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"Set Her Free" is one of the latest releases from north London rapper Shay D's upcoming debut album "A Figure of Speech" out on February 12th. If you are looking for light hearted, immediately forgettable, hollow sounding lyrics, you may want to stop reading here as Shay D has too many things that need saying. This particular track tackles the issues surrounding domestic abuse faced by many women on a daily basis. Powerful, hard hitting, and well written lyrics marry themselves perfectly to Oliver Whitehouse's equally well thought out video to really drive the point home.
The lyrics throughout the track create a mixed sense of apprehension, angst, fear and helplessness punctuated with moments of defiance, strength and intelligent – if not scathing – social commentary on the normalization of the objectification of women in popular culture: "How can a boy be remorseful when there's toys under the tree like Grand Theft Auto, violence to women as if normal, so disillusioned by the images in porno". Domestic violence is a very sensitive issue to tackle at the best of time, let alone through a song, yet somehow Shay D manages to capture the desperation and hopelessness of victims, whilst also highlighting the inner strength that these women have. The opening verse is particularly poignant in this track as it recreates brilliantly the building of a nauseating atmosphere "Head feels weak, belly's hurting again, car dead quiet till they drop off a friend, tension filling up her heart with dread, won't dare move an inch, won't turn her head".
Ultimately, this track is a powerful account of the effects abusive relationships have on both a psychological level through the lyrics, and the physical highlighted in the video. I have found writing about this extremely challenging. What started off as a straight forward review very quickly turned into more than that. I'm finding that as someone who has been lucky to grow up in a comfortable, stable environment, I'm horribly under qualified to do this subject justice. At times it has made me feel uncomfortable, it has challenged me, and made me feel ill equipped and rather uninformed to discuss an unfortunately very real truth for thousands of women. Most importantly the track has, to a degree, helped me understand the effects these issues have, and made me want to find out more and see what can be done to help prevent this from continuing.
Before I go on too long on a self-important, essay style monologue – a real danger at this point – it's probably just best if I let Shay D talk about her track. She was kind enough to answer some questions with refreshingly frank, honest and considered responses. Just before I do though, should you or someone you know be experiencing domestic abuse and need help, or perhaps you want to find out what you could possibly do to help, please start by visiting Sisters Uncut: https://sistersuncut.wordpress.com/
Hi Shay D! Thanks for agreeing to speak to me and answer some questions! First off, let's introduce you to those who may not yet know: obviously you are a rapper, but you also work with poetry and the spoken word and work as a presenter on Itch FM. On top of this, you run rap and lyric writing workshops as well as rap and poetry workshops for young people…where do you find the time to do all of this AND record an album?!
I ask myself the same question every day lol. Its 3am and I am writing this interview for you, so I guess it's for the love and time management. I am lucky enough to be able to work for myself and be an artist and try and make a living from Hip Hop so I can't complain. I wasn't the desk job type of human so I am responsible for my time now. I don't get enough sleep though for sure! I did fly out to Cyprus for 10 days in summer to finish writing the album, and I did.
It seems very obvious to me that you are not just a rapper, but a true hip-hop disciple. The importance of community spirit is apparent in your tracks, as is the importance of speaking out for people who may not be able to, and also, the element of the passing of knowledge on to others. Do you feel that this passing of knowledge (one of the founding five pillars of hip-hop) is one that seems to have been forgotten by now? If so, why do you think that is?
I think a lot of people who truly love hip hop love to learn, debate, discuss and have an open dialogue. Rappers speak, they voice opinions so that is sharing knowledge. It's like a natural part of Hip Hop. I don't think it's been forgotten about but I feel we are distracted as a generation now and learning becomes the harder and longer process. With shorter attention spans and a disposable lifestyle that the media encourages us to have, knowledge can seem a bit I guess, boring. But it's not and when young people are exposed to it and given the outlet it thrives. I am always learning, everyone is. No one knows it all!
If you could work with any artists – alive or dead – who would you like to work with in terms of A) musical style B) substance of lyrics?
Musical style would be someone like Erykah Badu, Mos Def or Jhene Aiko. I just love that easy listening mellow vibe, and lyrics wise wow, Cyhi The Prince, Dead Prez, Lauryn Hill! So many to pick man.
Now moving on to your latest release, let me say how big a fan of Set Her Free I am. It's a powerful, hard hitting track that obviously deals with the issues surrounding domestic, physical and psychological abuse. What was the inspiration behind this?
I was a child that went through a very aggressive divorce from my parents. I saw a lot of fighting and arguments within my family unit and this stayed with me for a long time, I personally have a very short temper myself. I don't want to get into it but it's a story I feel a lot of people can relate to even in relationships. Sometimes you can be with someone and you feel you have the strongest bond of love but they may be short tempered and outburst, and some women end up justifying it and it becomes the norm, until you really get out of a situation you won't realise it's happening. A lot of females I know have gone through emotional traumas too. It just feels like a story we need to speak about and especially in Hip Hop where women are ALWAYS the basis of fun for the man, or the object of a man's video, party, sexual pleasure, strippers, throwing alchohol on them, embarrassing them, cursing them, these are ok in Hip Hop but no one wants to talk about the women who suffer from these "normalities"? It needs to be an open dialogue.
Something that I found unusual with your videos – and particularly with Set Her Free – is that whilst the lyrics can clearly stand alone by themselves and still convey the message clearly, the video really brought a whole extra dimension to the lyrics. I know that Oliver Whitehouse directed the video, how did you two end up working together? How did you find the process of making this particular video? How much input did you have with this?
I met Oliver Whitehouse when Sektion Red did a documentary called Artemis on female rappers. It's such a great docu-film and covers issues and background. We didn't really speak after that and my partner Kingpin, who is also a rapper said to me at home one night, that he found a really great film director and had reached out to him and played me a video. When I saw his name I was like "ahh thats the same director who did Artemis". We reached out and have been working with him since. Oliver has a very good eye for shots and is such a skilled editor. I had ideas for my videos and I am quite particular and luckily he was open to taking my ideas in but running with it his way to make it happen and it works out for the best. With Set Her Free I wanted to tell the story without the cliche watching a man and woman fighting and getting beaten up, I wanted no violence. I just wanted the fear, the tension, the discomfort and Oliver's idea to do it from a perspective was so great it gave it an intimacy. So the camera was strapped to my head as I had the actor Mark really go in, yell at me and push me about, it was all really eerie, all of us on set were very serious. I wanted to rap and as I told the story I wanted the bruises and cuts to appear gradually as it would do if someone was in a long abusive relationship. Luckily the universe was in sync and I met Keziah [Waudby] who had started doing Special FX, I told her what the song was about and she totally was up for it. We filmed that in a hour, with Keziah making my face look more and more hurt with make up. It was really deep as every time I looked in the mirror it felt real. Also I am someone who is very giggly in front of a camera but that day I was just in the zone. I rapped everything 5/6 times and it felt like a chant. I wanted the chorus to be empowering, a chant for women to use as a tool.
Throughout the video, as you mentioned, your make-up progressively changes until you are battered and bruised all over at the end. This really brings to life the physical aspects of abuse whilst the lyrics drill home the psychological damage done from the first to last bars. One particular moment in the video caught my eye, and that is a moment (@1:40) where a group of women are protesting and one passes the microphone to another whilst we can hear you repeat "Drop the knowledge on them", at which point the woman lifts the mic up to speak and you go in to the next verse. As an artists and a presenter with a platform to reach people, do you feel you have a duty to broach difficult subjects and make otherwise uncomfortable conversations happen?
Good question. The answer is yes. I feel when you are in a position of influence, or to be heard or have any sort of following you have a responsibility and what you choose to do with that is your nature. I have always been someone who stands up for the weaker person, helps a victim, defends someone being bullied, says something uncomfortable other people feel anxious to say, its just in my nature so as an artist I can only embody that. If I have a few minutes of everyone's time and they are going to hear me, what am i going to choose to say, what am I about. I will need to make the most of that time. This is something i encourage the young people in my workshops to be mindful about. I mean, I'm not perfect, and always evolving but I want to try and do something progressive with my art.
In a world where lots of lyrics, music videos, and even computer games still enforce a submissive female stereotype, what is the best way for the average person to help fight against this?
I personally don't want to watch or share or be part of something that is derogatory, but especially that enforces a problem we already have. I won't let my little sister listen or watch certain videos in my presence. I will share and push movements to my students or my peers that I feel challenge them or inspire them. I don't want women to feel like they have to resort to selling their bodies through magazine covers for a man's pleasure, or submit to a man in a position of power for them to get ahead. Even in hip hop, female rappers are intimidated and pressured by male producers via sexual favours. In my opinion, the more we speak about something, and having open conversations we are calling out the problems not encouraging it to be okay, it's not okay.
Once again, thank you to Shay D for taking the time to talk to us! "A Figure of Speech" is out on Feb 12th. Pre-orders are available now on itunes and www.shayd.bandcamp.com. If you fancy coming along to her album launch party, it will be on 17th of March at Birthdays in Dalston, and features some wicked guest appearances including Maverick & Malachi, Kingpin and many more! For more info about this visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1224839817532553/


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that was hilarious!! point driven home very well!!
Found an interesting video as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIY237LbfqgReplyDelete
I watched that yesterday and Steve nails it. Be blessed and see all in the air soon. ShalomReplyDelete
I wonder where these verses are in Mark. Does anyone know?
ha, have to admit that my favourite line was "there is no such thing as in-vitro fertilisation of a virgin". Very clever.ReplyDelete
Interestingly enough, this is why most of the Founding Fathers of America proclaimed a religion of Moralistic Deism: Because anything they couldn't explain in the natural, was obviously a whole buncha hooey.
Subscribers to this theory: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, and to a less-publicly-pronounced degree, George Washington.
While Wikipedia isn't always a definitive source, it does give a nice overview: Naturalistic Philosophy.
From this horrible idea springs "Patriotic Christianity". This whole "No kneeling at the anthem." push, makes me ask the question: "Would modern day American Christians burn Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?"
I think the answer is "Probably." Please note that this is not a 1-1 correlation. The statement NFL players are trying to make is completely different. But it isn't without some parallels.
Please also remember that Christians in Rome were subject to the same torture, because they would not swear allegiance to the Emperor. The Emperor really could not have cared less as to the "Why?" Christians would not bow. The problem was that they would not bow.
Christians were not the only ones eaten alive at the Colosseums. Chew on that for a bit, and get back to me.
Easy on uncle John... He wanted a homeland for Jews and fought Jefferson on the French enlightenment....and never owned slaves. Shalom Marranatha!Delete
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What point are you trying to make?
I can't go easy on "Uncle John"... Wish I could. He also wrote a version of the New Testament which stripped all supernatural elements from the Gospel message:
A quote from the wiki on the subject: Jesus did not mean to impose himself on mankind as the son of God." He called the writers of the New Testament "ignorant, unlettered men" who produced "superstitions, fanaticisms, and fabrications". He called the Apostle Paul the "first corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus". He dismissed the concept of the Trinity as "mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus".
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Rejecting the resurrection of Jesus, the work ends with the words: "Now, in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus. And rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed." These words correspond to the ending of John 19 in the Bible.
Jefferson rejected Christ as God in flesh, and the resurrection, leaving us with "Jesus was a moral man and a good teacher."
My point (as @ClassicRockChick asks for --- I realize I probably didn't come to one :) ) is that 1.) Moral men may have good, logical points for dismissing supernatural arguments, but that does not make the rejection of the supernatural a good or wise thing. Rather, it is an argument which has a form of godliness, but denies the power.
and 2.) Branching off of that, with our Founding Fathers being what they were they passed along a lot of "moral, but not godly" philosophy which finds a lot of Christians blindly supporting the President in his crusade against these players without the realization that the same things they support can be used to suppress Christian speech regarding matters.
3.) Our citizenship is elsewhere. So while we abide by Roman's 13, there is a scriptural precedent for not pledging allegiance to a flag or anything else. (And yes, I stand to say the pledge with everyone else in America. ) But this sinister philosophy has been a problem for the Church since the beginning of America.
It is why we have so many people who "identify" as Christians: Because they're good people, who love Mom, believe in a higher power, eat apple pie, and stand to salute the flag at football games.
But many of those same people, if it came between allegiance to God, and allegiance to the State, would choose the state.
I apologize for not fully developing my thoughts :)
And I only now realize you meant "Adams" and not Jefferson. Lo siento :) Yes, he is guilty to lesser degrees. I was merely speaking in roundabout terms. Jefferson specifically gets my goat, as does Washington :)
No problem brother....I now know by DNA that my uncle John was the first Hebrew president from the tribe of Levi. He also fiercely opposed Jefferson on his attempt to rewrite his beloved scriptures although later in life they reconciled and became the dearest of friends...even dying on the same day...July 4th. To your point, yes America has gone the way of the hated Nicolaiteans and have embraced that wicked Jezebel while falling to the ways of Balham but still others will hold on to the end and return to their first LOVE!!! Be encouraged...our Redemption draws near! Shalom & MarranathaDelete
I am not sure that mocking the mockers is what we are called to do.ReplyDelete
Every day I attend my college classes, as i walk to and from class, i see so many people, and i cant help but think of the horrors to come for so many. I can see through this the significance of the max gestation time that Jupiter spent within Virgo that god truly loves all his creation and he wants all to rejoice in the life after. He is giving us as much time as possible. So many people...... god save as many as you can.ReplyDelete
Emmett O'Regan "Unveiling the Apocalypse"; John Fenn "Supernatural House Ministry"; Billy Nelson and "Mark" interviewed by Lyn Leahz on 777 all agree on God's final 4 Judgments of America: 2 Hurricanes back to back, followed by 2 giant Earthquakes on both coasts, followed by a giant Tidal Wave on the East Coast and a final judgment so terrible Jesus kept from the visits he makes with these Charlatans.
God's Judgments: Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah and the Exodus. Man's Judgments Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tidal Waves are all possible with Geo-engineering Weapons like Scalar Electro-magnetic weapons, X-Band Radars, X-37B. Don't blame God; blame Man playing God.
Steve preaches the Sept 23 Rapture and now changes to preaching Sept 30 Feast of Atonement is the real Rapture and nobody cares? Ever noticed he is never in front of a congregation?ReplyDelete
Patience is found 33 times in the bible, all in the NT. 7 times in Revelation. Is used along side of faith. Patience was a fatal error for Israel coming out of Egypt...desiring the promise land of milk and honey, they groaned and scoffed. Be encouraged ALL! Yeshua will not delay!!!! Shalom FriendsReplyDelete
Well, it does absolutely no good to prey on peoples emotions and swear He is coming back on such and such a day. Then, when it doesn't happen believers feel bewildered and unbelievers feel more brazen and emboldened to criticize christians...doesn't help them get saved. Then, the same sites say..oh, wait a minute..there's a more perfect alignment the next day. Or, well...maybe it's about the atonement and not the trumpets. Give it a break will ya? He'll come when He wants. Quit hurting the body of Christ with your nonsense. Live each day for Him and stop hurting people just because of your egos.ReplyDelete
Signed the loving Church....unknown....Delete
Honestly, Unknown, if you or anyone else is "hurt" by the Rev12 sign or the related discussions of the imminence of the Lord's return, use sound judgment and don't expose yourself to it. There are plenty of sincere Christian website espousing teachings I do not believe which I avoid. I don't need the inevitable double mindedness and doubt that it injects on theological matters that are settled for me. It's not useful for me to go to those sites to chastise them and possibly causing others to stumble.Delete
"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter." praise God he has declared us kings and priests.
Now onto continuing to try to reveal what God has purposefully concealed.
How can anyone be TOO LITTLE excited about the LORDs return and searching HIS WORD and biblical patterns of interpretation to prove some dates on the calendar? How can He ever reprimand us to do so? Just asking...Delete
I do not know the ways of the Lord but I would be a fool to dismiss His signs. And while it seems like the fleshly thing to do is to be let down, hurt, and angry at our brothers or sisters for their focus on the 23rd, at the end of the day if it was their true sincere belief and a genuine attempt to try and figure out something that we are commanded to watch for, then at least they did something.
Sure we all want the Lord to come back. But if we can take a couple lessons from this then let us do so.
First lesson. Patience. Yep, Dan Adams you nailed it.
Second lesson. Even in being let down and disappointed, let's make sure we act in love accordingly to one another. We all feel the pain. But we are to edify one another. And I like Gal 5:18-24. Worth the read. ... actually all of Gal 5 is worth the read.
(Side note: it says some interesting things on circumcision as a Christian).
Third lesson. The Rapture date was wrong. BUT the times are unprecedentedly RIGHT. Don't stop because we missed once. Think Thomas Edison's light bulb. How many times did he try again???
(Side note: check out breakingIsrealnews.com and look up Top 5 reason the Jewish community is looking for their messiah in 2017. Fun stuff, not too sure to be overly serious on it).
Hope this helps.
Much love brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.
Here is THE video to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njeX05eKiaoReplyDelete
Brother Keith, this is not a Post-Tribulation Rapture gathering place. As brother Ted said above, there are plenty of websites that teach and discuss that perspective. Here we await the soon Pre-Trib return of our Lord Yeshua... JimDelete
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Am I the only person to have enjoyed the film Bed and Breakfast? Known as Bienvenue au Gîte in French, the film was released to widespread indifference in 2003.
It tells the story of husband and wife Caroline and Bertrand, who give up their corporate lives in Paris to run a chambres d'hôtes in Provence. They arrive expecting a high-class hostelry and are more than disappointed to find that their new business relies on backpackers and porn studios to tick over.
Caroline's Parisian ways manage to upset the locals, while Bertrand settles into his new lifestyle with more ease. He befriends nearby gay British chambres d'hôtes owner Peter. Played by Michael Maloney, Peter adds some humour to the storyline – thanks largely to Caroline's envy of his more upmarket holiday complex.
"Bed and Breakfast showcases some of the pitfalls of taking on a property in the hope of turning it into a holiday business"
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Union Station, which boasted a barbershop following its 1939 debut, intends to re-create that bygone feature on Thursday, March 16.
From 11:30 in the morning through to 7:30 in the evening, feel free to swing by the rail-bustling landmark for "a classic haircut or hot towel shave." Each is $25, plus you'll want to have a tip handy, too.
A pair of "master barbers" from Svelte Barbershop + Essentials will be at the ready, clippers close by.
As for the location within the station? Make for the can't-be-missed, everyone-knows-it Waiting Room.
As for the beneficiary of the eight-hour event? Heifer International, with works "...with communities around the globe to end world hunger and poverty." Customers can expect all of the proceeds from the event to be donated to the organization.
So, a question: Will the day ever return when barbershops are regularly seen in places like train stations, airports, and hotels? Locations for tending to the ol' locks used to be permanent parts of so many different businesses not related to the care of hair.
If this feels like a bit of a noir film to you, or just a truly sensible idea, then go Union Station on March 16 for a trim, a story to tell later, and a chance to help out Heifer International.


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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
Our light and fluffy lemon ricotta pancakes, topped with fresh fruit and warm maple syrup, are simply delicious, Enjoy!
Servings: 6
- 1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 1/2 c. buttermilk
- 2 lg. eggs lightly beaten
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 T. vegetable oil
- 2 c. fresh ricotta cheese
- 4 T. granulated sugar
- 2 T. lemon zest
- Melted butter for brushing the griddle or non stick pan
- Diced strawberries for topping
- Warm maple syrup for serving
- In a mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt, stir to combine; set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, add the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, vegetable oil, ricotta cheese, sugar and lemon zest. Using a wire whisk, gently stir the ingredients together until evenly combined.
- Add the flour mixture into the bowl with the buttermilk and ricotta cheese. Fold the ingredients together until evenly combined with only a few small lumps remaining in the batter. Do not over mix the batter.
- Heat a griddle or non-stick pan over medium heat; brush with melted butter. Using a 4 oz. ladle, pour the batter onto the griddle or into the non-stick pan and form pancakes.
- Cook the pancakes for approximately 2-1/2 minutes or until the edges begin to dry and puff up with little air bubbles will start appearing over the top surface of the pancakes. Flip each pancake over and continue to cook for another 1-1/2 minutes or until done.
- To serve, top with diced strawberries then drizzle with warm maple syrup.


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Methamphetamines Physical Effect on the Body
Methamphetamines physical effect on the body are dangerous for many reasons, they lead to intense addictions to the drug that create both a physical and psychological dependence to the drug, but also has many lasting effects. The abuse of methamphetamines can lead to long term organ damage, but it can destroy an individuals physical appearance as well.
Visible Effects Of Methamphetamines Abuse
Individuals who abuse methamphetamines will experience a lack of blood flow to the skin that decreases the elasticity, and makes the individual look years older than they are. Individuals may have acne breakouts that can lead them to pick the skin obsessively leaving scars and sores which are slow to heal. Because this drug gives abusers energy, it also dramatically decreases the appetite, leaving individuals malnourished and suffering from extreme weight loss. The chemicals that are in the meth can also deteriorate the enamel of the teeth, which causes them to decay, become brittle and break off. This physical trait that is often associated with methamphetamine abuse is called "meth mouth."
Internal Effects Of Methamphetamines Abuse
Some of the immediate physical effects of methamphetamine use includes increased heart rate and blood pressure, dilated pupils, increased focus, mental alertness, and hyperactivity. Continued abuse of methamphetamines can lead to anxiety, fearfulness, paranoia, psychosis, depression, hallucinations, and suicidal thoughts. Some of the long term effects of methamphetamine abuse includes fatal kidney and lung disorders, possible brain damage, depression, hallucinations, and permanent psychological problems.
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[Videos]Java School ~ From Zero to Hero (The starter guide)
Hey guys, Chris here.
tl;dr - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...VsgHGtCMyqc7Dw
I've decided to start writing a tutorial series on Java programming that literally starts at the bare-bones, the idea of this series it to bring people that are interested in programming to understand it at an decent rate. The video's aren't that long (about <10 minutes) each because of my personal preference when it comes to learning something. I don't like taking it in all at once, I like it when I can stop every 10-30 minutes and take a break, get some food, play a game, and then resume learning where I left off without worrying about forgetting what we just did.
Whilist learning programming video's have always been my greatest friend, any-time that I want to know how something works I always look for a video, however the problem is that there really just aren't that many videos out there, especially when it comes to openGL ( D: ). I don't know about everyone else, but personally I learn better when it's happening right in-front of me and it's being explained. That's why I created this series.
If you are an experienced programmer and watch this series for whatever reason (I would assume out of boredom) please provide me with feedback, if I have explained something incorrectly to my viewers I would definitely like to know so I can clarify it. The point here is to teach people, not to feed them with false information.
Anyway the link to the playlist is below, I have just started uploading videos as of today [11/26/2013] and will continue to upload at-least one video daily, so please subscribe if you're interested. Throughout the tutorial series I am planning to move into things like networking, graphics, and many other things, such as working with JDBC, etc. We will create "mini-projects" a-long the way, such as the "text-based-game" that I'm getting ready to start in the next view videos. These "mini-projects" are meant to help you better understand what you've been taught. While it's not required that you complete them, it's highly recommended as I will be going over additional information which may have been forgotten in the initial explanation of something.
Anyway, if you read all of this, thanks.
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Harris County has its first public beach in decades.
By beach, we mean two 480-foot strips of sand at Sylvan Beach in La Porte.
Crews dumped 450,000 tons of sand on the edge of Galveston Bay. Each strip is bracketed with a pair of jetty-looking arms called groins that are supposed to keep the ocean from lapping away the sand.
Stephen Barr, LaPorte's parks and recreation director, said that Sylvan Beach hasn't really been a beach since Hurricane Carla washed away the last of the sand in 1961.
State legislators, city officials and Precinct 2 Commissioner Sylvia Garcia took a stroll in the transplanted sand this week — wearing shoes and business suits, of course — to inspect the work done with the $3.4 million they secured from their respective jurisdictions.
They talked about families picnicking, kids flying kites and folks fishing at Sylvan Beach. They didn't talk about swimming. When a reporter finally asked, they said there would be no lifeguard, but people are welcome to jump in. A string of buoys floated just 15 yards from the shoreline, and in the distance, a freight vessel cruised out of the Ship Channel and into the bay.


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A nine-time Grammy winner, Sheryl Crow is an American music icon. Her eight studio albums have sold 35 million copies worldwide. In addition to such No. 1 hits as "All I Wanna Do," "Soak Up the Sun" and "The First Cut Is the Deepest," Crow has lofted 40 singles into the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Mainstream Top 40, and Hot Country Songs charts. Many artists have collaborated with her on special projects, including the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Smokey Robinson, and Tony Bennett. She is also known for her passionate support of multiple charities, including City of Hope, Stand Up to Cancer, the World Food Program, the Special Olympics, and many other worthy causes.


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Employee Assistance Program
The Anthem Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides solutions to help you balance work and life through confidential and easily accessible services. Anthem EAP puts convenient resources within your reach, and that helps you - and your household members - stay healthy. Anthem EAP services include:
Enter your company code: Rockingham County and Schools
- Face-to-Face Counseling
- Legal Assistance
- Financial Assistance
- ID Recovery
- Tobacco Cessation (Online and Coaching)
- Dependent Care and Daily Living Resources
- Crisis Consultation
- Other Web Resources
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The following documents are available. Please click here to view or download.
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So, do you remember Brad's post that linked to the amazing list of life tips? Here it is: 99 tips
One of the tips was drilling a hole in your garbage can so it's easier to get the bag in (by letting the trapped air escape). Well, tonight after we identified the source of a horrific smell in the house being the meat tray rotting in the garbage, Lloyd changed the bag and said, "When are you going to drill holes in this can?"
I strode to the Drawer Of Seldom-Used Implements and removed…….
an ice pick.
Oh my oh my oh my oh my. There is nothing as satisfying as taking turns stabbing a trash can repeatedly. (While being careful to not stab the foolishly curious kittens, of course.)
By the way, it works like a charm.


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Finding a puppy for sale may present a challenge. If you choose to adopt from a rescue or shelter, the puppy may cost less but it may take you longer to find the puppy you want. Reputable breeders also sell puppies, often with certification papers and good health guarantees.
Go to a pet adoption website such as Petfinder.com that links to animal rescues and shelters. These sites list available dogs, including puppies of all breeds. Search by zip code and dog's age to find puppies for sale in your area. You can also search by dog breed as desired.
Call local animal rescues and shelters in your area to inquire about available puppies. Shelters may have puppies available in a variety of pure and mixed breeds. These puppies may be available for a fraction of the price from other sources such as breeders and may already be spayed or neutered and up-to-date with vaccinations.
Visit local animal rescues and shelters during open adoption hours. Shelters receive new dogs often and the puppies may not have been available when you called or looked online. If you find a puppy you like, and you already have a dog, you can bring your dog to meet the puppy on neutral territory. Attend local adoption events in which shelter often bring their most highly adoptable dogs.
Obtain a breeder referral. Besides asking veterinarians, neighbors and friends for recommendations for a reliable breeder, check with the American Kennel Club. The AKC lists breeder referral coordinators by breed on their website. AKC also lists breeder directories, regional clubs and local breed associations, all of which can direct you to reputable breeders.
Check your local newspaper classified advertisements. Breeders may post ads but beware of backyard breeders, breeders who dogs aren't certified and only breed for profit without much care or concern for breed standards or dog's health. When answering an ad, visit the puppy's surroundings and ask to see the parent dogs before purchase. Obtain a certification of health and good health guarantee before purchase.
- Be patient if you can't find a puppy right away. Reputable breeders do not allow puppies to go home too early and shelters receive new dogs frequently.
- Beware of puppies sold in pet stores that are usually a product of puppy mills. These puppies are often unhealthy, have genetic conditions and are sold for profit only.
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Tulip Shirley is an all time classic. She will start ivory white to slightly yellow with a delicate purple edge. As she matures the purple edge will turn into a purple to pink blush all over the flower. Great to combine with the black Tulip Queen of Night, the purple Tulip Negrita and the purple flamed Tulip Rem's Favourite. Introduced in 1968.


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The image above consists of two pictures. The picture on the left shows the spirit of a home owner who decided to share his fortune with others by allowing surfers to rinse off.
But the picture on the right shows a different approach to life. In the picture you see a private path, accessible only to members of that gigantic household. And while the two home owners are only a few blocks from one another, they are a world apart.
The two images well represent the world of business. There are those who operate secretly, solely for their benefit. And there are others that take great joy in sharing their knowledge and experience.
I like to think that I am on the latter camp.
I write about companies and businesses. I write about why I invest in a certain company and keep the reader informed on my purchase as time progresses. In the articles, I explain why I purchased a certain stock and why I sold the stock.
There are four common reasons for selling a stock:
1. When the market value of the company is about where it should be and I don't see a potential gain in holding the stock. For example, when I purchased Famous Dave I was quite certain that the stock was worth more than its July 2017 quoted stock price of $3. Now, at about $8 a share, I am less confident of any future gain and will probably sell my Famous Dave stock soon.
2. I sell a stock when the it did not perform as expected; within, say, a holding period of two years. When I paid for Hudson Pacific Trust $35.72 on January of 2016, I wrote:
Hudson Pacific Properties should grab your attention. Over the past 5 years, real estate per share increased to $67 from $36, while liabilities per share increased to $29 from $15. Its income statement entails a similar tale. Revenue increased to $5.90 from $3.77, while operating expenses remained at $2.65. Given the alternatives, a share in Hudson may be a reasonable location to park cash.
I estimated that by the first quarter of 2019, the company stock would trade at over $40. But as of the first week of 2018, the stock is trading at about $34, I am most likely wrong and will probably sell the position in a year's time.
3. Tax planning. In December 2017, I finally sold my position in Rait Financial Trust, a position where I lost 80 cents of every dollar. So, I sold the position on the last week of 2017 to offset the taxes.Visit How Rait Financial Trust Taught Me A Lesson if you want to know more.
4. A position is sold when another company buys the company. Two recent illustrations come to mind: I purchased stock in Care Capital Properties for $24.85 in February 2017. But in August of last year, Sabra Health Care REIT acquired Care Capital. So I found myself owning Sabra Health without ever signing up for it and I plan to sell the stock in 2018.
Another example, a joyful one, relates to Regal Entertainment Group (RGC). I purchased shares in Regal at $14.89 on August of 2017. Cineworld, a Eurpoean-based competitor recently announced that it is acquiring Regal for $3.6 billion, or $23 a share in cash. Regal now trades at $22.91 and I will sell the position in the first quarter of 2018 (as soon as I find a better place to park the proceeds – I am still looking.)
I started the blog to provide a unique perspective on investing. I could not find resources that were transparent on the minutiae of stock investing and I wanted to fill the gap. The blog is also a way for me to give back. I learned so much from other professionals that dedicate some of their time to share their experience and I wanted to follow in their footsteps. Ran Regal, a designer genius from Israel is one from whom I learned much and greatly admire. His vlog is about design.
Besides, it is rewarding for me to get warm feedback from readers. Last month, one reader wrote to me: "your article was absolutely invaluable as an education tool. I'm sharing it with my investing friends, and saving it for when my kids get older to share with them."
Finally, all of my investment decisions are made using a pen and paper (okay, at times I cheat by using an HP12C calculator). I find sensible investing to be simple and within the aptitude of anyone. So I named the blog Pen&Paper to emphasize that the tools for sensible investing are available for us all.
I provide debt and raise equity on U.S. commercial real estate properties. I work for Silvergate Bank, a commercial bank. You can see some of my work by clicking here.
While I have a bachelor and a master degree in business administration, I attribute my theoretical and practical understanding of the investment profession to the CFA Institute and its members. Only when I earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification did I begin to understand the scope of the investment management profession.
How do you measure success in stock investing?
I compare the growth in the market value of my portfolio of stocks to the growth in the S&P 500 index over a five-year span.
Yet comparing my investing performance to the S&P 500 index is a fairly new metric for me. In the past as long as the market value of my portfolio of stocks was higher than my cost basis, I felt I was doing fine. But I decided recently to change that system of measurement.
So on the first week of 2018 I purchased one share in a Vanguard's ETF and its mutual fund, both track the performance of the S&P 500. Please write to me if you would like to know more about the world of ETFs and mutual funds and why I decided to compare my performance to them.
I don't have the slightest idea. It also does not matter to me.
For me, purchasing stock is similar to savings where, in the short term, the real goal is to save and in the long term, it is to have more than you originally saved.
In 2018, I plan to keep a portfolio of 15 to 20 companies. My goal is to allocate an additional $20,000 in the stock market; that is, as long as the companies in which I invest meet my criteria for investments (which is a reasonable price for a wonderful business that I can understand.)
My final goal in 2018 is to improve this blog. So if you have a topic you would like me to cover, or, perhaps, a suggestion for me to improve the website features (one reader mentioned I should add market quotes on portfolio companies but daily market quotes to be distracting), I would be happy to hear from you.


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Turn, Turn, TurnA time to build up,
A time to break down,
A time to dance, A time to mourn,
A time to cast stones,
A time to gather stones together.
To everything, Turn, turn, turn,
There is a season,
Turn, turn, turn,
And a time to every purpose
Under heaven.
---Pete Seeger
Adapted from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
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Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2018, Page: 12-16
Developing Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming System as a Strategy for Green Growth in Low Income Countries: A Brief Review
Julian Witjaksono, Socio Economic and Policy Analysis Division, The Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology of Southeast Sulawesi, Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia
Suharyanto, Socio Economic Division, The Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology of Bangka Belitung, Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia
Rita Indrasti, Farming System Division, Indonesian Centre for Agricultural Technology Assessment and Development, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Suharyanto, Socio Economic Division, The Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology of Bangka Belitung, Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia
Rita Indrasti, Farming System Division, Indonesian Centre for Agricultural Technology Assessment and Development, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Received: Mar. 13, 2017; Accepted: Dec. 17, 2017; Published: Jan. 26, 2018
DOI: 10.11648/j.avs.20180601.13 View 3570 Downloads 203
Today, low income countries around the world are promoting sustainable development through sustainable agricultural practices which will help them in addressing socio economic as well as environmental issues simultaneously. Integrated farming systems hold special position as in this system nothing is wasted, the byproduct of one system becomes the input for other. A green growth approach is the chance for emerging and developing countries to leapfrog unsustainable and inefficient production and consumption patterns. This paper explores crop-livestock farming system pattern drawn from developing countries as the green growth approach in order to push agriculture more sustainable in the future.
Integrated, Sustainable, Farming System, Crop, Livestock
To cite this article
Julian Witjaksono, Suharyanto, Rita Indrasti, Developing Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming System as a Strategy for Green Growth in Low Income Countries: A Brief Review, Animal and Veterinary Sciences. Vol. 6, No. 1, 2018, pp. 12-16. doi: 10.11648/j.avs.20180601.13
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This article is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Do you crave a story that is strange beyond measure? In this novel, translated from French, two siblings grow up isolated from the outside world with an authoritarian father as their only point of contact. The language they speak and the universe they inhabit are wholly of their own creation. When the father commits suicide, the siblings must make contact with the villagers to acquire a coffin. All unravels from there. Nothing is as it seems. This book is about cruelty and guilt, and it cannot be tamed.
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In this strange novel, our narrator Braz Cubas recounts his life story, beginning with his death. From beyond the grave, Braz looks back on a life well lived, or so it seems to him. The reality, as it play out before us, is more complicated. Written in 1880, this brutal satire of art, politics, intellectual life, and bourgeois values was far ahead of its time, and it influenced a century of Central and South American novelists from Marquez and Borges to Cortazar and Bolano. It is both well crafted and surprisingly hilarious.
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Wowza March already?
I love a good Ryan Gosling meme, and I know this one has been around a bit but I had to share! I hope you all have a fantastic week!
Happy Hooking and Nifty Knitting,
I suppose this is not so much funny as it is awesome! But a viewer caught this screen shot of someone knitting at the olympics… it looks like it is at a starting gate. Which begs the question, where is the strangest or most interesting place you have knitted/crocheted?
For me I would have to say at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
I hope everyone has a nice week full of creative inspiration.
Happy Hooking and Nifty Knitting!
~ Megan
Update -2/18/2014
Alexis added this in a comment below with some insight into what the man was making so I thought I would share the link!
Also it reminds us that men knit too!!! (Some of my favorite knitting buddies are men)
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I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! Between finals, craft shows, work, special orders and a lovely trip I have been a horrible blogger! But life has started to slow down a bit and I will be able to take some time to get back into blogging again! Starting with this Fiber Funny Monday post!
Happy Hooking!
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A soldier dies in Iraq, a family mourns in Kent
KENT -- The Colgans tied a yellow ribbon around the maple tree in their front yard and intended to take it down once their son Ben returned safely from Iraq.
But yesterday, Joe and Pat Colgan tied a black ribbon of mourning on the tree -- the same maple they planted 30 years ago to mark the birth of their fourth child.
Their son, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division, was killed in Baghdad on Saturday by a remotely triggered bomb, the military told his family.
The Department of Defense said Colgan was responding to a rocket-propelled grenade attack when he died.
His was one of 22 American military deaths on a bloody weekend that saw militants shoot down a U.S. helicopter.
Ben Colgan was a soldier and a beloved son of peace activists. He was a father of two small daughters for whom he left tape-recorded nursery rhymes before he went to war. A third child will be born next month, knowing a father only through the memories of others.
There are so many others and so many memories.
Much of Colgan's large family -- he has seven siblings and 35 first cousins -- and friends gathered yesterday at the home on Kent's western edge where he grew up. They remembered the man they call a "magnet."
They recalled the times he would ride bulls in Toppenish just for the fun of it. And the time he and a cousin lip-synched Alabama's "Dixieland Delight" at a family reunion, pantomiming as if they were a couple driving down the highway.
It's impossible to hear that song now -- "Rollin' down a backwoods Tennessee byway, one arm on the wheel" -- without thinking of Ben, they say.
"You just don't meet a lot of people like Ben," said his sister Gina Johnson. "Everybody loved him. You couldn't help but love him."
Colgan was unsure about what to do with his life when he graduated from Mount Rainier High School in 1991. He enlisted in the Army as a way to pay for college.
His parents, Joe, 62, and Pat, 60, are peace activists who have marched against the Vietnam War, the Trident submarine base across Puget Sound from Seattle and the Iraq War. But they supported their son when he decided to enlist.
"My son knew where we stood," Pat said yesterday. "But we supported our son -- in anything he chose to do."
Colgan fell in love with the service, his family said, and excelled, first as a medic, then as a member of the Special Forces, and later as a member of the Army's elite Delta Force.
The reason he excelled, his uncle Paul remembered, pointing to his head, is "because it's all up here. He always used to say, 'It doesn't matter what shoes you have.' "
He was stationed in North Carolina in 1995 when, on a short trip to New York City, he met a Wall Street worker in a bar. As soon as he and Jill began talking, they knew they had met their partners for life, they told Colgan's parents.
They were married in 1997. A photograph of the family gathered at their wedding hangs by the Colgans' front door.
Ben and Jill had two daughters -- Grace, 2, and Paige, 1 -- and a third due Dec. 16.
From her parents' home in Aurora, Mo., yesterday, Jill Colgan said that she is proud of her husband -- that he died making others' lives better.
Joe and Pat were in Germany, visiting their son at an American military base, when the Iraq war began in March. They were eating breakfast when the first images were broadcast on the television, and they knew then their son would go.
Colgan knew, too. Before he left, he recorded his voice -- tapes of nursery rhymes turned into raps that he liked to sing for his daughters.
He and his wife discussed funeral arrangements.
His body will be flown to Missouri, where he will be cremated.
Colgan had been in regular e-mail contact with his dad. He had said that his battalion was working out of one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Baghdad.
Joe sent care packages weekly, and his son routinely asked for history books and canned fish.
About a week ago, the always-upbeat Colgan e-mailed his dad, who had expressed concern for his son's safety.
"All I'm doing over here is being a policeman, keeping peace," Joe and Pat remembered the e-mail saying. "It's Ramadan. It's either going to be a peaceful month or a deadly month. I think it's going to be deadly.
"It's getting old, and it's getting crazy."
"For him to say that was real significant," Joe said.
Throughout the war, the family has clung onto news reports. Joe has read voraciously about Middle East politics, trying to understand.
But yesterday, the televisions stayed off. The Colgans didn't listen to a single news report.
"His life's so valuable," Joe said. "All those other issues are moot. At least, that's how you feel as a parent."
Pat said that now she strongly empathizes with the families of each one of the soldiers fighting in Iraq.
"There's no reason for people to continue losing their children," she said. "Iraq may be better off, but now someone has to ask the question of whether we are better off. No, we're not. Our children are dying."
Brian Cartwright, who played football with Colgan at Mount Rainier, stopped by the home yesterday.
"All of those good things people usually say when someone passes away -- we said those things about Ben before he passed away," Cartwright said. "He was my closest friend in the world. And there are probably a dozen people that felt the same way.
"There's nothing he wouldn't do for you, and nothing you wouldn't do for him."


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Chinese companies bid to grab deal for Clark Int'l Airport expansion
Seven groups, including large Chinese companies, have submitted offers to design and build a passenger terminal that would triple existing capacity in Clark International Airport, which is being positioned as an alternative to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Clark International Airport, formerly known as the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, is located in Pampanga while NAIA – also known as Manila Airport – is the main international gateway to the Philippines.
The Duterte administration is targeting to finish the new passenger terminal, which would bring Clark Airport's existing capacity of four million passengers annually to 12 million passengers, by 2020.
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), which is handling the Clark expansion project, checked on Tuesday the eligibility of bidders keen on the project's design, engineering, and construction contract, valued at P12.55 billion.
With the expansion, the government hopes to lure more travellers to Clark Airport, helping ease congestion that is currently plaguing NAIA.
Among those that submitted on Tuesday was the team of Megawide Construction Corp. and GMR Infrastructure (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. The tandem already operates the Mactan Cebu International Airport.
The six other groups were China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd., China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd., Sinohydro Corp. Limited, DDT Konstract, Inc., R-II Builders, Inc., and Tokwing Construction Corp.
Joshua Bingcang, chair of the BCDA special bids and awards committee, said he was satisfied with the turnout, noting that more than half of the 12 groups that bought bid documents submitted offers.
"This is a relatively high number for us," he told reporters at the sidelines of the event.
Tuesday's exercise was meant to determine which groups are qualified to build the Clark Airport. Technical and financial bids of qualified groups would later be evaluated by the BCDA on December 7 and December 14, respectively.
The contract is slated to be awarded on December 15, and a groundbreaking ceremony is being targeted on December 20, 2017.
The expansion of Clark International Airport is among the first hybrid public-private partnership deals that were rolled out under the Duterte administration.
Under this scheme, the government will finance the construction of the terminal while the private sector will later be invited for the operations and maintenance component.
Bingcang said they were eyeing the operations and maintenance component to be awarded on March 2018.
Successive administrations have struggled to increase usage at Clark. As noted, it has a capacity of four million passengers annually but serves about a quarter of that figure.
Its critics point to its 100-kilometer distance away from Manila.
To help address this, the Duterte administration said it would pursue a 106-kilometer train line that would link Manila and Clark by 2022. The train project, to be funded by loans from the Japanese government, would cost over P300 billion. /kga
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