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Tina-Mae Davis: The woman who helped get Tarrus Riley on his first Sumfest
Ever wonder what goes into making a show, such as the ultra-successful Reggae Sumfest, the staple summer event it has been for the past 23 years?
Apart from the always remarkable performances we all witness year after year, who are some of the people pulling the strings behind the scenes, putting together the many staff, performers and a host of other important details into making Sumfest the most successful show of its kind in this part of the world?
Tasked with doing almost all of this is Tina-Mae Davis.
A former banker, Davis is currently the operations manager for the new Sumfest ownership Downsounds Entertainment, but served in a similar capacity ever since joining up with previous owners back in 1997.
Fast-forward 19 years later, and Davis is still pulling out all the stops to further the Sumfest legacy.
Davis is responsible for booking artistes, making hotel reservations, making sure each act is paid, and a host of other administrative functions, which has earned her the moniker 'the puppeteer'.
"I feel part of a big family with Sumfest over the years. I am only a small part of what goes into making the event a success but a totally delighted employee," said Davis.
"I have definitely grown with this festival. I have been through the changes along the way and, to our credit, we remain a very big part of the culture of Jamaica and the economy of Montego Bay," she stated.
Davis admitted that the recent ownership change has stirred more interest in the summer festival, and that it also offers a great deal of opportunity for further expansion.
"I get goose bumps just reminiscing about past shows, and for this year, I am excited about what we have to offer the patrons. I believe this year's event will be one of the best in a long while.
"These years have been so rewarding on many fronts that it is hard to single out one thing that stands out the most. All I can say is that Sumfest has made an indelible mark in my life, and undoubtedly in the lives of many patrons, performers, vendors and others who have been associated with it," Davis said.
Quizzed as to her most memorable Sumfest moment, Davis told the story of a then little-known reggae artiste Tarrus Riley, who in 2005 spent nearly 12 hours sitting under a tree on the grounds of the Sumfest offices waiting to meet top executive Johnny Gourzong.
She said she took Riley's demo tape across a parking lot to her boss, who listened keenly.
Pleased, he asked where the singer was and told her to "book him right away".
Also uppermost in her memory is the 2006 show that featured American female rapper Missy Elliott and the 2010 event that she was remembered for - Chris Brown doing Elephant Man's gully creeper dance-off.
"These are only a snippet of what Sumfest is all about. It shows that we are about making alliances, building relationships and being an avenue for cultural expressions," said Davis.
"I am just one of many people who are dedicated workers in the big puzzle behind the scenes at Sumfest over the years, and I am hoping for a massive show this year and beyond," Davis added.


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Unable To Do a Three Party IM Conference in Office Communicator 2007?
To take a look at this issue, we created the following test scenario. We setup an Enterprise Consolidated Configuration with two Front-end servers in the Pool with an F5 load balancer that also had two Standard Edition Servers in a Director Array with an F5 load balancer. We were testing a three way conference in Communicator 2007 which switches the conversation over from peer to peer to the IMMCU. In this scenario the client sees in his IM window 'Joining Meeting' and then he gets an error 'Join Meeting failed'.
To troubleshoot the issue I used OCSLogger Debug Tool to gather the IMMCU, MCUFactory, MCUInfra and SIPStack logs. The IMMCU and MCUFactory logs were empty which tells me we were not able to setup a session with the IMMCU. I checked the Event log on the Server and I got the following Event ID.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: OCS MCU Infrastructure
Event Category: (1022)
Event ID: 61013
Date: 1/2/2008
Time: 4:05:07 PM
User: N/A
Computer: OC01
The process IMMcuSvc(7356) failed to send health notifications to the MCU factory at https://POOL01.domain.com:444/LiveServer/MCUFactory/.
Failure occurrences: 13, since 1/2/2008 4:01:52 PM.
Note: The most common cause of this error is having a Certificate that supports both Client and Server Authentication and the Trusted Root Properties are set to allow only Server authentication. In that case the resolution is to add Client Authentication as an allowed purpose. Below is an example of a Root Certificate Authority with only Server Authentication allowed.
In the MCUInfra Log I got the following Errors:
TL_ERROR(TF_COMPONENT) [0]0910.13CC::01/02/2008-22:36:39.374.000000f7 (MCUInfra,ExceptionTracer.WriteLine:1243.idx(26))An exception 'System.Net.WebException' was thrown while processing '64323994' at ' at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetRequestStream(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at Microsoft.Rtc.Server.McuInfrastructure.HttpTransport.GetStreamCallback(IAsyncResult asyncResult)'. Message 'The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. [INNER MESSAGE START] Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. [INNER MESSAGE END] [INNER STACK START] at System.Net.TlsStream.EndWrite(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.PooledStream.EndWrite(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.ConnectStream.WriteHeadersCallback(IAsyncResult ar) [INNER STACK END] [INNER MESSAGE START] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host [INNER MESSAGE END] [INNER STACK START] at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndReceive(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.EndRead(IAsyncResult asyncResult) [INNER STACK END]'
TL_ERROR(TF_COMPONENT) [0]0910.13CC::01/02/2008-22:36:39.374.000000f8 (MCUInfra,CccpMessage.set_IMessage.Status:500.idx(464))( 02A5A1D9 )Message Health@1/2/2008 10:36:30 PM not successfully sent.
The MCUInfra log is what caused me to take a trace of the problem while it was happening. I setup the Microsoft Network Monitor on the client and both Frontend servers. Below is a screen shot of the connection being reset in Network Monitor.
In the trace you can see it tried to setup a session on port 444 to the Pool which IP address is the VIP 10.137.2.11. We get a reply back from the other Frontend server IP address and the VIP so we reset (Flag=R) the connection. This behavior caused us to look at the Load Balancer and we find that the Load Balancer was not configured for SNAT. We change the configuration on the Load Balancer to do SNAT and now we no longer get the error and we can do a successful three way conversation.
- Louis Hardy
Support Escalation Engineer
Published Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:51 AM by octeam
Filed Under: IM/Presence, Conferencing

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The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has asked all people to study the last speeches of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to reflect on the evolution of his message—from one of an integrationist "Dreamer" in 1963, to one of a true wide-awake revolutionary in 1968 when he was murdered.
It is clear that Dr. King began to consider The Teachings of The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad had profound relevance to the struggle for Black freedom in America. Dr. King and his wife Coretta met with The Hon. Elijah Muhammad at his Chicago home on February 24, 1966. Privately, Dr. King indicated a true shift in his belief that the pursuit of "integration" through "non-violent" civil rights struggle would be the answer to the righteous demands of his oppressed people. In the last days of his life, Dr. King confided in his friend Harry Belafonte:
"You know, we fought long and hard for integration...But I tell you, Harry, I've come on a realization that really deeply troubles me. I've come to the realization that I think we may be integrating into a burning house."
In 1967, Dr. King, asked, "Why does White America delude itself, and how does it rationalize the evil it retains?" He said White people's belief in the fairness of America "is a fantasy of self-deception and comfortable vanity."
His indictment of White America grew harsher and unsparing:
"White Americans left the Negro on the ground and in devastating numbers walked off with the aggressor. It appeared that the White segregationist and the ordinary White citizen had more in common with one another than either had with the Negro."
Incredibly, he even conceded, "there are points at which I see the necessity for temporary separation as a temporary way-station to a truly integrated society."
By 1968, Dr. King was unequivocal about the country and the war to which White America and many negro leaders were irrevocably faithful:
"And I am sad to say that the nation in which we live is the supreme culprit. God didn't call America to engage in a senseless, unjust war, as the war in Vietnam. And we are criminals in that war. We have committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I'm going to continue to say it."
In his very last speech in Memphis in the midst of the striking sanitation workers on April 3, 1968, Dr. King was speaking of BLACK RETALIATION against the forces of wickedness using "the power of economic withdrawal."
"Up to now," he taught, "only the garbage men have been feeling pain; now we must kind of redistribute the pain."
The United States government spied on Dr. King and attempted to make his life a living hell and ultimately, they were responsible for the death of our brother on that Memphis motel balcony at 39 years of age. His intellectual and spiritual journey into the mind of God may have been nearly complete. Among Dr. King's personal effects were notes of a speech he was preparing to deliver on that Sunday titled: "Why America May Go To Hell." [READ MORE]
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DIRECTOR: Sidney Lumet
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"
…the lasting legacy of Peter Finch's rants, which began with a breakdown and became the ratings winner in the 1970's Network driven news media. This is of course, fiction but the commentary on the changing and more corporate driven American media industry of the the time is not without merit.
Smartly scripted, on the ball cynicism and yet harking back to the rose tinted nostalgia common with American media movies in whcih the industry was supposedly filled with Walter Cronkites,
the notion that American press was once beyond reproach is clearly a fallacy, in contrast, the notion that American news media was becoming so ratings driven that the news gave way to outlandish editorialism, is not.
Howard Beale (Finch) has an on air breakdown and whilst his best friend and producer, Max Schumacher (William Holden) tries to pull him from the air waves, allowing him to bow out with some dignity, the new wave of corporate management lead by CEO Frank Hackett (Robert Duval) and Holden's replacement and eventual lover, Diana, (Faye Dunaway), have other ideas.
She sees an opportunity in the ratings spike gained by Beale's rants which speak to the peoples growing frustrations and takes advantage, only driven by ratings.
Though the screenplay and performances are nothing less than brilliant, there are two core problems with this movie.
The first being that it is too long. The plot seems to be dragged out and repetitive as we approach the almost inevitable conclusion and the second is the level of preaching. But this is a symptom of the first, opening with a good argument, with old school journalism versus the TV generation and as the film goes on, the arguments need to escalate but since this was covered in the first half an hour, the points become laboured and over started.
The notion that the TV generation is shallow and amoral is put at odds with the middle aged newspaper reader, where time and decency are standard. This is a point which I refuse to accept since some of the 20th centuries most amoral acts where committed either before 1936, the birth of television and in the first couple of decades there after, by the very generation whcih is being held up as the moral standard here.
The press has always had its paymasters, always had to sell newspapers and whilst the medium and methods may have changed, this does feel like sour grapes by the end. Criticising the characters motivations is one thing, but this film seems to imply that the modern world of television is making sociopaths of us all, dumbing us down and numbing our emotions to the point of accepting nothing but pure spectacle.
In many ways this is true but is also a very flawed argument and comes across as bunch old men crying into there Scotch in some dimly lit bar, in a way not too dissimilar to the print or broadcast media of today, hitting out at the blogging and twitter generation.
The ending was amusing though with the quote "This was the story of Howard Beale, the only known case of a man killed because of poor ratings".
Very droll.


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NEW YORK – Thanksgiving week is no holiday for the New York National Guard's Joint Task Force Empire Shield, which will have all hands on deck during some of the busiest travel days of the year.
The task force of 240 New York National Guard soldiers and airmen helps to safeguard and aid holiday travelers in the New York City Metropolitan Area by augmenting and assisting civilian police in the city's major transit hubs.
During Thanksgiving, task force members normally assigned to training and administrative functions will be working security as well, said task force commander Army Lt. Col. Peter Riley, a member of the New York National Guard.
About 200 task force soldiers, airmen and naval militia members will be conducting patrols or manning fixed guard stations in Grand Central Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Penn Station, JFK Airport, LaGuardia Airport, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Site and the city's waterways, Riley explained.
The soldiers and airmen are called up on state active duty by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The New York National Guard has had a security force assisting police in New York City since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the busiest travel day of the year. "We're going to be extra vigilant. Most people are taking public transportation," Riley said.
Nearly three million commuters travel in and out of New York City on a normal business day, Riley said. Officials expect that amount of visitors for the annual Macy's Day Parade alone, he said, and the parade itself will have about 8,000 participants.
Officials plan to have their most robust security presence during the busiest hours -- meeting high-travel volume with manpower, Riley said. They'll also be out in force before, during and after the Parade, said New York Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Ed Mondezie, the task force's senior enlisted advisor.
Task force members will be alert for anything suspicious, like unattended baggage, Riley said. They'll also be working closely with city and federal authorities.
Customer service is also part of the job and task force members often provide directions and other assistance to holiday travelers, Riley said.
"It's very important to have that public interaction," he said. "We always treat the public with courtesy and respect."
Task force soldiers and airmen also assisted in distributing turkey dinners to needy families in areas of New York City and the Hudson Valley badly hit by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
New York National Guard members packed the supplies for 3,000 turkey dinners at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. The supplies were then delivered to area distribution centers by Empire Shield soldiers and airmen and other Guard members from the 53rd Troop Command on Nov. 25.


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The main thing is to chew food thoroughly. There are some data on which it is believed that chewing should be at least 33 times, to the same way you can strengthen your teeth. The meal itself should not be less than half an hour, because thanks to this approach you will significantly facilitate the work of your stomach, as well as the intestinal tract while preventing premature wear.
It is necessary to strictly monitor that the daily menu includes in its composition the required amount of carbohydrates because it is these substances that supply the body with the energy needed for life and also contribute to the improvement of mood and well-being.
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- Without fail, the energy costs of the body must be covered by the energy value of food consumed in food, that is, calories. Today, there are quite a lot of methods of proper nutrition, but this principle is the most correct since it helps to fight the available excess weight, which can bring quite serious health problems;
- Food should be as varied as possible – a daily set of products in the amount should be the required amount of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins;
- Do not take too much meat, because taking into account the principles of healthy nutrition, as well as the full supply of the body with various proteins (amino acids), the daily volume of protein consumed must be half the animal origin (fish, poultry, beef) and vegetable origin. If you adhere to vegetarian food and eat only plant products, does not supply to your body all the necessary and valuable amino acids;
- Do not forget about minerals and vitamins. When compiling a diet and determining useful products for health, it is required to include the necessary amount of all vitamins, microelements, and macronutrients, taking into account the daily requirement of the organism for such substances, as well as their content in food;
- Do not wholly exclude from your diet fats. At the heart of the principles of healthy eating is the use of the necessary amount of fats in the diets – 75 percent of fats of animal origin and 25 percent of vegetable fats;
- To eat the required food must be strictly in the daytime – up to 65 percent of the grain of the daily ration should be in the daytime, that is for lunch, also lunch, while the dinner should be as light as possible;
- There should be as often as possible, while portions should be relatively small. At the heart of a healthy diet is fractional eating, that is, four to five times a day. Do not forget to monitor the work of the gastrointestinal tract – the stomach should not be crowded and should not be empty.
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The sad news in Ottawa in these early days of 2014 is the demise of the Ottawa Theatre School, as reported yesterday by the CBC. (OTS was a child of the Ottawa School of Speech and Drama, which has been contributing to the theatre arts in Ottawa for over 25 years, and the CBC report notes that OSSD will continue to offer its services.)
My own connection with the school was limited. OTS and Plosive Productions were my partners in the development of my play about Marie Curie, False Assumptions, which provided OTS students with an opportunity to see how a project develops from the initial germ of an idea through script development to rehearsal and production. I was delighted to get to know the students who were involved with the project and thought their dedication to their craft was good news for the continuing health of the Ottawa theatre community.
Unfortunately, the school seems to have had a number of serious management and financial issues it was unable to overcome. I was disturbed to hear late last year that many instructors at the school – who as a rule have been drawn from the theatre community – had not been paid for their services. As is often the case, theatre professionals supplement their income through instruction and I suspect that in many cases a pay cheque that bounces can cause real hardship. Obviously, no institution would allow such a situation to develop on a whim, so I assume that the school stopped paying its instructors because it simply didn't have the cash.
I sat in on a recent meeting of some of the instructors involved. Of course, they hoped to be paid what they were owed by the school, but what struck me in particular is the deep concern everyone shared for the welfare of the students, who now find themselves enmeshed in this terrible situation through no fault of their own. They knew what they wanted: an opportunity to learn a craft and the hope that with that learning they could go out into the community and practice it. It's easy to say that our community is greater than any one institution and that over time things will work themselves out. This is no doubt true, and we can hope and work for a thriving Ottawa theatre scene, but we still need to pause and acknowledge the pain that many of our colleagues are now experiencing as well.


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I had a real turning point last weekend where I stopped worrying about Rob leaving me or preferring to be working with fire than home with me. There was nothing specific that initiated it but rather a combination of things--more time with fire wives, therapy, Rob calling and texting more often, etc. One of the biggest factors was that the fire wives and I made a sort of unofficial agreement according to which we can't talk about whose husband called and whose didn't (unless there is some news that all of us should know). We realized that talking about it was just making each of us resentful and there really was no need for it. I still fall into the pit of worry every now and then but for the most part I keep reminding myself that he loves me, and if he didn't love me he probably wouldn't have been stupid enough to marry me, and that's all I can go on.
Anyway just like the first breakthrough at the beginning of this fire call I know that my mind could easily slip back into old ways if Rob doesn't call, or if he does call and is exhausted, or for any number of reasons. All I can do is take it a day at a time, I suppose.
This week all in all has been pretty mellow. On Thursday my sisters arrived in Albuquerque and will be here until Sunday (which, coincidentally, is my birthday and the day that Rob's due home) and it's been so awesome showing them around. My little sister in particular hasn't spent much time out west, so it's fun to see everything as new and exciting all over again. The timing of their visit couldn't have been more perfect, quite frankly!
Today we're going to check out downtown, visit my dad's alma mater, and eat some yummy food. I think tomorrow they're taking me to Albuquerque to ride the Chang, about which I am pretty damn excited. I'm even going to wear my new dress because I'm awesome like that.
Anyway I believe that's all the news that's fit to print. I'm feeling really awesome and lucky this week and I hope you are too.


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Following the sheep takes us to a shepherd's chapel. The Catholic church maintained many of these during the height of the transhumanza. They were places of worship, rest, and sustenance. Then we headed to the village of Frattura Vecchia, 1,300m above sea level. This village was destroyed by an earthquake in 1915. The people fled and were forbidden to rebuild. In the Mussolini era, a new village was built on another hillside above Scanno Lake.The new Frattura has straight, ordered streets and many stairs. Without the more organic form, it definitely lacks some of the mystery of the old village.
The old Frattura was our lunch stop. Children played in the water and we had a tour of one rebuilt stone house. A local resident has restored one house for dinner parties. He does not live in the house, he only entertains there. The gable arches inside form a canopy over a large dining table. He installed a wood fired oven and a grill. Another house had a bolted doorway. We all laughed because the outer wall next to the door had a huge hole where the rocks used to form a wall.
The new Frattura had a Forestry building on the top road that became our camping area for the night. Pitched tents housed some families and the rest of us slept on air mattresses in a large room. Dinner was at 10 pm at a local bar. Nunzio and his kitchen team delivered and served the meal with all its Italian courses. I ducked out before dessert. We hiked over 15 km. thus far and have at more to go.


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You are at the right place to read about the 2017 Honda Ridgeline, a wonderful pickup truck that will easily meet your needs. The vehicle is known for its dent-resistant bed with two-way tailgate and exclusive trunk, how it can shoulder more payload than competitors, how its backseat is very accommodating of cargo and people, its attractive and roomy modern interior, how it offers an extremely affordable two-wheel-drive version, how it can drive on various terrain easily because of its advanced all-wheel-drive system and how it is comfortable to drive anywhere because of its class-leading handling and ride. The vehicle has been fully redesigned for the 2017 model year. Keep reading to learn more about how the 2017 Honda Ridgeline could be for you!
Under the Ridgeline's Hood
Getting the 2017 Honda Ridgeline will provide you with a 3.5-liter V6 engine that creates 280 horsepower. A six-speed automatic transmission is standard. An optional all-wheel-drive system is available as a full automatic setup that comes with driver-selectable settings such as Normal, Sand, Mud and Snow. These settings are great to have because they alter stability and traction control intervention thresholds, transmission shift timing and throttle sensitivity. The settings can also change the front/rear power split that may range between 100% for the front and 30% for the front/70% for the rear as necessary. Honda suspects that the Ridgeline will be able to speed up very quickly from zero to sixty miles per hour.
Design of Honda Ridgeline
Getting the 2017 Honda Ridgeline will provide you with a midsize pickup that makes room for up to five people to sit comfortably inside. The default configuration is a single four-door crew cab. Seven trim levels–RT, RTS, Sport, RTL, RTL-T, RTL-E and the Black Edition–are available for the 2017 Ridgeline. The majority of trim levels are available with either front- or all-wheel drive. RT is the entry-level trim that comes with various features such as a tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel with illuminated controls, air conditioning, cloth bucket seats, rear privacy glass, a 60/40-split lift-up rear seat with under-seat storage, black door and tailgate handles and an incandescent cargo bed light. RTS, the trim above the entry-level, provides tri-zone automatic climate control, body-color door and tailgate handles, eighteen-inch machine-finish alloy wheels, a Homelink remote system and seatback pockets.
Does the Ridgeline come with safety features specifically for children?
Yes, the vehicle certainly does! It comes with child seat anchors and rear door child safety locks.
What kind of engine does the Ridgeline come with?
It comes with a 3.5-liter V6 engine. The engine is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission.
I may be interested in a used vehicle. Where can I view pre-owned inventory?
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The 2017 Honda Ridgeline really offers its safety features, and allow us to discuss those for a moment: The vehicle comes standard with tire pressure monitoring, daytime running lights, a rearview camera, front seat side airbags, side curtain airbags with a rollover sensor, antilock brakes, and traction and stability controls. You can count on having child seat anchors, rear door child safety locks, a rear center 3-point belt, a remote anti-theft alarm system, four-wheel anti-lock brakes and an engine immobilizer. The RTL-E and Black Edition trims come with automatic high beam control, a rear cross-traffic alert system, blind spot monitoring, lane departure warning, forward collision warning and adaptive cruise control. Come down to Bosak Honda to check out and test-drive the 2017 Honda Ridgeline. We look forward to helping you with your vehicle search here at our dealership!


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A couple weeks back, we heard rumors that Apple was just about ready to begin distribution of iOS 6.1. Later, we found new reasons to look forward to the software's release, upon news suggesting that a full-on untethered jailbreak would finally see the light of day shortly after such an iOS update arrived. Well, it may have taken a little longer than anticipated, but Apple's latest iOS update is now finally here.
So, what's new in iOS 6.1? Apple's doing its part to give iPhone 5 and iPad users access to the latest data networks around the globe, enabling LTE operation for dozens of new carriers; the iPhone 5 get access to 36 new ones, while LTE-enabled iPads will work on 23 more.
Siri gets some new functionality, allowing iOS users in the US to now order movie tickets through the Fandango service. If you use Apple's iTunes Match service to mirror your music collection on the cloud, you'll now be able to download tracks from Apple's servers which you've already confirmed you own. We've also been expecting this release to deliver a number of bugfixes, but we're still waiting for confirmation on those.
Apple's iOS 6.1 should be arriving today for users of the iPhone 3GS or newer, iPad 2 or newer, iPad mini, and the two latest versions of the iPod touch.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth is the largest and most advanced warship ever constructed in Britain. As she embarks on gruelling sea trials we see ship and crew pushed to breaking point. Taking viewers on an epic voyage of discovery – from construction in the building yard to the rigorous trials in which everything is tested for the first time – Rise of the Super Carrier tells the extraordinary story of a warship that will be in service for the next 50 years. Embedded within the ship's company of 700 sailors, Emmy award-winning filmmaker Chris Terrill captures an intimate and personal portrait of life on board as the men and women learn the intricacies of a warship that will change the way Britain goes to war.
It is early 2016 and sailors begin to arrive at Rosyth dockyard in Scotland where HMS Queen Elizabeth is still under construction. Captain Jerry Kyd and his 700 sailors are assembling to take up their posts on the biggest warship ever constructed for the Royal Navy.
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By Joe Swickard
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DETROIT (AP) -- Think rehabilitation in prison is some kumbaya pipe dream?
Try telling that to Trixie, Garvey, Juliet, Charlie, Jonas, Bristol, Hercules, Apollo, Jezebel and Marie.
They might want to give you a nip, but they are far too well behaved.
Thanks to their stint at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, the 10 former orphan hounds are now roll-over-and-rub-my-tummy certified Canine Good Citizens, ready to join new families in life outside the walls.
On Dec. 15, the dogs completed 10 weeks of intensive training, love and focused attention with 20 inmate handlers that transformed them from shelter animals to adoption-ready pets through a partnership of the Humane Society of Huron Valley and the prison in southeast Washtenaw County.
"These were dogs that were kenneling well, but needed some help to get them ready to go into homes," said Helen DePinto, the Humane Society's director of behavior programs.
The graduation is the first for MI-PAWS -- Michigan Inmates Providing Assistance Work & Service -- at the Huron Valley prison, and it's a win-win-win proposition.
The dogs become well-trained and socialized, the inmates learn a positive service while being held to tight-performance standards, and the adopters get a happy, loving pet, DePinto said.
"It seems that a lot of the trainers are lifers and they don't have a lot to look forward to," said James Ward, a Catholic deacon and prison chaplain.
"This gives them something positive to do. It's really throwing them a lifeline," he said.
"They are totally responsible for the dog, and if they neglect to scoop up, they can be out," Ward said.
DePinto said inmates have to pass a rigorous screening and training to qualify. A sterling disciplinary record, reading and writing skills and common sense are part of the criteria, she said.
After training, two inmates are assigned to each dog. The dog remains with them 24-hours-a-day, even sleeping in inmate's room.
The program requires full-time accountability by the inmates, who also must use teamwork, pay attention to detail and keep a clean disciplinary record.
The dogs work toward the American Kennel Club's Good Canine Citizenship certification.
To graduate, the dogs have to master basic commands such as "sit," "down" and "come." The dogs are also house-trained, able to walk nicely on a leash and tolerate loud noises. Many learn pet tricks, too.
The program started four years ago at the Coldwater prison complex, where Warden Carol Howes gives it two big paws up.
Howes said the program started with rescued greyhounds and has expanded to other dogs.
"It is just a wonderful program for the inmates and the animals," she said.
DePinto said the dogs at Huron Valley are generally 1-2 years old. Four are pit bulls, or pit bull-mixes.
"Those dogs are the stars of the program," said DePinto, adding the pit bull breed is a victim of bad publicity.
Of course, she said, each dog has an individual personality and traits. Some dogs can get along with other animals, others can't. The energy level and rambunctious nature of some dogs point toward active adult owners. But others tend to be cuddle pups, DePinto said.
Like the dogs, potential owners get a screening to make sure the animals move into proper homes.
The dogs are a bargain, but not free.
For a $140 fee, the new owners get a dog with solid basic skills, neutering or spaying, shots, a microchip ID and heartworm testing.
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Girl-chatting with Kristin Billerbeck and Tia McCollors
Although God is love every month, every day, ever second, infinity, we love to celebrate love, particularly romantic love in February. And who's better to talk romance and God with me than two of the freshest, most beloved contemporary romance writers in Christian fiction: Tia McCollors and Kristin Bellerbeck. This month they chat romance and their new releases. More at Christian Fiction Online Magazine here


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Psychiatrist Doctor Lucy Edwards treats a teenage boy for schizophrenia. When he ritually sacri ces a dog his mother stops treatment and organizes an exorcism. Dean Maddox, a PHD student from the University of Mexico, …Continue
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Cloudapps.usc.edu, also referred to as a virtual desktop interface (VDI), is a service provided by ITS that allows current USC faculty, staff, and students to access USC-licensed software packages from any computer or mobile device.
Accessing Cloudapps.usc.edu
There are two ways of accessing cloudapps.usc.edu from your device: through a small piece of software that you install on your computer or through your web browser. The VMWare Horizon client gives you full access to the files, microphone, and other features on your device while the web-based access gives you only basic functionality and limited file storage options. ITS strongly suggests that you download the VMWare Horizon client in order to get the full functionality of cloudapps.usc.edu.
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When you log out of cloudapps.usc.edu, all files that have not been saved to a storage device or cloud storage service will be deleted. In addition, if your cloudapps.usc.edu session is left inactive or if the connection to cloudapps.usc.edu is lost without logging off, your session and all associated data will be automatically deleted after two hours.
Be sure to regularly save files to your device's hard drive, removable storage device, or a preferred cloud storage service to avoid.
Accessing Cloudapps.usc.edu through the VMWare Horizon Client
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Installing the VMWare Horizon Client
To access cloudapps.usc.edu through the VMWare Horizon client for the first time:
- Go to cloudapps.usc.edu.
- Click the Install VMware Horizon Client button.
- You will be taken to my.vmware.com to download the client.
- From the Product Downloads menu, find your device's operating system and click Go to Downloads.
- Click the blue Download button to start the download.
- Once the file has downloaded to your device, open the file to begin the installation.
- Read the license agreement that appears and click I Agree & Install to continue with the installation.
- When the installation has completed, click Finish to exit the setup wizard. You may need to restart your computer before launching the client.
Running the VMWare Horizon Client
To access cloudapps.usc.edu through the VMWare Horizon client:
- Double-click the VMware Horizon Client icon on your desktop (Windows) or in the Applications folder (Mac) to launch the program.
- On the VMware Horizon Client screen, double-click the Add Server
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- Read the disclaimer that appears and then click Accept.
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She was the youngest selected member of the British triathlon team for London 2012. Lucy Hall has already made a name for herself as one of the fastest swimmers in triathlon.
Still classed as a junior, she made her senior debut in the ITU World Championship Series in 2011 – and exited the water first in Hamburg, Lausanne and Yokohama.
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Chyle Fistula
What is a chyle fistula?
A chyle fistula is a condition where lymphatic fluid passes out of a lymphatic vessel and drains into a cavity within the body or into the exterior. It is a rare condition that is easily treated but can lead to death if no treatment is forthcoming. A chyle fistula is often associated with serious condition where it arises as a complication of diseases such as cancer or even after surgery. It is fairly silent (lack of symptoms) at the outset when it drains into internal cavities. However, it less commonly drains out onto the skin surface where it is more obvious.
Meaning of Chyle and Fistula
The terms chyle and fistule can be confusing and the condition chyle fistula is often termed a leaky lymphatic vessel.
- Chyle is the milky fluid containing fats and lymph which travel through the lymphatic vessels.
- Fistula is an abnormal tube-like passage between two points within the body or with one point on the skin surface.
Chyle fistula lymph leak
Normal Lymph Flow
The cells in our body are surrounded by tissue fluid. It serves as a medium for substances to move in an out of cells and the blood vessels. The fluid is clear and is constantly replenished from arteries carrying blood to an area. The blood cells stay in the artery but the fluid which is rich in oxygen and nutrients pass out into the tissue spaces. From here the cells take up and use the oxygen and nutrients from the tissue fluid. Carbon dioxide and wastes pass out into the tissue fluid.
Some of this tissue fluid empties into a vein and is carried away but some tissue fluid is retained at the site. It is the lymphatic vessels that carry away this residual fluid. It is also able to transport substances that may not be suitable for transportation by the blood, such as fats, very large proteins and even microbes like bacteria. The tissue fluid that is now in the lymphatic vessel is known as lymph. It is eventually emptied back into the bloodstream at a few sites in the body.
Leaking lymphatic vessel
A break in a lymphatic vessel can occur for any number of reasons. It is more often damaged during surgery or with injury. However, these vessels are easily repaired on its own in the body usually without the need for any medical intervention. As it is healing, the lymph can flow through alternate routes in the network of lymphatic vessels. However, sometimes there are no alternate routes which will allow for normal lymphatic drainage. The lymph can therefore seep into tissue and eventually lead to the formation of a hollow passage in the tissue known as a fistula. By way of this fistula, the lymph laden with fats (collectively known as chyle) empties into the chest or abdominal cavity or even on the skin surface.
Chyle fistula causes
The causes of a chyle fistula varies and overall it is rare. A damaged or partially severed lymphatic vessel can heal quickly in most instances. It can arise due to the following causes :
- Traumatic rupture of the lymphatic vessel.
- Surgical damage of the lymphatic vessel, which is more likely to lead to a chyle fistula during head and neck surgery.
- Diseases of the lymphatic vessels.
- Cancer that involves the lymphatics.
- Chronic and severe inflammation associated with certain diseases like cirrhosis (liver), pancreatitis (pancreas) and tuberculosis (lungs).
- Idiopathic (unknown reasons) especially affecting the space around the heart (chylopericardium)
Chyle fistula symptoms
Apart from the symptoms of the causative condition, more specific symptoms of a chyle fistula depend on where the fluid is draining. There is often no symptoms at all until sufficient fluid accumulates in the cavity. Drainage onto the skin is very rare and here the condition would be easily seen. Chyle commonly drains into the thoracic (chest) cavity or abdominal cavity where it is known as a chylothorax or chyloperitoneum respectively. The symptoms in both these conditions are a result of a fluid build up and compression of the organs in the thoracic and abdominal cavity. A very rare form is chylopericardium where chyle accumulates around the heart only.
The symptoms depend on the amount of fluid that has accumulated in the thoracic (chest) cavity and the degree to which the organs are compressed.
- Difficulty breathing
- Fluid accumulation around the lung (pleural effusion)
- Impaired heart function as the heart does not fill as normal
The symptoms that are seen with chyloperitoneum are also dependent on the amount of fluid that accumulates in the abdominal cavity. With various organs from different symptoms in the abdominal cavity, the symptoms may vary to some degree.
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Easily satisfied even with small bites of food
- Loss of appetite
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal distension
- Difficulty breathing in severe cases
Chyle fistula diagnosis
The symptoms of a chylothorax and chyloperitoneum are non-specific. Many other more common conditions will cause these symptoms. Fluid from the pleural cavity (around the lung) and abdominal cavity needs to be extracted. These processes are known as thoracentesis (thoracic cavity) or paracentesis (abdominal cavity) respectively.The fluid is then sent for testing to identify its composition. Chyle is an odorless, milky white fluid which is sterile meaning that there are no microbes present.
Chyle fistula treatment
The treatment of a chyle fistula depends on several factors. It is possible for it to heal on its own without any treatment in some cases although this will require a change in diet. Drugs and surgery are reserved for cases that are severe and extensive where dietary change alone will not be effective. Fluid drainage (thoracentesis and paracentesis) is not a suitable option for repeated removal of fluid in the long term.
Chyle is largely a fatty fluid since fats absorbed from the gut travel through the lymphatics. A diet without fats (fat restriction) may be helpful to reduce chyle formation and allow the damaged lymphatic vessel to heal. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is where nutrition is administered directly into the vein thereby passing the gut. This also gives the lymphatic vessels time to heal and possibly close off on its own.
Octreotide is a drug that mimics the hormone somastatin. It is a powerful inhibitor of several hormones like growth hormone. Frequent administration of this drug may help close leaks in malignancy.
There are two main surgical procedures considered for a chyle fistula. Surgery is not relevant for every case of a chyle fistula.
- Ligation where the leak is surgically closed.
- Peritoneovenous shunts where chyle from the abdomen is drained into a vein thereby returning it to the circulation.
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In a result few imagined possible a year ago, progressive Randall Woodfin took first place on Tuesday in the Birmginham mayoral election, forcing a runoff on Oct. 3 with incumbent mayor William Bell.
Woodfin, an attorney and former Birmingham school board president, won 41 percent of the vote compared to 37 percent for Bell. To outright win, a candidate needed to earn 50 plus one percent of the vote.
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"Strong" is definitely a term to describe Anne Mahlum. Anne is the founder of Back on My Feet, a non-profit organization that uses the power of running to change the way those experiencing homelessness see themselves, so they can make real change in their lives. She's a CNN Top 10 Hero, a two-time TEDx speaker, an entrepreneur, marathoner and a triathlete, inspiring and reminding audiences everywhere that change begins with just one step. Anne is speaking at the Women's Health Conference, the leading health event in the region for women to consider their health and wellness as a whole person: body, mind and spirit. The conference takes place on Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Ramada Plaza Suites.
I believe that the foundation for happiness is health. Running really is a metaphor for life. There is always another mile. You just have to take it one step at a time.
Anne M. Mahlum is an entrepreneur who loves to create and build with purpose. The majority of her focus over the past six years has been on Back on My Feet (BoMF), a non-profit organization she founded in Philadelphia in 2007 that uses the power of running to change the way those experiencing homelessness see themselves so they can make real change in their lives, which includes employment and independent housing.
In addition to Philadelphia, the organization now has chapters in Baltimore, Washington D.C., Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Indianapolis, Atlanta, New York City, Austin and opens in Los Angeles in October. Anne has led BoMF to become a $6.5M privately-funded organization with staff of 48, thousands of volunteers and hundreds of members. Anne's vision for Back on My Feet is simple, yet bold - to help as many people as possible, in the most efficient way as possible, redefine themselves so they can redefine their life and, just as important - to change the perception of homelessness on a global scale.
Adrienne White, conference committee member that is bringing Anne to women in Fargo says, "As women, we often forget that we need to take care of ourselves in the way we take care of others. Underlining Anne's message is that we are all well worth it."
Anne is originally from Bismarck, North Dakota and currently lives in DC. She has completed 11 marathons, four triathlons and loves to constantly challenge her body, her mind and her spirit.
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There is a Hungarian folk song that says Winter is cold, summer is warm, it's raining all the time, it's never a good time. The melody or tune of the song is fun and the lyrics are so Hungarian: Hungarians like to complain, but at the same time they are self-ironic and like to have fun, too.
The reason why I've chosen this rhyme as the title of this post is that it IS raining all the time these days. Every day for more than two weeks now we've had pouring rain. Since planting we've had 150 mm rain over our paprika lands. It is way too much, especially because it is coupled with high humidity during sunny hours and these circumstances are best for bacterial diseases like xanthomonas. Under these circumstances flowers and small fruits drop, the plant leaves are full of spots, the plant becomes weak and the paprika farmer can only hope for better times. Or, rather, better weather.
All this rain after the day of St Medardus on 8 June proves the truth of the age-old folk observation: If it rains on St Medardus' day, it will rain for forty more days. The saying goes vice versa, too: if it is dry on St Medardus' day, it will be dry for forty more days.
Folk lore weather forecasting is universal: every culture has their own forecasts, observations and beliefs and while many observations are shared, many are distinctly local. The main point of weather forecasting is to ensure safety, cut down risks, prepare for the future, in other words: to try and have control over the uncontrollable.
Other June calendar days that are in connection with weather forecasting are 24 of June (Midsummer night) and 27 June (nameday of László in Hungary). If the cuckoo sings before midsummer, farmers can expect abundant wheat crops! Or, if you want to know the weather for weeks ahead, just observe the weather on 27 June, day of László, because you'll have the same for weeks. This letter belief sounds if not logical but acceptable: there are weeks when the weather just sets in and doesn't change. Come rain or shine…
I'll keep a close watch in a week's time, on 27 June, because it will tell me what I and my paprika plants can expect in July.
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5 Things To Do In Memphis This Weekend: 11/27 – 11/29
Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving, Memphis! I hope your Turkey Day was fantastic. Keep the gratitude going by checking out this week's 10 Reasons To Be Thankful For Memphis post, then read about the following five things you won't want to miss this holiday weekend.
1. Peabody Christmas Tree Lighting, Peabody Hotel Lobby, Friday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., free, all ages/kid-friendly
Celebrate the start of the holiday season with local choirs singing carols all day long. Santa's arrives immediately after the 5 p.m. Duck March to light the lobby's giant tree.
2. North Mississippi Allstars Post-Thanksgiving Show, Minglewood Hall, Friday, doors at 7 p.m., $20 -$22, all ages
Memphis' favorite rockers are back with Jim Lauderdale for another year of post-Thanksgiving music and mayhem.
3. Me & Leah Show, Shangri-La Records, Saturday, 3 p.m., donations accepted, all ages
Musical duo Leah Keys and Jeff Hulett perform for a good cause at 1916 Madison Avenue on Saturday. The show is free, but please bring donations of cash or supplies for Room in the Inn (socks, gloves, toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, etc.) See more needs here. Room in the Inn Memphis provides hospitality, food, and comfort to people experiencing homelessness.
4. Small Biz Saturday, various locations, Saturday, all day, all ages
Not much for the Black Friday frenzy? Me either. Instead, get all of your holiday shopping done at locally-owned small businesses this Saturday. Below I've listed a few special holiday markets. The best thing about this? It doesn't have to end on Saturday.
– Holiday Store at the Metal Museum
– Memphis Arts Collective Market
– Stock & Belle Local Vendor Market
– Modern Handmade "Christmas On The Island"
– Bartlett Holiday Market
5. Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker, Cannon Center, Saturday, 7 p.m., $30 and up, all ages/kid-friendly
Moscow's professional ballet company performs the a Russian folktale-inspired version of traditional Nutrcracker.
More things to do this weekend:
The Memphis Tiger's men's basketball team travels to Miami to play Ohio State at 6:30 p.m. CST on Friday.
It's the last weekend to check out Station 3: Memphis Firehaus beer garden downtown.
Gone To The Dogs Fest 2 brings more than a dozen punk bands to the Hi-Tone for Friday and Saturday night (Nov. 27 and 28) and benefits Alive Rescue Memphis. Tickets are $10 for one day or $15 for both days; doors at 8 p.m. both nights. 18 and up.
Devil Train plays at the Bucc on Black Friday at 10 p.m. 21 and up. Brennan Villines gives an album release show at Playhouse on the Square on Friday – tickets are $10 and include drinks; doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show begins at 8:30 p.m. – limited seating available!
The Grizzlies play the Hawks at 7 p.m. on Friday and the 76ers at 5 p.m. on Sunday; both games are at home.
The Memphis Tiger's Football team plays SMU at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28 at the Liberty Bowl.
Graham Winchester and a bunch of special guests perform at the Buccaneer on Saturday at 10 p.m. Hope Clayburn and the Soul Scrimmage perform at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday at The Cove.
None of these float your boat? Check out the calendar for more events. Don't see your event on the list? Submit here here. Don't forget to check out here for weekly guides, plus more Memphis-loving every day on this blog, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Baby Maternity Nappy Backpack w/ Changing Pad & Clear Zipper Bag - Navy
This doesn't look like your typical nappy bag. In fact, it's not. Besides being more stylish than your daggy old nappy bag, it's also more functional. The fish-mouth design top opening offers a complete view of everything inside, and it's convenient for putting things in and taking them out. The large capacity organiser system features, separate storage pockets for water bottles, baby clothes, nappies, towels and even teddy bears. And in the front, there's three bottle pockets with an insulation layer of tin foil that can keep liquids warm or cold for hours. Now that's clever!
- Baby Nappy Backpack
- Colour: Navy
- Pack contents:
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- Clear PE zipper bag
- Large fish-mouth opening
- Reinforced riveted straps
- Adjustable straps
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- Gold hardware
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- Main compartment:
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- 2 x zip pocket
- Expandable side pocket
- Tissue/wet wipes pocket
- Materials: Polyester/cotton
- Dimensions (approx. cm):
- Backpack: 42 x 25 x 16
- Changing pad: 49 x 30
- Zipper bag: 29 x 20
- Please note: Measurements taken from sample are approximate. Bag width is inclusive of side gusset while empty and may vary slightly dependent on contents. Depth taken from base of bag.


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Exclusive Interview: Jammer – "I'm proud that my career is not about a moment."
Jammer on 'Are You Dumb? Vol.5', his creative process and success...
From N.A.S.T.Y. Crew to Boy Better Know, Jammer is a true grime soldier.
For almost two decades the East Londoner has been using his platform to elevate others, regularly putting the advancement of the music and culture ahead of his personal gain. Whether bringing artists through his now legendary basement to record, or inviting MCs to clash on Lord Of The Mics, he's been an integral player and a positive force in the culture.
This year he's deservedly refocussed his energy into his own creations. With almost a decade behind him since the last volume of his iconic Are You Dumb? mixtape series, his freshly released fifth instalment sees him back on top form: grime distilled to pure beats and bars, a reminder of the authentic sound, the one that Jammer fell in love with so many years ago.
We caught up with him to speak about his return to the series, his music making process, his verse on Skepta's 'Detox' and the biggest obstacle he's had to overcome in his career…
How has the reception to Are You Dumb? Vol. 5 been so far?
It's really been amazing man. It's mind blowing. Everybody's loving it, everybody's praising the work and just understanding how much effort mans put into making it sound how it sounds. It's authentic, straight original grime. I've been happy the way it's been received by people.
Why do you think now was the time for a new volume?
I look at [each instalment] like reminders, a lot of this series that came out, they were defining the direction of the sound and where it was going.
Every now and again I feel like I need to drop some stuff so that people are like "Oh yeah, that's what this stuff sounds like." Because sometimes the sound can vary just through new producers coming in, some people mix the sounds, there's a lot of 808 driven music going on right now, and you get a lot of grime MCs spitting over trap beats, so the sound gets misconstrued.
That CD, is just like, the backing tracks – forget the raps and the lyrics, just the sound of the CD, that's what matters. Because that's what separates UK music from every other music in the world. It's the sound of the beats.
Now I'm doing the series again and I've been successful, this instalment it shows me that I should be doing more of this type of thing, and I'm just going to get back in the studio and start cooking again. No slacking.
How long were you working on it?
I was making music for the whole year, and then halfway through I was like "Oh, I've got a lot of music. Let me start formulating it to projects and stuff like that." And when I started to separate it I realised that a lot of the music sounded like a new Are You Dumb?, so I just putting it together straight away.
Was there a particular song that triggered that process?
'Skank On Me'. Everybody was like "You need a reason to put this out. Just make up a reason." Everyone who would come to my studio was like "It needs to come out."
So I started putting together more records, and I had more records on there that sounded like 'Skank On Me', that were more chilled and talked about my life and what I've been through, but I pulled them back off the record because I looked back at the other Are You Dumb? CDs and I remembered that they were very uptempo CDs. I wanted to keep the excitement there.
So I kept 'Skank On Me' on there and then I made a whole load of new songs that were just banging, and I put them on there.
On a number of these songs you give the listener a little taste of your process: referencing Logic, Cubase, having your MacBook Pro in your rucksack. Do you make a lot of music in the go?
Yeah. I've always got my laptop with me, so if I'm in a hotel room I just bang in the laptop and the sound card and we get it cracking. If you look on my Instagram there'll be a lot of times where I'll be in hotels and I'll have my laptop on. I've got a mini studio so I just travel with that man, I've got the speakers, the boom box, you know what I'm saying? Get it cracking!
How important is that accessibility for you? People might assume you need a big studio set up to release music on this level…
If you're a carpenter you've always got to have your tools out, otherwise you ain't gonna be sculpting anything. So for me I needed to have my tools out.
I found that sometimes I was in places and I just came back from the most amazing party, just done a sick show and then I've got all this inspiration to record a song. But I haven't got no studio and I'm trying to phone around people at like 4 o'clock in the morning: "Can you get a studio in Birmingham so I can record, I just finished a show." That's all long.
I just need the mic in my rucksack, then pull it out, "Bang! Record me!"
What is the most fun part of the music making process for you?
Listening to it at the end! It's amazing making it, because it's magic innit, to me it's like magic. But my most important part is when I stop and I listen back at the end of the song, and if I'm like "Bruv, I did that! All me. Just now. I just done that. That's insane!" That's my favourite part because it reminds me who I am every single time.
Is it important to you to be able to make a full record from scratch?
This King conversation that everyone's screaming about: "King this," "King that." I'm saying you can't be a King in music unless you can go into a room with your laptop and come out with a song, without no one else. That's the top boys: the ones that can make the beat for themselves, they sing, they spit, they do everything. For me, that's when you've reached your pinnacle.
You've described the process of creating this tape as being "back in the gym." What are you training for?
Right now I'm training for me. So when I get on the stage I'm as fit as I can be. When I get in the public arena musically, I'm as fit as I can be. If I get an opportunity to do anything I'm as fit musically and skill-wise that I'm going to deal with it properly. You can't be out here and get into situations where people ask you to do stuff and – because you haven't been in the studio, you ain't been writing – you're not active enough to execute what you need to execute.
It's like being a boxer. You can't just get up out your house after not training for months and go into the ring, and fight someone, you're going to get beat up. So talking about music, you need to be pro-active all of the time.
I've watched you make a bunch of surprise appearances at festivals and shows over the past year to perform your verse on Skepta's 'Detox' and the reaction is electrifying every time. What was the process like writing that verse, and did you think it would have that kind of reaction?
It was very tense because we was all on the farm, we was there for a couple of weeks. And that day when we was writing the song, everybody was walking around writing their lyrics. It was very intense. Obviously it was the anticipated Skepta album and this is the tune with the crew. What's it gonna be? Everybody knew how much that was going to get heard so everyone was trying to write their best shit.
When everyone was writing I kinda just ducked out. There's a lounge bit behind the kitchen and there's some big fluffy cushion, and I just sat there listening to the beat and writing my lyric. I wasn't even writing to the beat that we spat on, I was writing to some other beat. I was just looping it writing my lyric.
When I went in the booth and put my lyric down everybody was going crazy. To be honest I thought my verse was good, but I didn't think it was that good. But I'm just here to express myself and let the people tell me what's really good.
How does it feel when you come out to perform that verse?
It's insane. That verse there is a moment, it's more than a verse. That 16 bar is bigger than some people's whole records. It just showed me, and it showed everybody, how much a powerhouse Jammer is as an MC: when he really stops and takes a minute out to pen a lyric, it gets dangerous.
What are you most proud of about your career so far?
I'm just proud that my career is not about a moment. There isn't one moment that I'm most proud of, it's everything, and there's more to come. I'm not just an artist, I'm not just an MC.
What's the most difficult thing you've had to overcome in your career?
Just being in the hood and people trying to drag you down and get you into politics and beef. The N.A.S.T.Y. Crew split and when that was happening, issues with Marcus Nasty. I had to overcome it because I had to go to places knowing that people might want to start trouble with me; I had to go there knowing that I'm going there to push music and let people know that I'm not here for the nonsense. But it was good because it taught me so much, and people gained a lot more respect for me because they saw that nothing anybody's going to throw at me is going to stop me.
What does success look like to you?
Success is just every day waking up and being able to make my music. It's just being alive: that's success. Some people think that success is money, fame, girls. Success to me is getting up everyday and being able to go and do another day of what I love.
Interview by Grant Brydon
Photography by Olivia Rose
Jammer plays his first ever headline show at XOYO on 18th April, you can buy tickets for the show here.
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So, the Westword Music Showcase is finally going down tomorrow, and, of course, we're excited. Along with laundry list of amazing local acts like Kingdom of Magic, Diamond Boiz and Vices I Admire, we've got Chromeo, UME and Del the Funky Homosapien rolling through.
When you're all tuckered out from wandering the showcase's venues on Saturday, head to City Hall for the official Westword Music Showcase after-party with Cut Chemist, DJ Vajra, Seth Abrumz and London Dungeon. Pre-sale tickets to this dance party, with your showcase wristband, are just $10 if you're over 21 and $15 for under -- or $20 without a wristband. (18 & up, DJs start at 10 p.m.)
In addition to the Showcase, there is an entire weekend of great shows on the horizon, too -- like Ray LaMontagne, who plays Red Rocks tonight with Brandi Carlile and Secret Sisters (6 p.m. doors, all ages, $37.75-59.75). Also this evening, Denver power poppers Regret Night are letting you relive prom night all over again at the Gothic Theatre, with a school-dance-themed super show of all local acts, including Be Brave, Anesthesia Blvd, Saving Avery and Vanattica (7 p.m. doors, 16 & up, $10).
Sunday, Black Lips bring the rowdy party to the Bluebird Theater with Cerebral Ballzy and School Nights. These ATL dudes play straightforward rock and roll with a lot of attitude -- which sometimes includes taunting their own audience with inappropriate on-stage behavior, but it's all in fun. (16 & up, doors at 7 p.m., $15.50-18.)
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Looking for a more low-key way to end this never-ending weekend of rad shows? The Oriental Theater hosts psych-folkers Vandaveer with Cheyenne Marie Mize, JoAnna James and Lilly Scott. The Washington D.C. group is led by Mark Charles Heidinger, who dark and melodic voice is complimented by bandmate Rose Guerin's, creating an Americana sound all their own. (21 & up, 7 p.m. doors, $10.)