#Hmmm maybe the author(s) should have defined the term – real.
Is the sign an attack on men, which one the real man or the imaginary man?
Is the sign an attack on women, which one the real woman or the imaginary woman?
Did real women get angry, or did women real women who didn’t appreciate a real man feel the pain if loss a second time by reading the billboard?
Otherwise it is Much Ado About Nothing…
Everybody Plays the Fool; Sometime. ..
Live, Love, Change & Grow
DeVos refused to say that guns have no place in schools and even suggested that they might be necessary in case of a grizzly bear attack. Her comments were especially tone-deaf since she was responding to questions from Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, who has advocated for stricter gun-control laws after the school shootings in Newtown, CT, in 2012 that left 20 students and six staff dead.
We have children graduating from high school who read at a 5th grade level.
We have children controlling the teaches with there cell phone.
We have children with behavioral problems walking around with needles.
…and now we have the threat of grizzly bears, is this the 3rd version of Escape from Narnia?
What he has not done is what Republican elected officials want him to do, which is to put flesh on the bones of his campaign promises, set a clear order for his priorities and make some of the difficult choices about those devilish details
People who live in Philadelphia Housing Authority apartments — many of them children and the elderly with asthma and other lung conditions — are taking in a lot less secondhand smoke these days, researchers are reporting.
Did You Know?
This rule applies to all public housing other than dwelling units in *mixed-finance buildings. PHAs are required to establish, within 18 months of the effective date of the rule, policies disallowing the use of prohibited tobacco products in all restricted areas. PHAs may, but are not required to, further restrict smoking to outdoor dedicated smoking areas outside the restricted areas, create additional restricted areas in which smoking is prohibited (e.g., near a playground), or, alternatively, make their entire grounds smoke-free.
PHAs are required to document their smoke-free policies in their PHA plans, a process that requires resident engagement and public meetings. The proscription on the use of prohibited tobacco products must also be included in a tenant’s lease, which may be done either through an amendment process or as tenants renew their leases annually.
Costs
The costs to PHAs of implementing smoke-free policies may include training, administrative, legal, and enforcement costs. The costs of implementing a smoke-free policy are minimized by the existence of current HUD guidance on many of the topics covered by the mandatory smoke-free policy required by this rule. Already, hundreds of PHAs have voluntarily implemented smoke-free policies.
Question:
How much could posters or “No Smoking” signs cost the American people?
______________________________________________________________
Source: Philly Housing Authority’s smoking ban cuts secondhand exposure by half
LONDON, Ky. — Cancer has impacted and claimed the lives of millions of individuals, often leaving researchers and health care providers searching for answers and fighting for a substantial cure.
Of the estimated 1.47 million Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer in 2009, 60 to 75 percent will undergo radiation therapy for their disease. In select cities around the country, some of these patients who are hoping to improve their odds for a cure and minimize the long-term adverse effects of radiation therapy will be treated with a form of it called proton therapy.
Public interest in proton therapy has grown substantially since the FDA approved it in 2001. However, there is concern among members of the medical and research communities that enthusiasm for this promising therapy may be getting ahead of the research.
“Proton therapy has wonderful potential as a treatment for some cancers,” said Dr. Kevin Camphausen, chief of NCI’s Radiation Oncology Branch, who has referred patients to be evaluated for the treatment when he felt it might work well for their tumor type. “But I don’t think its use should become widespread until we can validate where it’s needed, and where it has the greatest potential benefit for patients.”
The first proton accelerator dedicated to medicine opened at Loma Linda University in California in 1990. Today, a total of seven proton therapy centers in the United States are treating patients and numerous others are under construction or in the planning phase. The treatment is being used most often in children with many cancer types, as well as in adults who have small, well-defined tumors in organs such as the prostate, brain, head, neck, bladder, lungs, or the spine. Proton therapy centers are continuing to test its use for additional cancers – this was posted in September 2009
Source: Kentucky man among first to receive proton cancer treatment
Source: National Cancer Institute
(February 18, 2017) When it came to drummers, he was among the baddest. Today we say goodbye, at age 73, to the great Clyde Stubblefield, who was best known as the drummer who gave the backbeat to the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, James Brown.
Stubblefield’s recordings with James Brown are considered to be some of the standard-bearers for funk drumming, including the singles “Cold Sweat”, “There Was a Time”, “I Got The Feelin’”, “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”, “Ain’t It Funky Now”, “Mother Popcorn”, “Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved” and the album Sex Machine.
His rhythm pattern on James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” is among the world’s most sampled musical segments. It has been used for decades by hip-hop groups and rappers such as Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., N.W.A, Raekwon, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys and Prince, and has also been used in other genres.
Stubblefield grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As a youngster his sense of rhythm was influenced by the industrial sounds of factories and trains around him. He was inspired to pursue drumming after seeing drummers for the first time in a parade. In early 1960s he worked with guitarist Eddie Kirkland and toured with Otis Redding, and then joined the James Brown band in 1965.
Stubblefield has lived in Madison, Wisconsin since 1971. For over twenty years he played Monday nights with his band, The Clyde Stubblefield Band, in downtown Madison. The band featured his longtime friend and keyboard-organ player Steve “Doc” Skaggs, along with soul vocalists Charlie Brooks and Karri Daley, as well as a horn section and supporting band. Stubblefield retired from the Monday shows in 2011 due to health issues, leaving the band in the hands of his nephew Brett Stubblefield.
Since the 1970s Stubblefield has worked with a variety of musicians in the Madison area such as keyboardist Steve Skaggs, guitarist Cris Plata, jazz violinist Randy Sabien, country trio Common Faces and jazz group NEO. He performed and recorded with members of The J.B.’s including Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker and “Jabo” Starks. The group released the album Bring the Funk on Down in 1999. From the early 1990s to 2015 he performed on the nationally syndicated public radio show Whad’Ya Know?
Stubblefield’s first solo album The Revenge of the Funky Drummer was released in 1997. The album was produced by producer-songwriter Richard Mazda. In 2002 he released a 26 track break-beat album titled The Original Funky Drummer Breakbeat Album. Stubblefield’s third solo album The Original was released in 2003.
In 2014 Stubblefield was named the second best drummer of all time by LA Weekly. According to the LA Weekly, “Stubblefield is one of the most sampled drummers in history, the man whose uncanny ability to deconstruct pop music’s simple 4/4 rhythms into a thousand different sly syncopations laid the foundation not only for funk, but for most of hip-hop, as well. In 1990 he was named drummer of the year by Rolling Stone magazine, and in 2016 the magazine named Stubblefield the sixth best drummer of all time. A set of Stubblefield’s autographed drum-sticks are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Ben Sisario of The New York Times writes, “on songs like ‘Cold Sweat’ and ‘Mother Popcorn’ he perfected a light-touch style filled with the off-kilter syncopations sometimes called ghost notes.” According to the National Public Radio, “the grooves the two drummers (Stubblefield and Starks) created have inspired generations of artists — not just in funk, but in hip-hop, where their steady but intricate patterns make natural material for sampling.
Rest in peace, Mr. Stubblefield, and thank you for the ever-loving funk you gave us.
Source: Soul Tracks
You must be logged in to post a comment.