. . . Chippetty Flip; Flippetty Chip;-
My only name is the Scroobious Pip
(from http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/pw/pip.html and Wikipedia.com)
dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip are a hip-hop duo, combining electronic beats with sung, spoken, and rapped lyrics. The pair are Daniel Stephens (aka dan le sac; production, programming, keyboards, guitars and backing vocals), and David Peter Meads (1981-) (aka Scroobius Pip; vocals/rapper). The name "Scroobius Pip" is an intentional misspelling of the Edward Lear poem, The Scroobious Pip. dan le sac originally hails from Corringham and Scroobius Pip from neighbouring Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. Their first single was "Thou Shalt Always Kill". Signed with the Sunday Best record label, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip released their debut album in 2008 Titled Angles, it reached 31 in the UK album chart. They released their second album entitled The Logic of Chance on 15 March 2010 on the Sunday Best label. Scroobius Pip released his debut solo album, Distraction Pieces on 19 September 2011.
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1. It is a depressing thing that in this day and age the police allow trash
like this to think it is alright to threaten officers, throw things,
knock down barricades, refuse lawful orders, etc. There is only one way
to put a stop to this kind of lawlessness and that is with a stern
warning followed by force, deadly if necessary. Then the message may
get through. No you are not allowed to riot, destroy property and incite
riots. The ringleaders of this kind of thing need to do serious jail
time.
2. After the veterans spoke and descended the stage, protesters milled about for a bit, trying to figure out their next move. That's when CPD suddenly accelerated aggressively. Initially, no order for dispersal was given, when suddenly police
arrived in what can only be described as souped-up riot gear that gave
the officers the appearance of Storm Troopers. CPD appeared ready for a violent confrontation with protesters, which
of course became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Police attacked
protesters, clubbing them across their heads with billy clubs, and
generally shoving activists around. At least two protesters were badly injured. "Just saw protesters gushing blood from head," independent journalist John Knefel tweeted, "Photog witnessed it, called it terrifying."
3. I look forward to reviewing their video evidence, because what I've
seen and what my media colleagues on the front lines are reporting is
that protesters were given considerable latitude to express their views
in rallies and marches, then fought back when police tried slowly to
move them back to try to disperse the crowd. It looked like every third person in the crowd was shooting video, so
we ought to have ample evidence from multiple angles if officers
engaged in unprovoked attacks. And some may have. YouTube links
welcome.
4. Most protesters have left the area, while a small number
have been detained. Police in riot gear have corralled the protesters in
an intersection about a half-mile from the lakefront convention center
where President Barack Obama is hosting a gathering of world leaders. There are now many more police officers on the scene than protesters. The
confrontation began when some protesters dressed all in black are
trying to move east toward McCormick Place. Some were throwing water
bottles at police, and some officers responding by hitting protesters
with batons.
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The cost of a college education is rising at an average rate of around 6% annually and is expected to grow at this rate for the foreseeable future. Total college loan debt now tops the $1 trillion mark. A college education validates itself in lifetime earnings, but paying off the debt can take decades to achieve. More and more, only the affluent can afford a higher education. Deserving middle-class and poor students are increasingly unable to follow their dreams.
While the Republicans and Democrats quibble about just how much debt college students should carry and at what interest rate, we believe that higher education should be funded as part of the public education system. Educating our citizens and future leaders without mortgaging their futures should be a top national priority.
"Government has an enormous role in education--and it has not been doing a good job in recent times. Funding for education, from pre-school through higher education, is essential if we are to break the cycle of poverty for millions of people in the U.S. and prepare our students to compete with students throughout the world. Just as government moved our nation forward by committing to provide free secondary education, so too should we commit to providing a higher education for capable students."
-- Rocky Anderson, Justice Party nominee for President
Flourishing democracies--and robust economies--require educated citizens. It is unfair for the next generation of young people to mortgage their futures so our society can benefit from their knowledge while they languish in debt.
Sign the petition for College Debt Independence!
The time is right to bring higher education into the public education system just as we have done with primary and secondary education.
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So many places to see
And I feel like there's never enough
Time for anything else that I
Might have desire to undertake
Something I'd like to pursue
But the world's just spinning around
Keeps me head and foot bound
Don't know what to do
Give me just
Twelve hours to
Add to my day
Keep all your
Wealth and your money
Take your fame and power
Fortune just give me twelve hours
Twelve hours
Twelve
Time isn't cheap
You pay so dearly
I'm trying to
Make every minute count
Spending my time
Seems like all I do
Can't save up for rainy days
Can't invest in an instrument to
Earn satisfaction
To draw from when
Far in the future
I need to feel
Just what my value has been
There's no interest
That's coming or due
Dividends are so
Precious and few
Don't know
Just what to do
Give me just
Twelve hours to
Add to my day
Keep all your
Wealth and your money
Take your fame and power
Fortune just give me twelve hours
Twelve hours
Twelve
Now let's look at this with a somewhat discerning eye. First, our 'objective' news organization thought this 'story' would be best promoted by pointing out that there are two opposing U.S. political parties involved in this 'development'.
Second, it appears that one of the principals in the 'story' (from one of the two opposing U.S. political parties) has an problem or an issue regarding either self-control, addiction or mere lack of discrimination in his personal activities.
So not only is there (and how many times do we see THIS??) no story here whatsoever, but the mere semblance of a story that was perceived by this reporter and his (or her) respective editor thought not only was it his (or her) duty focus public attention on a very personal problem of one individual who happens to be an elected official, but this reporter and his (or her) respective editor thought that possibly there could be no better way to maliciously publicize a potentially serious personal condition to the public than to invoke the currently divisive, polarized political climate and make sure that everyone knows that a "GOP" lawmaker said a "Democrat" drank on the job.
I didn't, haven't and do not intend to even read this story. Quite possibly I have jumped to a conclusion or two in my thoughts and maybe the story is really harmless. But I don't think so. And I don't think so for the mere reason that, in spite of however true, tawdry, misguided, inappropriate, misjudging, naive or merely rebellious the latter personage's conduct truly is, it is in fact, nothing short of irresponsible, inconsiderate and indicative of poor judgement for a news organization to even conceive of, let alone write and publish a headline of this fashion.
Sorry. But that's the way I feel.
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. . . miracle drug or horrendous malady can do all of the below? . . .
Prevent depression
Prevent prostate cancer
Reduce probability of strokes for women
Ward off Alzheimer’s
Reduce probability of breast cancer
Contain antioxidants
Make you smarter
Deliver a jolt deep in the brain
Not make you more alert
Protect you against type 2 diabetes
Trigger heart attack
Stimulate the adrenal hormones leaving your body’s parasympathetic
nervous system (also known as the rest and digest system) inactive
Cause stomach ulcers
Cause birth defects
A newly published study of 400,000 participants says that coffee is not a
guilty pleasure that may do harm. Neal Freedman of the National Cancer Institute says there may actually be a
modest benefit of coffee drinking. Coffee contains many things that can affect
health, from helpful antioxidants to tiny amounts of substances linked
to cancer. And surprisingly, caffeine didn't play a
role in the results of the new study. It's not that earlier studies were wrong. There is evidence that
coffee can raise LDL, or bad cholesterol, and blood pressure (at least
short-term) and those can raise the risk of heart disease.
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The current infatuation with wine and food pairings is headed down the same wrong road as wine scores. Why? Because people are genetically unique and so are their taste buds. No two people experience the same smell, the same taste — or the same wine/food pairing exactly the same way.
Because of that, it’s unreasonable to expect an individual
wine-tasting/food-pairing experience to coincide with those of a set of
expert high priests/priestesses who pronounce what is “good” and what
is not.
Struggling to find the “right” food/wine combo adds a whole ‘nother'
level of insecurity to the wine experience. And that first level of
insecurity remains as the primary obstacle to broader consumer
acceptance of wine. We’ve seen that wine has recently reached parity with beer as a preferred alcoholic beverage. There are a lot of factors associated with that as are well-studied by the Wine Market Council.
A lot has to do with rising income among America’s growing Latino
population. That follows the trend that wine consumption increases with
income and socioeconomic status.
Some of that growth also comes from Millennials who scorn experts,
tasting notes and snobbism. And more support comes from rising set of
voices such as Tim Hanni, Gary Vaynerchuk
and others who have emphasized and recognized the importance of
individual palate variations and spoken out against the elitism that
still endures as wine’s most prominent paradigm.
This elitism, this dogmatic insistence on perfect pairing has
dominated articles and posts that emphasize education, learn, education,
learn … and thus carry the unspoken message that the average wine
drinker must study, study, study. Hell, if I faced that level of strenuous effort at the market, I’d go
for a Jagged Edge IPA or a Racer 5 any day rather than turn my imbibing
experience into sweaty- palm quantum chromodynamics final exam that I
arrived for stark naked. In fact, we frequently go for a brew at our meals — especially when
we’ve gone through several days in a row when we’ve opened a highly
rated bottle of wine and found it unworthy of either the calories or
alcohol intake. Some nights we open two or three of these before heading for beer or a
reliable wine in the cellar. The average wine consumer does not have a
cellar, nor are they likely to persist in one bottle of wine after
another.
This whole emphasis on correct coupling discourages individual
experimentation and raises the perceived risk quotient … and decreases
overall enjoyment of the wine and the food.
And least we forget: constrains wine sales.
Just remember: people do not flock to musicians with perfect pitch.
If that were the case, The Fray, Green Day, Gaslight Anthem and
Matchbox 20 would be non-starters. On the other hand, they WERE
non-starters to the elite music critics. But experimenting with what
band you listen to lacks the financial penalty inherent in wine. Attacks on scores and perfect pairings are heresy. They also endanger the raison d’être
of experts. For, if scores and perfect pairings are not relevant to
average consumers, then what value do vino-gurus bring to the table? Make no mistake, there is a powerful and long-established set of
vested interests who will defend the status quo as brutally as
wholesalers attack the direct shipment of wine. But in the end, we must honor pleasure. Remember enjoyment? That’s what food and wine are about. Just drink it. Just eat it. Just enjoy it.
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