the counter.
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Our new model is that scheming industrialist Baron Krapaud from Grandville: Bete Noire, seated here in his personal railchair with pet laptoad Bubbles.
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Since last post I've pencilled a half page, eaten some food, been listening to Liv Strömkvist reading ten of her comics at the Möllevångsfestival, been inking (rather unsuccessfully I have to admit) bits and pieces of the half page and done a watercolor test. The first attempt at using watercolors for many, many years. Will try to learn how to do it properly. But for now this first step will have to do.
Now I'm tired. Gotta go home and call Hedvig before it's getting late.
Then it's zzz-time.
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A former college football star is shot by a stalker.
Dick Hansen was a former college football star from Sunnyvale, California. He was just getting over a tough divorce when he decided he needed a night out. So on April 29, 1991, he asked a friend, who we'll call Jean, to meet him at his favorite hang-out. According to Jean:
Jean said she and Dick left the bar together in her car and drove to where Dick had left his pickup truck:
When it was time to leave, Jean said she was unfamiliar with the route home, so Dick told her to follow him:
At the next traffic light, Dick signaled for Jean to follow him onto the freeway. The man stayed close behind. For more than ten miles, Jean said, the man shadowed her every move:
Dick went down. As the gunman sped off, Jean got out of her car:
Dick Hansen was shot twice, once in the chest and once in the neck. He never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at the hospital. He left behind two daughters, aged 11 and 13. According to Det. Les Richards of the Sunnyvale, California, Police Department, the authorities had trouble ascertaining a motive:
However, police have come up with one possible theory about this case. Jean's personalized license plate read "Forty-Niner Hugs." The killer had gestured toward her license plate while he was talking to Dick. Det. Richards wonder's if the killer wasn't a crazed sports fan:
At the time of the shooting, Jean described the suspect as white, with a dark complexion. He wore eyeglasses with large black frames. In addition, the suspect's car looked like a 1970 Pontiac GTO LeMans. It was a two-door coupe, with a dull, faded, light grey or blue paint job. Dick Hansen's killer remains at large.
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also showing a surtex next month is the super talented josephine kimberling and these are a selection of her lovely surtex postcards. this is josephine's 2nd year, and she will be exhibiting in booth #325, with some fabulous new work. her story also shows the value of the surtex show to the designers, as since her first time exhibiting at Surtex, josephine has signed 5 contracts and her artwork will soon be appearing on high-end stationery, office organization, fabrics, business card holders, tote bags, giftware, notebooks, and even edible cake papers (as seen below).
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i love josephine's work!! always so bright, fresh and fun!
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This Digest was prepared for debate. It reflects the legislation as
introduced and does not canvass subsequent amendments. This Digest
does not have any official legal status. Other sources should be
consulted to determine the subsequent official status of the
Passage History
Main Provisions
Concluding Comments
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Trade Practices
Amendment (Small Business Protection) Bill 2002 [No.
Date Introduced:
26 September 2002
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Small Business and
Commencement: On
Royal Assent
To amend the Trade Practices Act (TPA) to permit
the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to bring
representative actions on behalf of people damaged by conduct in
breach of the secondary boycott provisions (section 45D and section
45E) of the Act.
This Bill is identical to legislation introduced
into the House of Representatives on 20 February 2002 and rejected
by the Senate on 19 August 2002.
The Bill has the potential to be a double
dissolution trigger. Pursuant to section 57 of the Australian
Constitution the Prime Minister may advise the Governor-General to
dissolve both Houses of Parliament when the following requirements
are met:
In the present case, if the House of
Representatives passes this Bill after its November sittings and
the Senate refuses or fails to pass(2) the Bill or
passes it with amendments unacceptable to the House, the
requirements of the section will have been satisfied.
Once all necessary preconditions have been met,
the Government may advise the Governor-General to dissolve both
Houses immediately or it may delay its request for a simultaneous
dissolution until any date up to 6 months before the House of
Representatives is due to expire.
The present House is due to expire on 11
February 2005, ie 3 years after its first meeting. The next
election for the House of Representatives must be held within 68
days of the expiry of the House, ie by 16 April 2005.
As a double dissolution cannot be granted by the
Governor-General within 6 months before the date of the expiry of
the House of Representatives, the last possible date for granting
of a dissolution under section 57 is Wednesday 11 August 2004. The
subsequent election must be held within 68 days of the date of
dissolution, ie the latest possible polling day for a double
dissolution is Saturday 16 October 2004.(3)
Section 87 of the Trade Practices Act
1974 (TPA) permits the ACCC to bring a representative action
seeking compensation and other remedies on behalf of people who
have suffered, or are likely to suffer loss or damage as a result
of another person s contravention of specified provisions of the
TPA.(4) A person covered by a representative action must
consent to ACCC commencing proceedings.
While the ACCC may bring such actions in
relation to breaches of the whole of Part IVA (unconscionable
conduct), Part IVB (industry codes), Part V and Part VC (consumer
protection), a representative action in relation to Part IV
(restrictive trade practices) may not be commenced if the matter
involves contraventions of the boycott provisions in sections 45D
and 45E of the TPA.
Section 45D prohibits two people from acting in
concert to hinder or prevent a third person from supplying goods or
services to, or acquiring goods or services from, a fourth person
(the target) who is not an employer of the first person or the
second person. To breach the section, the conduct must have been
engaged in for the purpose, and would likely have the effect, of
causing substantial loss or damage to the business of the target.
Section 45E prohibits a person making an agreement with a union for
the purposes of preventing or hindering trade between that person
and a targeted entity.
This Bill is the fifth occasion that the
Government has sought to enable the ACCC to bring representative
actions for contraventions of sections 45D and 45E.
The first attempt was in the Trade Practices
Amendment (Country of Origin Representations) Bill 1998. A schedule
to this Bill sought to empower the ACCC to generally bring
representative actions for breaches of Part IV of the TPA. The Bill
was debated against the backdrop of the waterfront dispute. At the
time the Opposition expressed concern about the ACCC gaining the
ability to conduct (retrospective) secondary boycott actions on
behalf of businesses against trade unions. In the end, the Senate
omitted the representative action provision from the Bill.
During the waterfront dispute, ACCC sought to
overcome its lack of capacity to commence representative actions in
relation to section 45D by seeking findings of fact from the Court.
At the time the ACCC Chairman, Professor Fels, stated that the
intention was to open up the possibility for importers to pursue
the Maritime Union by lowering their evidential
The Government revived the issue in the Trade
Practices Amendment Bill (No.1) 2000. On this occasion the Senate
rejected the proposal to allow the ACCC to bring representative
actions for all of Part IV and carved out actions in relation to
sections 45D and 45E. The Government reluctantly accepted the
compromise in order to secure the passage of the remainder of the
Bill. As a result of these amendments the ACCC can bring
representative actions in relation to boycott conduct which
substantially lessens competition or affects international
trade(6) but not where the conduct causes substantial
loss or damage to a targeted person.(7)
In August 2001, the Government sought to remove
the remaining limitation through the Workplace Relations and Other
Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Other Measures) Bill
2001. The Bill was not debated before the Parliament was prorogued
for the General Election.
The proposition that the ACCC should have the
capacity to initiate representative actions in relation to breaches
of Part IV has been endorsed by the Australian Law Reform
Commission(8), the House of Representatives Standing
Committee on Industry Science and Technology (the Reid
Committee)(9) and the Joint Select Committee on the
Retailing Sector (the Baird Committee).(10)
The ALRC put the case for representative actions
in the following terms:
Representative actions remove many of the
financial barriers which ordinary people face when seeking to
enforce their legal rights, give the courts a more efficient
process for dealing with cases involving large numbers of people
and help to ensure that laws are enforced more efficiently and more
It is important to note however that none of
these reviews considered the implications of the proposal from an
industrial relations perspective. The Reid and Baird Committees
recommended the measure in the context of debate about improving
small businesses access to a remedy under the misuse of market
power provisions in section 46. Furthermore, at the time the ALRC
made its recommendation, the equivalent of the current section 45D
was located in the Industrial Relations Act 1988. Under
that legislation, enforcement proceedings in relation to the
boycott provisions could not be commenced unless the Australian
Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) first had the opportunity to
resolve the matter by conciliation.(12)
The question of whether representative actions
should be supported inevitably involves an assessment of the merit
of the sections 45D and 45E. The proposal in this Bill has been
contentious in the past because these sections are arguably the
most politically sensitive provisions in the TPA. The ACCC
initiated proceedings against the MUA during the waterfront dispute
and has expressed support for the measures contained in this Bill.
Nevertheless, it is worth noting that its predecessor, the Trade
Practices Commission, took a different view of the value of the
competition regulator being involved in essentially industrial
disputes. The TPC stated that:
The company damage class of case without
substantial lessening of competition is better left to private
It would seem desirable to avoid, where
competition is not affected, getting involved in an industrial
dispute where the ultimate decision as to the continuing or
settling of cases may need to be taken by companies on commercial
grounds or by the Government on political
In April 1976 the Fraser Government established
the Trade Practices Act Review Committee (known as the Swanson
Committee).(14) The Committee s report expressed concern
about the lack of protection for traders against secondary boycotts
and recommended that the law provide an effective avenue of
recourse for affected traders. Secondary boycotts were defined as a
situation where employees of one employer place a boycott on the
dealings of that employer with another person. The Committee did
not express a view on whether this avenue should be provided by the
TPA or industrial legislation.(15)
Responding to the report in 1977, the Government
inserted the original section 45D into the TPA prohibiting boycott
conduct which had the effect or likely effect of causing either:
substantial loss or damage to a targeted person or a substantial
lessening of competition in a market. In introducing the provision,
the then Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs (Mr Howard)
stated that:
boycotts have been used by some trade unions in
this country to dictate the business arrangements of independent
businessmen. In some instances these boycotts have resulted in
higher prices to the consumer. The most common instance of a
secondary boycott occurs where a group of employees collectively
acts for the purpose of interfering with supply of goods and/or
services by their employer to a company. (16)
Subsection 45D(3) provided for a defence if it
could be shown that the dominant purpose of the conduct related to
employment matters. In practice this provision was often
interpreted narrowly and there were very few cases where a union
was able to successfully invoke the defence.(17)
In 1978 subsection 45D(1A) was inserted which
prohibited primary or secondary boycotts which have the purpose or
effect of hindering or preventing interstate or international trade
and commerce.
In 1980, the Fraser Government introduced
section 45E following the Laidely dispute. Leon Laidely Pty Ltd, an
independent haulage contractor, distributed bulk fuel and was
supplied by Amoco. The employees of Amoco driving Amoco delivery
trucks were members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU). The union
argued that Amoco s practice of supplying Laidely denied work to
their members. In February 1980 the TWU placed a black ban on Amoco
supplying petroleum to Laidley. Amoco, in order to keep its depots
open, agreed to TWU demands that Laidley not be supplied.
While Laidley was successful in obtaining an
interlocutory injunction against the TWU under section 45D, the
Fraser Government was of the view that the TPA needed to be
strengthened so that companies did not succumb to union pressure
and therefore inserted section 45E.(18) The section
prohibited collusive agreements between unions and corporations
that hinder the supply or acquisition of goods or services by or
from a third party.
The Labor Party has maintained a long opposition
to sections 45D and 45E. While the ALP has expressed disapproval of
secondary boycotts, it has argued that they are essentially
industrial relations matters that are best resolved through
specialist industrial courts or tribunals rather than through
competition law or by the competition regulator. It has argued that
the focus of regulation should be the resolution of the underlying
dispute and that litigation under the TPA may frustrate this
The Hawke Government attempted to repeal
sections 45D and 45E in 1984 however the legislation was defeated
in the Senate. Another attempt was made to amend the operations of
the sections in 1987 but the proposal was abandoned.
Australia ratified ILO Convention No.87 on
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise in
1973. During the late 1980s and 1990s the International Labour
Organisation s Committee of Experts on the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations criticised sections 45D and 45E as
prohibiting conduct which should be lawful under the
In 1993 the Senate Standing Committee on
Employment, Education and Training investigated the operation of
sections 45D and 45E. The Committee divided along party lines. The
ALP/Democrat majority concluded(20), inter
Coalition Senators were of the view that:
Following this report, the Keating Government
inserted a new version of section 45D while section 45E was
repealed.(21) The effect of the amendment to section 45D
was that the prohibition covering secondary boycotts in the TPA was
restricted to boycotts involving a substantial lessening of
competition. Other boycotts were made subject to the Industrial
Relations Act 1988. According to one text writer:
the basic thrust of these changes was to try to
confine the operation of the legislation proscriptions to secondary
boycotts in the strict sense of the term and to try to make access
to relief conditional on first attempting to resolve the matter in
dispute through the Industrial Relations Commission.
In 1996 the boycott provisions were reinserted
into to the TPA by the Workplace Relations and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 1996. The 1996 amendments did more
than simply reinsert the version of section 45D that applied before
the 1993 amendments. Elements of the former law were broken down
into separate sections. The current provisions are summarised
Section 45D prohibits two people from acting in
concert to hinder or prevent a third person from supplying goods or
services to, or acquiring goods or services from, a fourth person
(the target) who is not an employer of the first person or the
second person. To breach the section, the conduct must have been
engaged in for the purpose, and would likely have the effect, of
causing substantial loss or damage to the business of the
Section 45DA prohibits two persons from acting
in concert to hinder or prevent a third person trading with the
target where the purpose or effect or likely effect is to cause a
substantial lessening of competition in any market where
the target supplies goods or services. As with section 45D, to come
within the prohibition, the target must not be the employer of the
first or second person.(24)
Section 45DB prohibits two persons from acting
in concert to hinder or prevent a third person (who is not their
employer) from engaging in trade or commerce involving the movement
of goods between Australia and places outside
As noted above, as a result of the amendments
enacted last year(26), the ACCC can already take
representative actions where there has been a breach of sections
45DA and 45DB. To date, it has not done so.
Section 45DC provides a mechanism for drawing
unions into the scope of section 45D, 45DA and 45DB.
Section 45DD provides that a person will not
contravene 45D if the dominant purpose of the conduct is
substantially related to the terms and conditions of employment in
their workplace. Likewise, if the dominant purpose of the boycott
is substantially related to environmental or consumer protection
and engaging in the conduct is not industrial action, a person will
not be guilty of a contravention.
Section 45E prohibits a person making an
agreement with a union for the purposes of preventing or hindering
trade between that person and another person. In introducing this
provision in 1996 the Government stated that the section was:
directed against a situation where a person
capitulates in order to avoid loss or damage as a result of
threatened industrial action against the target. It complements
sections 45D and 45DA, ensuring that the prohibition on secondary
boycott action is not weakened by collusion between firms and
Under section 76 of the TPA, only bodies
corporate may be ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty for a breach of
sections 45D, 45DA, 45DB, 45E or 45EA. In the case of section 45DA
the maximum penalty that can be imposed is $10 million. In all
other cases it is $750 000. Injunctions, damages, and other
remedies are available under sections 80, 82 and 87
The TPA recognises that the desirability of
resolving the industrial dispute that underlies boycott conduct may
need to be taken into account by the Court. Under section 80AB the
Federal Court has the discretion to stay the operation of an
injunction against boycott conduct where to do so would facilitate
the settlement of a dispute by the AIRC or state industrial
tribunals. More broadly, section 87AA states that in exercising its
enforcement and remedial powers in relation to boycotts, the Court
must take into account action taken or available before the AIRC or
a state tribunal. Particular regard is to be had to conciliation
The Department of Employment, Workplace
Relations and Small Business reports that since the commencement of
the Workplace Relations Act 1996 amendments to the TPA in
1997 there have been 13 applications to the Federal Court under
sections 45D and/or 45DB. Of these cases, 8 have been settled, 2
have been discontinued and 2 dismissed and in one
case(28) a penalty has been imposed. Seven of these
matters were brought by the ACCC.(29)
There appear to have been no proceedings
commenced under section 45E since its re-enactment.
The title of the Bill and the Minister s second
reading speech indicate that the focus of the measure is to protect
small business. During previous debates on proposals to enhance the
ACCC s power to bring representative actions, the Commission has
also committed itself to using such powers to assist the small
business sector.(30)
Nevertheless, the Bill contains no definition of
small business and does not limit the ACCC to a particular class of
business in bringing representative actions. If the Bill is
enacted, the ACCC will be empowered to bring representative actions
on behalf of any person who has suffered loss or damage as a result
of the contravention of sections 45D or 45E.
If the Parliament is concerned that large
businesses could potentially benefit from ACCC representative
actions, it may consider the option of inserting a definition small
business and restricting the capacity of the ACCC to initiating
actions on behalf of large entities. The definition employed by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics may be a useful guide. The ABS
defines small business as one with less than 20 employees in all
industries except manufacturing where they have less than 100
employees, and agriculture where they have an estimated value of
agricultural operations of between $22 500 and
$400 000.(31)
There is a precedent for limiting the operation
of the specified provision of the TPA to small business. The
Trade Practices Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 1998 inserted
section 51AC into the TPA. While that section prohibits
unconscionable conduct in business transactions it does not apply
where the transaction in question involves goods or services worth
less than $3 million or where the aggrieved party is a listed
public company.
It has been established that the ACCC is not
limited to bringing representative actions under section 87 of the
TPA but may also bring proceedings under the Federal Court of
Australia Act 1976 (FCAA).(32) Section 33C of the
FCAA provides that where 7 or more persons have claims
against the same person; and
a proceeding may be commenced by one or more of
those persons as representing some or all of them.
In principle, the FCAA could allow the ACCC
bring a representative action in relation to a contravention of
section 45D or 45E of the TPA however to do so the ACCC would need
to establish that it has a claim .
Recent Federal Court cases suggest that the ACCC
s interest in seeking to enforce the TPA does constitute a claim
for the purposes of the FCAA.(33) The Court has held
that the interest of the ACCC does not have to be the same as other
members of the class.
A possible drawback with the FCAA is that the
ACCC can only bring a representative action by leave of the Federal
Court. Under section 33N the Court has the discretion to determine
whether it is appropriate that the claims be pursued by means of a
representative proceeding. On one occasion, the Court has exercised
its discretion and refused to permit the ACCC to bring a
representative action under the FCAA.(34) In contrast,
under section 87 of the TPA, the ACCC s right to proceed has a
statutory basis.
Despite the provisions of the FCAA, supporters
of this Bill may argue that these amendments are necessary to make
it abundantly clear that the ACCC can commence representative
proceedings for a breach of section 45D or 45E and to remove any
remaining technical obstacles.
Existing subsection 87(1A) of the TPA empowers
the Court to make remedial orders, including compensation orders,
for the benefit of people identified in an application made by the
ACCC. Subsection 87(1B) deals with the conditions under which the
ACCC may make an application to the Court under subsection 87(1A).
Currently such applications may not be made on behalf of people who
have suffered, or are likely to suffer, loss or damage by conduct
which breaches sections 45D or 45E.
Item 1 deletes the reference to
sections 45D and 45E in paragraph 87(1A)(b). It would enable the
Court to make orders in relation to an application brought by the
ACCC concerning any conduct in breach of the restrictive trade
practices provisions in Part IV.
Item 2 deletes the reference to
sections 45D and 45E in paragraph 87(1B)(a). It would permit the
ACCC to make an application to the Court for an order on behalf one
or more people damaged by any conduct in breach of Part IV.
These amendments do not have retrospective
effect. The ACCC will only be able to bring a representative action
in relation to conduct in breach of sections 45D and 45E that
occurs after this legislation has received Royal Assent
(item 3).
Supporters of this legislation have championed
this Bill as a measure to improve access to justice for small
business. In his second reading speech, the Minister cited
anecdotal evidence of small firms that have been the victim of
union organised secondary boycotts as examples of situations where
the powers this Bill gives to the ACCC could be usefully
deployed.(35) The Bill improves the formal legal
protection available to businesses that may have been damaged by
boycott conduct but lack the financial resources to initiate
private litigation under the TPA. The ACCC is a well-resourced
agency with an annual budget in excess of $61 million. The
Commission also has a litigation reserve of $11 million which it
plans to build to $20 million over the next few
years.(36) The Government has also expressed the hope
that the capacity of the ACCC to initiate representative action
will be a substantial disincentive to people contemplating conduct
in breach of sections 45D and 45E.(37)
Critics of the legislation may argue however
that the benefits of the change for small business have been
overstated. The ACCC already has mechanisms at its disposal to
assist businesses who suffer loss as a result of conduct in breach
of sections 45D or 45E. As in the waterfront dispute, it may ask
the court to make findings of fact which significantly lower the
financial burden of litigation for business. In addition, the ACCC
may initiate representative proceedings under the Federal Court of
Australia Act. While the technical requirements of the FCAA are
more onerous than section 87B of the TPA, there is no evidence that
this has deterred the ACCC from using the FCAA. As a practical
matter, the ACCC itself has admitted that representative actions
are very resource intensive [and that] consequently, the Commission
s ability to run many such cases each year is severely limited.
(38) This is borne out by the fact that the ACCC has not
brought a representative action in relation to any of the other
provisions of Part IV since it gained the power to do so in July
The difference of opinion between the Government
and Opposition over the measures contained in this Bill reflects
the fact that the place of sections 45D and 45E in the TPA has been
hotly contested for over twenty years. The dispute between the
major parties is more concerned with this fundamental issue than
the procedural matter of whether the scope of the ACCC s capacity
bring representative actions should be extended.
This paper has been prepared for general distribution to
Senators and Members of the Australian Parliament. While great care
is taken to ensure that the paper is accurate and balanced, the
paper is written using information publicly available at the time
of production. The views expressed are those of the author and
should not be attributed to the Information and Research Services
(IRS). Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in
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related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional
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The U.S. Small Enterprise Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 and since January thirteen, 2012 has served as a Cabinet-degree agency of the federal authorities to assist, counsel, assist and defend the interests of small enterprise issues, to protect free competitive enterprise and to take care of and strengthen the overall financial system of our nation.
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The primary use of the packages is to make loans for longer compensation durations based partially upon looser underwriting standards than regular industrial business loans, though these programs can enable house owners with below-average credit to obtain a mortgage.
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Develop and implement national standards for training, qualifications, and certification (including regular recertification) that are equally applicable to all firefighters based on the duties they are expected to perform.
A great deal of training and education occurs in the fire service on a daily basis throughout the United States. How fire departments and training agencies measure, compare, and quantify this training is important to the profession and the safety of the individuals providing the service. If the training is accomplished in accordance with national standards, and the results are certified by an independent body or organization, then the system has substantial credibility. There must be a system to ensure this and provide standards that are recognized as being professional in terms of safety, competency, and responsibility.
It is very disturbing that between 2005 and 2013, an average of 10.5 firefighters a year died in training-related incidents. Reported training-related injuries totaled more than 7,400 in 2012. Given those statistics, it's no surprise the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) identifies firefighter recruits, firefighters participating in training and firefighters conducting training as especially vulnerable to death and injury. Fire Service training programs that have been designed and conducted in concert with the appropriate NFPA Professional Qualification Standards will reduce these needless deaths and injuries. The 5th Initiative of the Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives is an attempt to tie training to a reduction in firefighter injuries and line-of-duty fatalities.
Initiative 5 Resources
- High School Fire and EMS Programs and Academies: Opportunities and Challenges
- Fire Service Training Techniques – Instructor Guide (MS Word)
- 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Job Aid
Initiative 5 Research
- Home Fire Inspections
- Fire Department Reintroduces Junior Firefighter Program
- New Course Helps EMS Providers Avoid HIPAA Enforcement Actions
- Budget Plan To Ax Firefighter Training Program
- Be A Better Firefighter With Post-Incident Analysis
Latest Initiative 5 News
- Fire Hero Learning Network Registered Users Surpasses 100,000 – Since Fire Hero Learning Network went live, registered users have earned over 130,000 online learning certificates of completion. The knowledge gained from the modules better positions firefighters and officers as leaders in health and safety training in their respective departments.
- Improve the Decision-Making Skills and Safety of Your Firefighters – Earlier this fall, the September issue of Firehouse Magazine featured the 2019 Fire Service Health &and Safety Report. This 32-page supplement contains 15 articles by some the fire service's most respected authors and some of its rising stars.
- National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to Host the National High School Fire and EMS Cadet Program Symposium – The Symposium, the first event of its kind, will be held July 10-12, 2019, and will empower cadet programs with the tools they need to maximize their learning outcomes.
- Two Organizations Selected Co-Recipients of the Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award – The Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative and the Denver Fire Department will receive the award at the 31st Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner on April 25, 2019, in Washington, DC.
- Everyone Goes Home® Speak Up – Captain John Dixon – In this episode of Everyone Goes Home® Speak Up, John Dixon reflects on an impactful moment at the National Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
- Are you part of a High School Fire or EMS Cadet program? – The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is planning the 2019 High School Fire and EMS Cadet Program Symposium and have developed a survey to identify specific areas of interest.
» Take the Survey
- CFSI and NFFF Accepting Nominations for the Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award – Co-sponsored by CFSI and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, the Senator Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award was established in 2009 to recognize public safety organizations for outstanding contributions to the advancement of firefighter health and safety. Deadline for nominations is Dec. 6, 2018.
- Wildland Firefighters Want to be Sure Everyone Goes Home® – Wildland firefighters from around the country say the status quo about safety must change. Too many wildland firefighters are dying and getting hurt. This is the key message from a series of listening sessions the NFFF held across the country.
Learn More:
» A Conversation with Vicki Minor & Ron Siarnicki
» 16 Initiatives for the Wildland Firefighter
» Everyone Goes Home® in the Wildland
- Make Health, Safety and Wellness Your Department's Priority – The September issue of Firehouse Magazine features the 2018 Fire Service Health and Safety Report. This 32-page supplement emphasizes the value of a progressive, safety-focused fire service culture, and provides information and resources to help firefighters implement the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives.
- Attributes of Leading Train-the-Trainer to Be Held at Firehouse World – Using the newly produced National Fallen Firefighters Foundation video series "Attributes of Leading," Kevin Conant and Brian Crandall will offer an a new course during Firehouse World 2018.


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Scientific name: Trichoptera
Category: Minibeasts
Nature Stars: 40
About: Caddis fly larvae live underwater, where they famously make cases out of bits of stone or twig to live in. Adults are often attracted to moth traps, or can be found on vegetation near to the water's edge. There are almost 200 species of Caddis Fly in the UK, the largest of which is more than 3cm long.
How to identify: Adult Caddis Flies resemble moths, but with their wings folded back along the body and with very long antennae.
Where: Widespread
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Fantastic fact: One species, Enoicyla pusilla, differs from all the others in having a larvae that lives not under the water but amongst leaf litter in woods in the West Midlands! This gives it its common name, the Terrestrial Caddis Fly
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Capturing Life From a Different Angle
Milton Young's class project centered on photos of his cane in a vivid, creative attempt to make the viewer feel what he is experiencing in his daily life.
Miami Dade College student Milton Young can't see at all out of his right eye, and he can only make out "gray and cloudy with some shadow" in his left eye, but his vision for the future is crystal clear.
Young's plan is to earn a degree from MDC, land a job in psychology and continue his newfound passion for photography, a most surprising hobby for someone who is blind.
Unique Learning Environment
Young credits MDC for giving him hope for a brighter future, even at age 60. The College helped him discover his talent in Professor Tony Chirinos' pilot program at Kendall Campus that teams blind and visually impaired students with those who don't have visual impairments. Young takes all his photographs himself, then teams with classmates for mixing chemicals and exposing the prints properly.
"This is a unique place," he said, "because it gives so many people a chance to try new classes and earn degrees that will help prepare them for new careers."
Due to a hereditary disease called advanced open-angled glaucoma, Young started to lose his sight at age 53. When his condition worsened, he lost his job as an operations analyst for Royal Caribbean cruise line. A widower father of three college-educated children, he admits he felt lost and depressed for a couple of years after losing employment.
But that's where MDC came in, and Young has had extraordinary success both academically and personally.
Determined to Excel
"I've had a lot of people try to discourage me from going back to school," said Young, who has a 4.0 grade-point average. "But that just makes me want to prove them wrong."
Young not only is confounding those skeptics, he also is serving as an inspiration to everyone in his class.
"Milton has taken the challenge of being our first visually impaired photography student," Chirinos said. "Most photographers make images based only on their visual senses. But what kind of images would we make if we first use the other senses, such as smell, sound and touch? That's what we are finding out, and the results have exceeded my expectations."
A Helping Hand
Chirinos said Young's success in his class would not have happened without the help of Elizabeth Smith, the director of Kendall Campus' ACCESS (A Comprehensive Center for Exceptional Student Services), an MDC program that assists students with disabilities. Smith and her staff nominated Young for Chirinos' innovative photography program.
Young's class project centered on photos of his cane in a vivid and creative attempt to make the viewer feel what he is experiencing in his daily life. Young said he had an "instinctive sense" of what he wanted to shoot.
Chirinos said Young's photos have been stunning, but the bigger picture is more important.
"Deep inside," Chirinos said, "I want all our students to really appreciate sight and how precious it is to all of us."


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Scratch Magazine Collection Almost Complete
Just updated some new magazines on the site. Just need to dig out issue #10 of Scratch to complete the page.
Props Magazines Just Added To My Collection
Just got my hands on these rare magazines. First 4 Issues are now up on my website http://www.rapzines.com
Too Short – Rapzines 1,000 Scans
Egyptian Lover – (Rapzines 1,000 Scans)
Del The Funky Homosapien (Rapzines 1,000 Scans)
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions New Def Jam 30 Vinyl
Jay-Z Biggie MC Hammer Public Enemy Cd's
Belly – DMX Nas Method Man – Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul – Back To Life on the opening scene to the movie Belly. Produced by Hype Williams, who seemed to be pushing out music videos every week at that time.
Master P Ghetto Dope Uncensored Advertisement – XXL Magazine #1
Juice Movie Advertisement – Tupac Shakur – 1992
Word Up Magazine 1992 Cross Colours Advertisement
Beat Box – Eklips – Video
His name is Eklips from France and he's got a nice mix going on. Method Man was spot on, Eminem a bit off.
Rating: 8.0/10
Holiday Rap – MC Miker G and Deejay Sven Cassette Circa 1985
O.G.C. Magazine Photo
Yo! Magazine Photo: Ghostface Killah
Source Magazine #78 Tupac Shakur Cover
One of my favorite Tupac covers. First thing I notice is an ad for Aura Bass Shaker speakers, you put them under your car seat so you can feel the bass. And 1 and Karl Kani plaster this issue. At this point in 95 you had a common theme in the state of hip hop: "The Hip-Hop Nation has essentially given up all political power, social consciousness, and knowledge of self. We prefer to fantasize about owning mansions and yachts and obtaining them through the exploitation of other people." The Fugees prepare to release the Score, and Jay-Z and Rocafella promoting Reasonable Doubt. Article on up and comer D'Angelo who eventually "went butt ass naked for his record to sell". Very entertaining article on Tupac right after he had been released on bail from jail after doing 11 months. Article title is : Death Wish
Rating: 9.0/10
XXL Magazine #106 Young Jeezy Cover
Young Jeezy on the cover of XXL for the first time with the Puffy toothpick in his mouth. Akon's Konvict clothing is making a big push in this issue, kind of ugly mixing skater checkers with Ed Hardy looking prints. Interesting list of words being censored on the radio: Lil Wayne Lolipop, Juicy, Lumps, Top, Bottom. Plies Bust It Baby Panties, Wet-Wet and G-Unit's I Like the Way She Do It, Back into it, drop it low, and ass drop. Did XXL just waste a page on Paul Walls marriage to Crystal? Interesting article on the Hipster movement, if you are interested in the word Hipster as defined in Norman Mailers 1950's essay "The White Negro" it's a cool read, this article, not so much. XXL seems to be going through the motions with this issue.
Rating: 6/10
Rap Masters Magazine Dec 1994 Top 100 Hits of the 90's
So I was excited to crack this magazine open and get down to business on that Top 100 list until the first page when a three page fold out poster of R. Kelly and Aaliyah popped out. Everything about that poster is creepy. They are on a dry deserted area that a kidnapper would take a victim, Aaliyah (14) is wearing a Mickey Mouse sweater looking unhappy at the camera as Kelly is staring away in the background like he ain't done shit. It gets worse when you read her answers to the interview inside talking about her first album being recorded in Chicago with Kelly. Article reads: But it wasn't all work and no play. On their time off, the two would rent movies, grab a bite to eat, and even play cards. (what a great mentor!). Another standout cut is the title track, which is a song about passion between a young woman and an older man.
8 years later we come to find that this child molester also likes to urinate on his victims. Pretty sad, so I'll just say a few words, a big fuck you to R Kelly and Aaliyah's parents, and R.I.P. to Aaliyah.
Rating: 1/10
The Guardian Guide U.K. Dec 2012 Kendrick Lamar
This guide is a bit odd, it's from the UK and is what I would consider like America's TV Guide. Has random sections, music, news, sports, and tv listings at the end. Kendrick Lamar is on the cover and has a two page article with the title "He's eloquent, compassionate and bigger than Rick Ross. Could He lead a new rap generation?" Article is ok, a lot of biographical information you could find on wikipedia and not a lot of substance.
Rating: 6.5/10
Communication Arts Magazine Feb 2001 Lauryn Hill
Stress Magazine #3 Jay-Z Cover
I haven't fully looked into it, but this issue is significant because it is one of his first magazine covers if not THE first with Jay-Z on the cover. This issue came out before he dropped Reasonable Doubt. There is a nice article and photo of the Duck Down family with Buckshot, Heltah Skeltah, Smif N Wessun, OGC, and of course Buckshot.
I love reading what people say about the future and sometimes they are spot on. Props to Graff Legend Mare 139 who spoke on technology and the internet saying" An emerging technology like the internet blasts open the doors of the informationally privileged. Information that was once inaccessible can now in minutes be grabbed by anyone from anywhere in the world. All this will open minds and bring worlds closer than ever before." Yes youngsters, the internet hasn't always been around.
Here is a first for me to see in a magazine, some mean mugging looking brotha's with dogs in the ad and reads "Stronghold, Always on point Security, Armed and unarmed guards, body guards, escorts, K-9 Crowd Control, Affordable Excellence"
Rating: 9.5/10
XXL Magazine #151 TDE Black Hippy Cover
We going new school for this issue. Uh, so Schoolboy Q is upset that XXL put "Kendrick Lamar & Black Hippy" on the cover instead of just Black Hippy. No disrespect to Jay Rock, but ever hear of D12? Well you probably wouldn't have if it wasn't for Em. Eminem sold that group into the spotlight and without Kendrick I'm pretty sure the album wouldn't have that much push. So Q, don't get your panties in a bunch. Lil Wayne is promoting some ugly ass cheetah print shoes called "The Chimera" by Supra. A Chimera is a mix of a Goat, Lion, and Snake tail, these shoes look like a mix of Cheetah, RuPaul, and Blindness. I like Lil Wayne better when he was a little skinny ghetto boy who use to kiss his dad. Devin The Dude, when talking about legalizing weed says that in the 50's people thought that weed would make mexicans and black people kill and white women fall in love with black people. Any truth to this or is Devin just making shit up as he rolls another one?
How about this gem from 2 Chainz in the section for artists to Step Your Rap Game Up, one of the dumbest lines I've heard in a bit. "Rest In Peace To All The Soldiers That Died In The Service/ I Died In Her Cervix"
Rating: 6.5/10
Rappin' Magazine March 1990 Spike Lee Cover Mookie
Mookie: Pino, fuck you, fuck your fuckin' pizza, and fuck Frank Sinatra.
Pino: Yeah? Well fuck you, too, and fuck Michael Jackson.
Giant foldout poster of Mookie as shown on cover of this magazine. There is a Street Watch section sort of like the Source's Unsigned Hype. This issue had Breeze, Shelby G, Def Duo, The Real Master Rhyme, and Everlast. Also a cool section of lyrics to 11 songs including: Big Ole Butt, Buffalo Stance, Express Yourself, Knowledge is King, Lethal Weapon, One Shot At Love, Push It, Rhythm, Smooth Operator, So Wat Cha Sayin' and 2 Hype. Best part of this issue is the controversy that was brewing over N.W.A.'s new song Fuck The Police having retailers in a rage.
Rating: 8.5/10
Rappin' Magazine March 1990 Spike Lee Cover Mookie
Mookie: Pino, fuck you, fuck your fuckin' pizza, and fuck Frank Sinatra.
Pino: Yeah? Well fuck you, too, and fuck Michael Jackson.
Giant foldout poster of Mookie as shown on cover of this magazine. There is a Street Watch section sort of like the Source's Unsigned Hype. This issue had Breeze, Shelby G, Def Duo, The Real Master Rhyme, and Everlast. Also a cool section of lyrics to 11 songs including: Big Ole Butt, Buffalo Stance, Express Yourself, Knowledge is King, Lethal Weapon, One Shot At Love, Push It, Rhythm, Smooth Operator, So Wat Cha Sayin' and 2 Hype. Best part of this issue is the controversy that was brewing over N.W.A.'s new song Fuck The Police having retailers in a rage.
Rating: 8.5/10
Rap Pages Magazine A Tribe Called Quest July 1998
Sometimes the letters to the editors are the best stories. Here is one of them. Tak-ni-shun from the Boogie Down Brox writes:" Y'all suckers don't love New York anymore, do you? Even more, y'all don't love the underground. Y'all are all on the dick of the West Coast and the South. I'm seeing stories on N.W.A. (who ain't been together in seven years). MJG, DJ Quik (who has a perm) and all these Goodie Mob niggaz dressed like the Beverly Hillbillies."
So in 98 NAACP President Kweisi Mfume, Kathryn Williams and Delphine Abraham were upset with the definitions for the "N" word. Talk of boycott and such put heat on Merrian Webster. Merrian Webster said that a revised version of the dictionary could be ready for sale as early as next year. Just looked it up on their website and the definition is still the same.
Rating: 7.5/10
Rap Pages Magazine J.D. August 1998
Man, every time I see Jermaine Dupri, Bow Wow and such on the cover of magazines makes me think, "you couldn't find anyone else?" Whatever case you want to make for them, I ain't buying. Look at all the headlines on this cover, anyone of those guys would have made a better cover. I would even take Tupac's suspected killer Orlando Anderson on the cover than this crap. Issue is Down South Heavy, you see the breakup of Death Row in this issue, and you start to see the beginning of DMX.
Rating: 5.0/10
Rap Pages Magazine Ras Kass Cover October 1998
Rap Pages would give you one good cover like this one, then 4 wack covers. Interesting how Ras Kass got a lot of cover play on a few magazines and he was very underground throughout his career. Inside Dope page has some of the photography of Carl Posey, one has Jeru's upper body in the shot without legs, was there photoshop in 96? Go check out Carl Posey's website if you haven't to see some nice photos. First full page color Guce advertisement I have ever seen.
Rating: 7.5/10
XXL Magazine Nov 2009 Meth Red Ross Scarface Ghost
Pretty nice two page foldout cover including some of Def Jams former stars. No matter what your feelings are about Def Jam, you have to give them props for some of the most iconic groups, artists, and albums. 3 page list of all of Def Jams albums. Here is a sample of some of my favorite:
- Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush The Show
- EPMD – Business As Usual
- Jay-Z – Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life
- Redman – Whut? Thee Album
- South Central Cartel – 'N Gatz We Truss
- Warren G – Regulate… G Funk Era
- Jayo Felony – Take A Ride
- Richie Rich – Seasoned Veteran
- DMX – It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
- Ja Rule – Venni Vetti Vecci
- DMX – And The There Was X
- Ludacris – Word of Mouf
- Kanye West – College Dropout
Rating: 8/10
Vibe Magazine Feb 2001 Destiny's Child
Do we still need to say Destiny's Child is on the cover? Or can we just say Beyonce is on the cover? So here's a interesting comment in the reader's opinion section talking about last months issue. Caren Rubin-Brown (Grundy, VA) writes: I'd like to voice my opinion on a statment in the article on Shyne: "He is caramel-colored, nothing like the big black nasty-looking motherfucker you expect him to be." What the hell is wrong with this picture? I'll tell you. Black people are constantly subjected to bullshit comments that associate words like "nasty," "sorrow," "death," "evil," and 'diabolical" with "black." Let me remind you that black is beautiful. Also let me remind you that Shyne is black. So what in God's name is that statement supposed to mean? Come on! White people give us enough of this shit, and we have made it this far, but to hear it from your own people really pisses me off. Remember, Lola Ogunnaike, attitudes that keep us divided along color lines are just as detrimental to black unity as white racism.
Marshall Faulk was on the cover of Playstation 2's NFL Gameday, was there a Gameday curse? Someone look into that.
Rating: 7.5/10
Vibe Magazine August 2001 Aaliyah
This could have been one of the most iconic and sought after Vibe issues if they would have just put some thought into the cover. Instead they go with another illustration. This issue came out the same month she left us and if they would have used the picture of her from inside, it would have been perfect. Article on Pastor Troy is inside (underrated). Foxy Brown interview (when she was hot). Black Eyed Peas add (before the white girl). Funny Ad: T-Boz for Lawry's Seasoned Salt?? Headline "T-Boz Confesses to late night run for favorite seasoning"
Rating: 4/10
Vibe Magazine Nov 2001 Wyclef Diddy
Pretty good looking cover, better than the last Vibe I covered. There is a FUBU ad with Daymond John in it, looks completely different that the Daymond you see on Shark Tank. Missy and Timbaland take out a one page ad to tell Aaliyah they miss her. Also looking back at a young Trick Daddy, didn't realize how much he looks like the Grizzlies Tony Allen. Good little article on whether the hard economic times will sway the bling era into a more gritty musical direction. Not sure if that happened or not, but one thing you can always count on in the rap game is B!&#@'s, From B's ain't Sh!t but Hoes and Tricks… to I love bad B's, that's my f#$%%'n problem…. Bitches be economic proof! Jay-Z's Blueprint gets 5 Star Rating in this issue.
Rating: 7.5/10
Vibe Magazine Aug 2002 Nelly
Man, this is one ugly cover. It's bad enough you put Nelly on the cover, but then you don't even have the decency to put a real photo. Just plain ugly. I shouldn't have to go through and read 87 pages just to find anything interesting, anyhow Next artist was a bust with Truth Hurts, Jarvis Church,Lamya, and Ledisi. Article on the X-ecutioners is the only thing worth reading in this mag. What the hell is wrong with Vibe?
Rating: 2/10
Vibe Magazine June 2002 Mystikal Master P Ludacris
Southern Exposure cover with three artists that went three ways. Vibe editors come up with the top 10 albums of all time. They actually came closer than I expected. It takes a nation of millions to hold us back, Amerikkka's Most Wanted, and Illmatic hit the top five. I think The Chronic and Reasonable Doubt should have been higher up. De La Soul is Dead and Aquemini shouldn't have been on the list. Dang! Ali of the St. Lunatics got a 1 rating for his album Heavy Starch.
Rating: 5.5/10
Vibe Magazine Sept 2005 Jaime Foxx
Two page ad inside of 50 cent and Vitamin Water, kind of weird, one photo has fifty and his dog wearing a platinum/silver cross chain? next photo has him reading The Wall Street Journal while some bikini wearing girls wait in the background. Next artist included: Yummy Bingham (Miss), Rihanna (Hit), Ray Cash (Miss), and Noah (Miss) but I liked his flow. The rest of the issue is straight garbage, to top off the garbage is a Wendy Williams gossip page.
Rating: 3.5 / 10
The Liberator Newspaper: Mos Def #4.4
This newspaper is the Liberator:art.culture.education.politics.truth…. it is all that but it is also a black published newspaper also. Article on Mos Def did not turn out the way I thought it would. Writer Kamille Whittaker goes in on Mos Def and his stupid Katrina Klap song. She used a lot of big words, but from what I could decipher, she didn't like it! There is also a full movie review of Beat Street.
Rating: 7.0/10
No Doubt Magazine March 1996 Smif-N-Wessun
Check out this classic with Smif N Wessun on the cover. Jobim Rose starts out the mag with a rant about everything that's wrong in hip-hop right now… The Glitter, Mainstream, Gossip, Other Mags, Wendy Williams and such. Don't see much room for complaining, 1996 was a great year in hip-hop. This is surely a East Coast magazine, counted the word "son" 46 times. There is a great section where they pit two mc's against each other, throw some lyrics down and have fans send letters in to the editor for voting of who won the imaginary battle. Wow, the days before the internet. This battle displayed GZA vs Nas pitting GZA rhymes from Livin' in the World Today against Nas' Eye for an Eye.
SFTL Straight From The Lip Magazine Dec 1993 Domino Cover
The paper stock on this magazine is a bit thicker than most magazines. Pretty cool cover of Domino who had the hit "Ghetto Jam" back in the early 90's. B&W ad for the Wu-Tangs debut album Enter The Wu-Tang. Original Flavor was interviewed and here's the opening: Q: The group's changed, explain that. Ski: We cut that bitch ass nigga off, his name is Suave, cause he was wack and couldn't rhyme. Put that in your magazine.
Rating: 7.5/10
Fish 'N' Grist Magazine #4 Fat Joe Cover
Ok, so a porn magazine with Fat Joe in it? Let's all take a deep breath before I open this…. ok well it's funny, Fat Joe is in a hotel room with a naked Lacey and he has this weird smirk on his face. DJ Quik is interviewed and talks about being a freak. My final thought is Porn plus Fat Joe do not mix.
Rating: 3.0/10
Thick Magazine #68 Ghostface Killah
I love the cover along with the layout. Has a small interview section with Witchdoctor. There is also a Q&A with Chip Fu of the Fu-Schnickens. That's kind of out of left field but the article was interesting. Great idea to put the X-mas Gift Guide Items right next to the models breasts in all the photos.
Rating: 8.5/10
The Urban Network Magazine – 2Pac Cover
Vibe (XVibe) Magazine Sept 2008 : Jay-Z Cover
Scratch Magazine #11 : The Roots Cover
R.I.P. to J Dilla. Excellent section called 25 Greatest Remixes, going to pause this post and listen to them all…. *AFK*…. I'm back, I hate to say it but it's about 60/40 in favor of the originals, I think some of the remixes are just thought to be better off the names, like Pete Rock's House of Pain Jump Around Remix, which I don't like, and Erick Sermon's How High remix for Meth and Red. Anyhow, number one was Public Enemy – Shut Em Down Remix by Pete Rock.
Rating: 7.0/10
Ego Trip Magazine #4 : Eazy-E Cover
Notorious Magazine #5?
Scratch Magazine #8 : Jermaine Dupri Cover 1 of 2
Tha Yay Magazine #1 : Mac Dre Cover
Tha Yay Magazine #3 : Keith McGowan Cover
Ugly ass cover but you gotta love the underground feel of this magazine. Best part of the mag is when D.J. Flirt calls out NorcalUnderground promotions for scamming and misrepresenting a show with Too Short and 2 Live Crew. Neither acts showed up and D.J. Flirt said the following "Who are these hoes and what were they getting paid for this show? I hope NorcalUnderground didn't pay a lot for those mufflers" What's a Muffler? Sounds funny. "I got out of there, and actually found a better show at a Karaoke bar! (no lie)".
Rating: 4.5/10
Xplosive Magazine #12 : Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz Cover
XXL Magazine #43 : Jay-Z Cover
Vibe Magazine May 2005 : Tupac Biggie Jam Master J Cover
Not sure what I think of this cover. It is a remake of a 1968 Esquire cover. I am trying to figure out if they purposely recreated the edges to really look like bad technology from the 60's or just bad photoshopping. How come every high end clothing ad has to feature a white chick posing like she just took a shot of heroine? Top 4 Dynasties at the time: Bad Boy, G-Unit/Shady/Aftermath, Roc-A-Fella, Ruff Ryders. Section on the deaths of our fallen stars. Convincing arguments on Orlando Anderson being the shooter of Pac.
Rating: 7.5/10
Murder Dog Magazine Vol.15 No.1 : Rick Ross Cover
Nice clean cover of Rick Ross. Eva Mendes naked for a PETA advertisement. Large section on the passing of Pimp C. Article on B.O.B. before he blew up, noticed he changed his whole style, this photo has him mean muggin' with a bat, on another photo from the past he's mean muggin' with a blunt in his mouth.
Rating: 7.5/10
Mandatory Business Magazine #1 : JT The Bigga Figga Snoop Dogg Cover
Supreme Magazine #1 : Rah Digga Cover
4080 Magazine #38 : Mack 10 & Gangstarr Cover 1 of 2
Two cover variations, including a west coast and an east coast cover. Cover is really red! Good article on the arrest of Mac Dre and members of the Crestside Country Club Gang. Advertisement for the Hieroglyphics – Thirdeye vision. Lol, you're gonna love this cover: google Big Bear – Doin Thangs, it's the same cover artists (Pen & Pixel) who did Snoops – Da Game and Silkk The Shocker's Charge It 2 Da Game cover. Of course, then you can see one of my favorite covers, Devin The Dude on a toilet.
Rating: 7.5/10
South West Bound Magazine #3 : Mistah F.A.B. & Turf Talk Cover
Dope Magazine #6 : E-40 Cover
RSK Magazine #1 : Jah Kings Cover
HHC Hip Hop Connection Magazine #4 : De La Soul Cover
Classic cover with De La Soul, Red Alert, and Wee Papa Girls. You know your reading something classic when they have a Hip-Hop Slang section. Chillin' Out – Relaxing, Biter – Someone who takes ideas from other and is unable to invest in those of his own, Posse – Group of Homeboys or Homegirls. Nice center two page Run DMC poster.
Rating: 8.5/10
HHC Hip Hop Connection Magazine #47 : Ice Cube Cover
The Source Magazine #166 : Ashanti Cover
It's about time we get some females on this blog. Although I don't like non rappers on the covers, I can deal with this one. One of the nicest Ecko ads i've seen with Bounty Killer and some graph green smoke. Interesting article on another article that said Hip Hop Is Dead! , now I am too lazy to do some research, but was this statement made before Nas said it? It was in a article in The Journal News.
Rating: 6.5/10
Rime Magazine #13 : The Game Cover
This is actually Hip Hop Magazines best kept secret title. Very pleasing to the eyes, in depth interviews, great selection of artists, and interesting subject matter. The eye candy and first round draft sections are mirrors of other magazines, but they hold their own. Labtekwon is the 1st round draft pick and he says his most famous battle was when he out dueled the entire Hieroglyphics crew in a freestyle battle. I need to do some research and see how true that is. Interesting article on how (A Tribe) Ali Shaheed Muhammed's name has affected his career.
Rating: 8.0/10
Update* So I took to Twitter to find out the real story, and I wish I hadn't. Nothing resolved. Here's a sample of some of the Tweets.
Legacy Magazines
2005 Review on my site about
@labtekwon stating his freestyle victory over the @SOMHIERO ? Real Talk? @TajaiMassey @LegacyMagazines @labtekwon @SOMHIERO LMAO. Served him and his crew. Made a guy quit rapping and go to college that night. Ask @CrazyLegsRSC @TajaiMassey @LegacyMagazines @SOMHIERO i spit a freestyle and you were shook. u sat yo ass down and didnt rhyme again until the end. u lyin
Yo! Magazine #49 : Tupac Cover
This issue is in one of my favorite 2 year span of hip hop. Nothing but great stories and rappers from coast to coast within. Tribute to Eazy-E. Color photos of both rappers mentioned inside. I found the original receipt inside the magazine and I got to say well…. here's the list of items from North Teutonia Avenue Pick N Save: Fresh-Yo Magazine, Koolaid – Lemonade, Miller Draft 12PK bottles, Diapers, Pork Chops 1/4 Loin. Now that's a good Sunday afternoon!
Rating: 9.0/10
XXL Magazine #5 : Snoop Dogg Cover 1 of 3
This issue had three covers, including a nicer Canibus cover and a worst cover with R. Kelly on it. They got a section where they went to Roger Pratt on NYC's Houston St. to predict stuff in hip hop, he came back with Latrell will kill his coach! lol. XXL's Eye Candy is Jennifer Lopez.
Rating: 7.5/10
Sister 2 Sister Magazine Vol.10 No.9 : Snoop Dogg Cover
Sister 2 Sister Magazine Vol.11 No.7 : Puff Daddy Cover
Rap Pages Magazine Vol.5 No.12 : The Roots Cover
Vibe Magazine June 2003 : Nas Cover
Notorious Magazine #3 : Puff Daddy & Kim Porter Cover
Vibe Magazine July 2002 : Lisa Left Eye Lopes Cover 1 of 2
The Source Magazine #128 : Big Pun Cover
Beat Down Magazine #6 : Erick Sermon & Fat Joe Cover
Rap Pages Magazine Aug 1995 Vol.4 No.7 : Eazy-E Cover
Cool cover remembering Eazy-E. The Hills Boys have a ad for their album What You Wanna Do that is extra ghetto, reminds me of the Section 8 Mob advertisement. Not sure how Lost Boyz / Legal Drug Money got a 6/10 rating. Pretty sad as Rap Pages calls out L.A. talk radio host George Weber the day after Eazy died as he and some callers spoke about being glad Eazy was dead. Side note: George Weber was stabbed to death by his male lover in 2009.
Rating: 8.0/10
XXL Magazine #144 : Dr Dre & Kendrick Lamar Cover
Crazy to remember all the other covers with Dr in the background, such as the Deep Cover Source cover with Snoop, 50 Cent & Eminem XXL cover. Could it be Timbo's are back in style? NY's Joey Bada$$ is being deemed the next Nas or Big L. I'll edit this page next year to see how that turns out. Lot's of list and issue shows all back issues of XXL. To top off the issue the all-time great Eye Candy is shown, Rose Acosta.
Rating: 8.5/10
XXL Magazine #91 : Young Buck Cover
XXL Magazine #102 : G-Unit Cover
Notorious Magazine #4 : Prince Cover
Caught In The Middle Magazine #1 : Common Sense Cover
Complex Magazine Aug/Sept 2012 : GOOD Music & Rita Ora Cover
Rime Magazine #7 : Method Man Cover
Great cover of the Wu-Tang's Method Man. Mary J Blige looks her sexiest for her Love & Life advertisement. Crooked I speaks about his highly anticipated album, which to date has not come out. Funny section with Red & Meth called Useless Information You Don't Really Need To Know About Method Man and Redman.
Rating: 8.0/10
Roots Magazine #27 : VellQwan Cover
Roots Magazine #35 : No The Piper Cover
Ozone Magazine #41 : Twista & Sean Paul Cover
I'm not giving any points when 1 of the 2 covers has Sean Paul and Johnny The Jeweler. Pretty close to the top 10 worst Hip-Hop covers. Still not happy with the Gruopie Confessions section, especially now that they actual put an artists name on blast, no class. Then in another article, they put "Stop Snitching Award: Superhead" Once again Julia Beverly needs to step her game up.
Rating: 1.5/10
Xplosive Magazine #8 : B-Legit Black C Tay Da Tay Cover
916 Magazine March 2005 : Str8Up Music Cover
Vibe Magazine January 2006 : Nas & Jay-Z Cover
One of the most entertaining battles in Hip-Hop comes to an end. Very good cover of two legends of the game. Best moments of 2005 include: DJ Green Lantern caught on tape talking about 50 Cent to Jadakiss, Rapper "Houston" digs his eye out to get the devil off his back, Kanye West says that George Bush doesn't care about black people.
Rating: 8.5/10
Xplosive Magazine #9 : Baby & Manny Fresh Cover
City 2 City section goes to Kansas City and features Tech N9Ne and Rich The Factor. Large City 2 City feature on S.F. with a large variety of bay artists including Andre Nickatina, JT The Bigga Figga, and Guce. I have to call out C-4 and Ceza for their CD reviews, they review 40 albums without one being criticized including albums 702-Star, and Moonshine Bandits – Soggy Crackerz.
Rating: 5.5/10
The Illtip Magazine #37 : Dutch & Mr. Kee Cover
Ozone Magazine #58 : Fat Joe C-Murder Slim Thug Cover
The Juice Magazine #2 : Big Meech Young Jeezy Cover 1 of 3
Vibe Magazine December 2007 : Keyshia Cole Cover
Quick change of pace in covers i've been posting. Naked Keyshia Cole, can't complain. Photo shots of Diggy when he was 7 or 8. Another mag wasting space with Karrine Steffans. Only hip hop area was undiscovered talent where they at least pick a few right : Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Tyga, and Skyzoo.
Rating: 3.0/10
Boss Status Magazine #4 : M-Dash Nump Jacka Cover
4080 Magazine #35 : Dubee Khayree Mac Dre Cover
Murder Dog Magazine Vol.14 No.3 : Sick Wid It Records Cover
E-40 graces the cover with the Sick Wid It Records family which includes Turf Talk, Laroo, Coolnutz, Nump, and the original Click. Worst clothing line ever Ghetto Profitt Wear with shirts like Wus Poppin Blood and My Baby Mama Ain't Shit lol! Once again, love the Technical Question? Ask Amp Live Section. Scott Bejda also does a good job with the article on Pator Troy, the picture of him is also great. Marcus Hanschen also takes a nice photo of Brotha Lynch Hung "hanging".
Rating: 8.0/10
The Source Magazine #187 : The Game Cover
South West Bound Magazine #6 : Casual Cover
South West Bound Magazine #1 : Gemini Cover
Cover photo could have been shot better, but the choice of an underground artist like Gemini was cool. He's like the Texas Fat Joe, has a similiar voice, but instead of leaning back, he's talking about straps. (yeah that rhymed). I liked the Rick Rock article but the Turf Talk Q&A was filled with the same unoriginal questions.
Rating: 6.5/10
The Source Magazine #60 : 2Pac Cover
Very hard not to like a cover that has either Biggie or Pac on the cover. The article is a must read and very telling of what was to come. Organized Konfusion gets a well deserved 4 mics for Stress: The Extinction Agenda. Good to see Jeru The Damaja get an article.
Hip Hop Quotable : Jeru The Damaja – Mental Stamina
Unsigned Hype: None present (or mine is missing)
Rating: 8.5/10
Murderdog Magazine Vol.10 No.3 : Soulja Slim Cover
R.I.P. to Soulja Slim, not sure how things would have turned out if he would have been able to continue in the game. One of my favorite Murderdog covers. Very west coast magazine has a large section of down south advertisements and articles. Interesting picture of Paul Wall and Chamillionaire when they were youngin's.
Rating: 8.0/10
HHC Hip Hop Connection Magazine #3 : Fab 5 Freddy Cover
Can a cover be ugly and beautiful at the same time? The early layout on these issues is ugly but you got to love the people featured and the vintage year being covered. Fab 5 Freddy, Krs-One, and Ice-T. MC Duke was wearing LV clothing back in the day. Good article on the DMC West Coast DJ finals, and a must read article on Fab 5 Fredddy.
Rating: 8.5/10


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Retail turnover substantially down
In February, retail turnover was more than 8 percent down on one year previously. Retail prices were 0.5 percent higher. The volume of turnover decreased by nearly 9 percent. Turnover in the food as well as the non-food sector declined relative to February 2008.
Retail turnover is affected by the amount of shopping days and the holiday pattern. In 2009, February had one day less than in leap year 2008. After correction for this effect, turnover was approximately 4 percent down on one year previously.
Turnover in the non-food sector fell by more than 10 percent. Turnover volume dropped significantly, prices remained fairly stable. In all branches within the non-food sector, turnover was lower than in February 2008.
In the food sector, turnover dropped by over 4 percent. Food prices were nearly 6 percent higher than one year previously. Supermarkets and shops specialised in food, drink and tobacco faced loss of turnover. February 2009 had one Friday less than February 2008 and because Friday is usually the best day of the week in the food sector, the effect was considerable. After correction for this effect, turnover was just over 1 percent up on February 2008.
Retail turnover


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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, a global top 50 law firm, approached SocialProse to help it carry out its goal of differentiating its Intellectual Property practice in the market. In particular, the IP practice desired to not be marketed in the somewhat staid way law marketing traditionally has been done, but to instead position the firm as the one top-of-mind for clients and recruits.
SocialProse led the development of Orrick IP's new and audacious market positioning, devising a brand manual, ad and viral video campaigns, social media strategy and talking points for the practice that was well outside "the box." The humorous approach used how Orrick attorneys were talking about the firm internally and turned it into external messaging that presented the practice — which boasts clients such as Facebook and Apple — as the kind of attorneys you want on your side of a copyright or patent fight.


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Girl Meets World has such brilliant writing, and each episode is clever, with good morals, human topics and important storylines that give younger generations the opportunity to look deeper at what is going on in each episode.
This episode in particular did an amazing job addressing a very important and frequent topic in the world today: feminism.
Feminism has a broad definition for some ranging from the "man haters" to the "sexist pigs".
The story in this episode is all about the roles that we believe women and men play in society. Riley and Farkle are the perfect partners for this story, because they see each other as equals, and they don't believe that each should fill specific roles.
This episode took two layers of the issues that are frequent in today's society. From the importance of working together to the understanding that hard work is rewarded, not just participation.
The teacher pairs off the class into partners, one boy and one girl. Then, he assigns them two tasks: drop a marble and experiment on the results. Each pair decides who gets what role. Farkle expects Riley to drop the marble, and Riley notices that every person assigned to drop the marble is a girl.
Riley refuses to drop the marble, upsetting Farkle who is determined to get an A. But she is upset, and she feels that being assigned that task lessens her value as a person.
The students go along with the assignment, and they each assumed their roles based on what they believed society wanted. Topanga steps in with words of wisdom that the girls can't let people decide their roles for them, and they should pursue whatever they want to do, regardless of society's expectations.
Riley takes a stand for this, but it doesn't give her the result that she wants.
The girls get angry at the boys, telling them that they are not allowing women to reach their full potential, but then, they take it too far, trying to make the boys pay for what they decided.
The girls and boys are at odds with each other, but Farkle and Riley are still working together. When Riley believes that Farkle doesn't see her true potential, Farkle immeadiately makes it clear that she is not lesser than him.
Despite Riley and Farkle's cooperation, the class divides: the boys on one side and the girls on the other.
Farkle and Riley observe that the boys and girls are at war, each believing the other to be the enemy.
They discuss the experiment and realize that the science project has nothing to do with the marble or the beaker of water. It's the class. The boys and girls have gone too far, but Farkle and Riley are still able to work together, because they see each other as equal.
Riley and Farkle present their evidence together, but Riley is the one who shines. Farkle, who is normally the science wiz in the group steps aside, because Riley has seen something that he didn't, and he respects that Riley knows things he doesn't.
At the end of the presentation, both Riley and Farkle pass, while all the other partners fail.
As they present their finished product, the science teacher says, "It's been official for young men and women to realize right now the value of working together as equals in all things, because when you do the results are clear."
This episode described the consequences of judging men and women based on their roles in society. Looking at each other as equals is a more powerful and sucessful way to work together and allowing both men and women to reach their full potential is more productive.


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Predators director talks casting
The director of Predators, Nimród Antal, had been talking about the film and the casting that we've heard of to date, he's also been discussing the role that Robert Rodriguez will play in the film. Also, that inevitable question has arisen, what of Arnold Schwarzenegger and would he return to the film.
Of course he's saying little about it at the moment, and so we have to wait and see, and there's far from enough to know what direction he's wanting to take the film, but this is definitely a start. If you're desperate to know where Predators is going, who better to hear it from?
Nimród Antal first caught my attention with his film Vacancy (Filmstalker review). While everyone wants to mention Kontroll first, because that's the cooler, hipper film to mention, I think Vacancy delivers an equally strong film in a different area, and it's a film that I believe is more entertaining.
I'm still waiting to see Armored, and that will have to wait until the 22nd of January until we in the UK can see it. Despite the US, Canada and Spain getting to see it in December, the rest of the world has to wait for the release throughout January and February, even stretching into March for some.
However hopes are high for that film, and considering what he did with Vacancy I have some interest in what he can deliver for Predators.
So I was excited to see that Coming Soon had interviewed the man about the upcoming film, but disappointed to see how little he really says. He talks about Robert Rodriguez and how he's written the script and giving him an almost free reign to do what he wants with the film. He talks about how the original was made with lots of practical effects and that's how they want to make this one, mainly practical.
He also reveals that he has his director of photography from Kontroll, that he was a fan of the original and the usual stuff. However he also says that they've spent a month filming in the jungles of Hawaii and then he gives us the interesting stuff. He starts talking about the casting choices:
"...it was a challenge in finding a balance. I think when we cast Adrian, there were a lot of people going, 'What?' but at the same time, if we cast a Vin Diesel in that role or if we cast anyone who is Arnold-esque, we would have been attacked for doing that. So we decided early on to go in a very different direction as far as the casting process, but it turned out fantastic. He plays a mercenary in the film and if you look at the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan today, they're not 'yolked-out' Schwarzenegger-looking guys. They're all very wiry and thin guys, and I think it's going to play well."
I did think it was a bit odd casting Adrien Brody, but then I guess he is coming a bit cheaper than his "Oscar Winner" status would suggest. You can see his point though, and yet I think there's something other than realism playing a part here. If they cast a big body type in the lead then there are going to be a lot more comparisons made with the original, and if they do get Arnold Schwarzenegger back in the film then he's going to have a lot of competition, he's not the man he used to be.
That's the next point that's addressed, is he coming back?
"Time will tell. We'll see, but we are trying to stay with the original as far as the monster and the atmosphere and the tone of the film, but we are trying to do something new and contemporary and feels fresh."
That's really skirting round the issue, but it sounds like there's at least a chance for him to return. I think what is the biggest thing from that last statement is that they are doing a lot to stay close to the original story, the structure of the film feels the same from this early stage too.
Time will also tell if it works.