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New Video Interview – Detroit MC Kid Vishis speaks with The Beeshine
While in New York in July to take in the Total Slaughter event, Detroit MC Kid Vishis, the younger brother of Royce da 5'9″, hooked up with local online tv broadcaster The Beeshine as part of their "What Inspires…?" series.
The Beeshine have interviewed some legends in the game over the years, and took the opportunity to meet up with the Michigan rapper while he was in town also promoting his new album "Timing is Everything" which released on Seven 13 Entertainment on 22nd July. It's available worldwide from digital stores such as iTunes and Amazon, and in physical CD format by mail order from the label directly at www.seven13ent.com
You can read the full feature HERE http://www.thebeeshine.com/what-inspires-kid-vishis/. Check the video interview in full on Youtube
Look out for further media coverage on Kid Vishis coming shortly by publications in France, Spain, Italy, the UK and USA. Meantime, you can follow him on twitter and Instagram @KidVishis
All international press & media inquiries regarding Kid Vishis can be sent to us at UrbanElite PR HERE
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UrbanElite PR – Hip Hop EPs, Albums, Singles & Videos Promotions Update
Been a busy past couple of years for us here at UrbanElite PR working with hip hop artists from the USA and UK, in the main promoting their EPs & albums to press and media in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand & Japan.
In recent times, this has included artists such as Bumpy Knuckles, Melanin 9, ethemadassassin, Apex Zero, Matt Maddox, Iron Braydz, Kid Vishis with further tour & additional press for Ultramagnetic MC's & Rah Digga. There is a full list of artists we have worked with HERE
This site is the primary online platform for UrbanElite PR, and the main page has all the regular updates of press coverage as they are published for current campaigns. We have just updated some of our other sections to reflect the promotional activity we've undertaken recently, and also to update information on the services we provide.
In the VIDEO section you can watch some of those we have promoted usually as part of an EP / album campaign. They include official music videos and special feature & interview coverage by artists such as Souls of Mischief, D12, Copywrite, Iron Braydz, Genesis Elijah, Kid Vishis, Matt Maddox, Classified & Verbal Kent
In the SINGLES section, you can hear audio streams of just some of the tracks we have promoted worldwide to onlines and djs, again usually in conjunction with ongoing EP & album campaigns, but there are also some stand alone single projects. In addition to the artists mentioned above, they also include joints by Bumpy Knuckles, ethemadassassin, Ultramagnetic MCs, Apex Zero, Skyzoo, Butta Da Prince, & Vast Aire
If you're a fan of hip hop which draws from the traditions of quality lyricism & production, then there should definitely be plenty in the VIDEO & SINGLES sections for you to enjoy!
We have also updated the PRESS section which includes snapshots & images of international press coverage during various EP & album campaigns, while the CAMPAIGN section provides details about specific previous press & media campaigns we have undertaken, and the results delivered.
Information about us and the full range of services we provide have also been updated HERE
If you are a hip hop artist or label with an upcoming single, EP or album release of a similar nature to those we have promoted in the past, and may be interested in the range of international services we provide, drop us a line via the CONTACT section, providing us with a little background information about you & your project and we'll send a reply within 48 hours.
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New UK Hip Hop Interview – Apex Zero speaks with Rawroots
By urbanelitepr | November 14, 2013
Having released his debut solo album "Reality Provoking Liberation" on 28th October, west London rapper & producer Apex Zero has been busy in rehearsals with his live band preparing for his album launch party on Saturday 7th December upstairs at The Vibe Bar in London's Brick Lane.
The event runs from 8pm – 1am and he will also be joined by Caxton Press, Iron Braydz, Itch FM's DJ A.Gee and host Peaches. At £5.00 on the door, it's going to be real value for money to see some of the city's top hip hop talent on display and should be a great "blow out" in the lead up to the Xmas holiday period. You can see more about the venue and the night at www.vibe-bar.co.uk
There has been a fantastic media response to the release over the past few months, culminating in a 4 star review in the current issue of MOJO Magazine, and the young emcee has also been conducting further interviews since the release of the album. One of them was with British online Rawroots, a platform which has run for many years now with a specific interest in UK and international hip hop & rap music.
He took time out to speak with the site's Boulent about his album, the inspirations behind it and plans for the future as part of the duo First and Last. Read the full interview HERE
He also released a brand new video for the single Absolute Zero last week
Look out for further media coverage hitting the internet shortly, and meantime the album can be bought in digital and CD format direct from http://firstandlast.bandcamp.com
Any further press or media enquiries about the album or event can be addressed to UrbanElite PR HERE
You can follow Apex on twitter @ApexZero00 and the website @Rawroots
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New Bumpy Knuckles single "Somn'Wrong" and EP "The Mix Files"
By urbanelitepr | May 23, 2013
Ahead of the release of his first solo album in 10 years, "Lock'd N The Lab" due out late August, Bumpy Knuckles releases his new EP "The Mix Files" on 18th June as a joint venture on Seven13 Music and Krupt Mob.
Made up almost entirely of new material which will not appear on the album, it includes the previously released Ask the Coach, Word ft Sy Ari Tha Kid and this new single Somn'Wrong
Both the EP and album are entirely self produced by Freddie Foxxx. This will be a busy summer for Bumpy with the release of his EP, album and the putting together of a new UK and European tour for later in the year. He is also working on some further collaborations which should see the light of day in the coming months
All official updates on Bumpy can be found at http://BumpyKnuckles.bigcartel.com and you can also connect with him via twitter @BumpyKnuckles
Check it out on Soundcloud
Any djs who have not already been serviced with the clean / radio edit of this track, or the radio edit of "Word" ft Sy Ari Tha Kid, contact UrbanElite PR HERE
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New Bumpy Knuckles Single | Keep On Grinding
Legendary New York hip hop veteran Bumpy Knuckles is set to release Lock'd N The Lab in late August via Gracie Productions, his first solo album in 10 years since Konexion.
This of course follows on from last year's highly successful collaboration The Kolexxxion LP with long term associate DJ Premier.
"Keep On Grinding" is the first official single taken from the album, featuring Christopher Williams and is produced by Bumpy himself, aka Freddie Foxxx. Currently putting together plans for an international tour later in the year, expect to see more singles, videos & news on this release over the coming months
More information at http://BumpyKnuckles.bigcartel.com & connect with him on twitter @BumpyKnuckles
The single is available now on iTunes HERE
Check out the audio stream of the original version on Soundcloud
Any djs not already serviced with the shorter clean radio edit mp3, or the clean edit of his track "Ask the Coach" which he launched recently, contact UrbanElite PR HERE
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New Hip Hop Video | Melanin 9 ft Triple Darkness "Heartless Island"
Following the phenomenal international response to his debut album "Magna Carta" which released on 3rd December, Melanin 9 has just launched the final video from this project "Heartless Island" featuring his long time sparring partners Triple Darkness with production courtesy of Jehst
Just as with previous joints Organized Democracy and DJ Magazine's Hip Hop Single of the Month "White Russian" ft Roc Marciano, this is another banger with all artists on top of their lyrical game over a slammin beat.
Melanin 9 has just released the vinyl version of Magna Carta, and has been busy in the studio recording new projects including a new track with Planet Asia. He has several live appearances coming up including a performance at London's iLuvLive at the end of May, and featuring on the main stage at the UK's Boom Bap Festival in September.
Definitely one to keep your eyes on over the next 12 months
Any djs not already serviced with a full quality radio / clean edit, contact us HERE
You can keep up to date with Melanin 9 at http://m9ether.bandcamp.com and on twitter @Melanin_9 You can also connect with Jehst on twitter @JehstOfficial
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Stereoboard Review Melanin 9 album "Magna Carta"
Another review of UK hip hop MC Melanin 9's album "Magna Carta" which released on 3rd December 2012.
This one had slipped under the radar until today, but first published in January 2013, online magazine Stereoboard reviewer Jonny Rimmer has given this a massive vote of approval
Opening up with an overview of the shifts taking place right now in the UK scene, with more people switching attention to the "hip hop" community, he opens :
"There are significant changes afoot in the world of UK hip hop. With grime is on the way out, and its established heads like Wiley and Dizzee Rascal moving towards poppy pastures new, hip hop is again gaining popularity in cities all over the UK. The battle scene is also making waves with Don't Flop boasting now one of the biggest battle-league fanbases on the planet. Most tangibly though, there is a real sense that hip hop is now a real voice for young people seeking change – see the recently retired Lowkey and Logic's 'People's Army'; M9 also fits this mould."
This is then followed by the opening salvo in relation to the album itself :
"However, one cannot stress enough just how much of an accomplishment Magna Carta is. For starters, it sounds very little like a British album at all, snubbing garage for the sort of slow, meditative beats that you'd find on 90s noir records like Mobb Deep's The Infamous. And the mood it establishes is gorgeous, with jazzy trumpets, saxophone and piano samples forming the backdrop to M9's bleak urban narratives. Even though there are several different producers here, all of them match M9's vision, tailoring their ideas to the MC's aesthetic vision."
Offering a 4.5 / 5 rating, read the whole review HERE
Magna Carta is available digitally from iTunes and can also be ordered in CD physical format from http://m9ether.bandcamp.com
Here is a snippet version of the album on his own Soundcloud page
Melanin 9 is busy recording new material as well as setting up some dates, which will also include performing on the main stage at the Boom Bap Festival in the UK in September. Anyone wishing to book melanin 9 for dates can contact UrbanElite Promotions HERE or check the contact information on his twitter profile @Melanin_9
You can also connect with the magazine on twitter @Stereoboard
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Exclusive | Crooked I ft Sally Anthony "Villain"(New Official Radio Edit)
New exclusive here for the djs – official brand new radio edit of Crooked I's single "Villain" originally released on his Million Dollar Story EP.
The Circle of Bosses affiliate, which includes Horseshoe G.A.N.G. and of course Shady's Slaughterhouse took the hook from Gracie Productions' singer / songwriter Sally Anthony from the track of the same name which first appeared on her album Goodbye in 2007. The album peaked at #9 in Billboard's Heatseekers' Chart & the video of the original was released in December 2012.
She has also previously worked with Crook on the track It's Been So Long, and with Slaughterhouse's Joe Budden on Machine Gun.
Check the track on Soundcloud
Any djs who have not already been serviced with the full quality version of this track, but would like to receive a copy, (the explicit version of the new edit is also available on request) contact UrbanElite PR HERE
More information on both artists at www.planetcob.com & www.sallyanthony.com
On twitter, @CrookedInTriago & @SallyAnthony
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Hit The Floor Magazine reviews Malkovich "Great Expectations" album
By urbanelitepr | March 6, 2013
At the start of January, Los Angeles' hip hop artist Malkovich hit the new year running by releasing his new free album "Great Expectations"
Packed full of bangers courtesy of production by Leggo, Evildewer, Josh The Goon, Clan Destined's Yamin, Becoming Phill and features including Gotham Green & Micah McKee, the wordplay, beats and lyricism is a treat for all connoisseurs of the traditional hip hop sound.
UK online magazine Hit The Floor have just reviewed the album.
"Fresh political angst and a particularly large stone thrown in the mix of Eminem's A game, Malkovich and his debut 'Great Expectations', is no longer just a pre-conceived notion of something incredible taking shape, but now, it has become a great reality." is the introduction which concludes :
"yeah, that's right, this guy is owning everyone in the current scene, and you better believe it."
Read the whole review HERE
Available to download from his website www.malkovichmusic.bandcamp.com the full tracklisting is :
STORM CHASER prod by Leggo
LIES prod by Evildewer
GREAT EXPECTATIONS prod by Josh The Goon
WHAT I KNOW ft Sum prod by Becoming Phill
PALMS prod by X-Man
CALI prod by Bei Rui
THROUGH THE TREES ft Ali Abnormal, Blvme, Sum, Chris Clarke prod by Computer Jay
CRY AMERICA ft Omni prod by Mike Beats
THE MEANING OF EYES prod by Yamin Semali
LIONS IN WINTER ft & prod by Core Rhythm
GET AWAY ft Gotham Green prod by Leggo
BEDBUGS prod by Becoming Phill
WAITING FOR YOU ft Micah McKee prod by Becoming Phill
SUNDAYS prod by Evildewer
UrbanElite PR have full quality radio / clean edits of What I Know & Get Away for any djs who were not already serviced in our extensive international launch. For these, or any other media enquiries relating to Malkovich, contact us HERE
Follow Malkovich on twitter @MalkovichMusic and the magazine @HitTheFloorMag
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This weekend Finn competed in his first ever Endeavor Games. We weren't quite sure how he'd enjoy it, so we didn't really invite anyone to attend. It's a qualifying event for the 2016 Paralympics, so people take it very seriously–there's a starting gun and sanctioned rules and everything.
We thought Finn might even hear the gun, have a meltdown and wheel off the track; but he surprised us and had a lot of fun.
He came in dead last in the 20m dash…it was so cute.
He heard the pop, wheeled a little, stopped to look around, wheeled a little faster once he saw Paisley and I at the end of the track, then stopped about 2 feet from the finish line to take it all in. Keep going, buddy!
He also enjoyed reconnecting with Ryder, our buddy from OKC.
These athletes are unreal. Many were in wheelchairs and others of them had limb differences; a few were even double or triple amputees.
I had to turn and face the other direction several times to hide my tears as I watched these people defy all odds, pushing their bodies beyond their God-given potential. Goosebumps everywhere.
What excuse do you and I have not to move?
Finn was more comfortable in the 60m dash and he didn't even finish last!
I'm pretty certain he was technically disqualified because he went from the farthest lane to the nearest lane, diagonally across the track. It's hard for a 3 year old to stay in the lines!
We also had our annual roommate reunion this weekend, so Jane and the Whites came to cheer Finn on.
Missing our Al at dinner!
He was so happy to see them all at the finish line. "You came to visit me?!" he beamed.
Later in the day, Finn attempted the shot put. He didn't like how they strapped down his wheelchair. It also didn't help that there were 20 volunteers standing around watching him. The official was an older, shall I say, gruff woman.
She was a stickler for the rules and would yell "Foul!" when Finn didn't throw the ball the right way. He cried and asked if he could race instead. Obviously he wasn't having fun anymore, so we decided to skip the javelin and discus and drove home to Tulsa early. Maybe we'll try the sitting implements again next year.
Paisley loved clapping for big brother!
It was a blessing to see Finn so proud of himself, and it was good for Joey and I to be reminded we are not alone in the world of disabilities. There are many other families out there like us, and many other angels like Finn.
The Endeavor Games are a great thing. I've reffed volleyball there for the last several years, but didn't this year because of our anniversary. I'll look for you guys next year.
He is amazing, Ash. You guys are the best! Please let us know when he has another event. We would love to come cheer him on!
Love! Your sweet family…your sweet heart…so inspiring!


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The quickest way to change your mind is to change your body first. I started out creating workout programs (www.MP45.com) with incredible detail to make it easy to follow but to quickly change your body, mind, and spirit right away. Our biochemistry actually changes when we go through vigorous workouts. When we push past a certain threshold when struggling on a rep, the body, mind, and spirit aligns to become a stronger person instantly. That's because your body has no idea that it is lifting barbells and dumbbells or what that weight is in terms of a numerical value. All it can recognize is that it is faced with a stimulus and stress. It communicates that stress as a form of survival. The only time you'd be placed under that much stress in a traditional sense is if you were hunting for food or being placed in danger where you had to escape from being hunted. When you are placed in an environment where it took struggle to survive, the brain and central nervous system work together to send hormonal responses and electrical signals that it needs to produce a physiological change because it never wants to be faced with so much danger again. It grows stronger in the periods of rest to supercompensate so it is better equipped to handle that stress in the future. Not only does it respond with bigger muscles, less body fat, improved VO2 max, increased stamina and endurance, but you also grow emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually. You can do the research on your own about how athletes become smarter from their training if you don't believe me. Your body is massively intelligent, and much more intelligent than your head brain. Your head is 1/10 to 1/20 the size of your body. Your body beats your heart, divides and grows your cells, grows your hair, heals your wounds, and forms a baby inside a woman without any thought required. 99% of your daily functions take place without any thought. When you work out, you grow that connection with your body, which is the same place that anxiety and fears exist – they are both a neuromuscular response that you feel in either your throat, chest, or stomach. Not only does exercise break up this tension, but being active is simply creating something called motion. A body in motion stays in motion and a body at rest stays in rest. Active people tend to have much more energy for this simple reason. Motion creates something called emotion, and the greater that activity, the greater the emotional response. If you were to walk slowly you will feel an entirely different energy than if you walk really fast with your shoulders back, chest up, and head up. New Yorkers move very fast and it should be of no surprise to you why it is the capital of the world. when the body moves, the mind tells itself it has to catch up. An intense workout ramps up that emotional fitness. When you have emotion, you gain feelings. These feelings provide for greater purpose, which produces reasons for why you do what you do. Reasons are more important than action plans, because reasons will allow you to draw up new action plans regardless of the landscape. I know you understand what I am saying here since you went through MP45. You have greatness and deep meaning inside you that you have yet to articulate and unleash, but now that you have gotten into your body it slowly becomes more activated. We are slowly peeling that onion, layer by layer. I can guarantee you that you feel differently in terms of your mindset of what you are capable of from before you started MP45 to now. It's a different self-concept of who you are and seeing visible results in your body, gives your brain a clear association that a vision, hard work, consistency, and a compelling future can change anything you want in your life including finances, relationships, emotional happiness, and a more fulfilling life. Like I said, I am trying to turn millions of people into super soldiers. I have a mindset of what I want to achieve on a very deep level because I have unleashed my purpose. I want to teach you how to unleash that purpose as well and how to move with deliberation and focus throughout every day to get everything you've ever wanted.
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Poor Boy Riches
Brad Tyer February 1, 1996 4:00AM
There are restaurants in this city that deserve praise for the expertise with which a chef prepares a classic dish; there are restaurants that earn accolades for the kitchen's imaginative use of ingredients. There are restaurants that attract their customers with a sophisticated decor, and, likewise, there are restaurants that draw steady streams of curiosity seekers through the maintenance of a sophisticated clientele.
And then there's Original New Orleans Po-Boys.
Planted in the concrete on a decaying stretch of Main Street between Elgin and the Highway 59 overpass, Original New Orleans Po-Boys' architecture -- sloped back roof and alternating rectangles of green and yellow paint framing a thin, clear strip of eye-level glass -- looks from the outside like a throwback to '50s-era diners. If you passed by the restaurant's neon-less red-cane-and-top-hat sign only in the evening hours, as I must have a million times, you might assume what I did: that the place is just some leftover remnant of stranger days. In actuality, owner Pete Hope bought the place from a New Orleans native nine years ago, and the restaurant itself turns a healthy 20 this year. The air of evening desolation comes because Original New Orleans Po-Boys closes at six most days and doesn't do dinner. So when darkness falls, the building fades into its un-revitalized surroundings like one more funky antique awaiting the bulldozers.
But arrive during rush hour, for early breakfast (doors open at 4:30 a.m. six days a week) or noontime lunch, and the parking lot is filled with a black, white and brown contingent of cops, Federal Express drivers from a neighborhood depot and regulars taking advantage of the diner's location midway between downtown's offices and the medical center's operating rooms. Or maybe they're taking advantage of the opaque panes of colored glass that make it so difficult to see the interior and its occupants from the street; Original New Orleans Po-Boys is filled with guilty pleasures of the sort most folks don't like to flaunt in health-enlightened company. Vegetarians and the weight-conscious are not coddled here.
The guilty pleasure is diner fare prepared in classic diner fashion -- which is to say, fried within an inch of its life. But when nothing but a grease trap will do, Original New Orleans is the place to go. A double-sided, small-print 8 1/2-by-11 menu covers all the bases, with breakfast on one side, steaks and plates, burgers, sandwiches and poor boys on the other. Pore over that, immobilized by the permutations (should you have one hot cake and two pork chops? one hot cake and one pork chop? two hot cakes and one pork chop? two hot cakes and two pork chops? a nickel's worth of extra catsup? or a dime's worth of extra veggies on your burger?) until the antsy line behind you starts shuffling its feet. Place your order with the first of a dozen or so yellow-shirted food assemblers behind the long counter, and watch them go to work. Order the double-decker fried ham and Swiss sandwich, on white or wheat, and feel your mouth water as the fry cook peels two thick slices of pig out of the meat cooler and plops them onto a table-sized skillet beneath a generous scoop of melting margarine. The result is a gooey mess that goes down fine with a Styrofoam bucket full of frozen crinkle fries and an icy can of Coke, or maybe a pink lemonade.
Hamburgers are constructed with minimal fuss, available in small or jumbo proportions, single patty or double, with a hefty slice of cheese and plenty of meat juice sopping through the store-bought buns. Original New Orleans Po-Boys may be the last burger-serving joint in town that doesn't offer bacon as a topping, and the lack is an anachronistic relief in an over-baconed age.
I can't recommend the (relatively) pricier plates -- one dozen oysters, French fries, toast, a sad lettuce and tomato salad, or a dozen shrimp accompanied by same, topping off the menu's price range at a staggering $7.90 -- for the same reason I don't order filet mignon at Denny's. But the pork chop plate (two fatty chops, fries, salad and a buttered bun) is a gut-stuffing deal at $4.95. Buttery hash browns -- actually, fried chunks of potato -- are a good bet from the side-order menu.
On the breakfast side, the options are drawn from a stable of eggs, hot cakes, pork chops, ham, bacon and country sausage, and they're pretty well interchangeable, depending on your morning mood. You can't go wrong, though, with the Number 1 Special on a Bun: melted American cheese, patty sausage and an egg on a grease-slick hamburger bun -- a sort of proto-McMuf-fin that's not nearly as carefully arranged and way more satisfying than its pre-packaged offspring. Throw in a cup of Sysco coffee (most everything here is unloaded from a Sysco truck), and you've got the perfect breakfast before an early morning fishing expedition (if anyone does that anymore), or the perfect comedown from late, late night malnutrition.
The Antone's franchise may define the popular poor boy state of the art in Houston, but the Original New Orleans Po-Boys poor boy is a low-brow variant, a rudimentary fix of margarine-toasted buns slathered with mayonnaise, dressed with sliced tomatoes and institutional chopped lettuce, bulked up with one of 25 options and rolled into a steaming piece of foil with its contents scribbled on the outside in blue marker. New Orleans' regular and super poor boy varieties do a competent take on poor boy tradition with paper-wrapped salami, baked ham and provolone, but it's the Southern-fried cousins that make the difference. Oyster loaf poor boys dripping hot, gritty juice are hard to take for a non-oyster lover, but a fried catfish poor boy is crisp on the outside, tender on the inside and nearly a foot long. You can get your boy stuffed with shrimp loaf, hot roast beef, tuna, eggs or hamburger, but the best I tried was the chicken fried steak version -- a deep-fried breaded patty sliced in half and arranged on a crisp bun -- that was big and hot and appropriately peppery. Top off the meal with a passably moist slice of lemon or carrot cake, and you've got a cheap, no-nonsense cornucopia.
You can't always get what you want, though. One afternoon around 4 p.m., I was met with the news that the assembly line was out of poor boy rolls. We could have the interior ingredients on wheat or white bread if we liked, but for an afternoon, Original New Orleans was a poor boy joint with no poor boys. On another day, it was oysters that were out of stock. And on my last visit, the menu's prime comfort offering -- the Coke float -- joined the list of MIAs. No ice cream on Saturday, I was told. Make a note of it.
But as necessary as a good greasy sandwich and a Coke float can be on any particular day, it's not the food so much as the place itself that makes Original New Orleans Po-Boys a regular choice for everyone from suit-and-tied downtown businessmen to blue-smocked nurses to muddy day laborers. Inside the eating area -- a square space with "lunch room" written all over it -- vinyl booths hug the walls and miniature table-and-stool setups dot the floor. An impressive array of Coca-Cola memorabilia -- glass display cases filled with collectible bottles, vintage advertisements, mirrors, beach towels and lapel pins -- lines the walls. An employee started the collection from scratch four years ago, and at this point, it's so overwhelming that the sign out front advertises "Welcome to Coca-Cola, Texas." Signs indicate non-smoking areas, but tin tabletop ashtrays seem to be distributed at random. There's a vase of fresh carnations on every table, and there's always someone mopping up one part of the floor or another.
At Original New Orleans Po-Boys, people don't do lunch, they eat it. There's a big difference. You'd best try elsewhere for sophistication. You go to Original New Orleans Po-Boys to get fed.
All of which is terribly comforting somehow. Shielded from the street and awash in Coke kitsch, Original New Orleans takes on the feel of a haven, a sort of muffuletta Marfreless where a miserly glutton can sidle up to a fully loaded plastic tray and get cozy with his or her vice. But unlike Marfreless, where the waitresses turn a jaundiced eye to indulgence, the women operating the cash register at Original New Orleans serve with a knowing wink and nod. Example: one of my lunchtime companions traversed the cafeteria line collecting a five-ounce hamburger steak plate, butter-fried potatoes, butter-fried bread and fries before ending up at the register and asking for Diet Coke in his Coke float.
She served him what he asked for. But not before she'd laughed at him.
Original New Orleans Po-Boys, 3902 Main, 524-5778.
Original New Orleans Po-Boys: Pork chop plate, $4.95; chicken fried steak poor boy, $3.50; Number 1 special on a bun, $1.30.
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The invasion of home grow kits has continued to, mind the pun, grow. FDL have uncovered a number of kitchen design items that allow people to grow food in a home that's tight for space - most recently The Hydroponic Kitchen Island.
For a much smaller option to an electric grow kit there's these hydroponic herb growers called Auxono - a new product launched recently. It's built to grow vegetables and herbs and harnesses natural sunlight instead of some of the more expensive grow kits that come fitted with electronic lights.
The kit also comes with a pump installed that helps to keep the nutrients to feed the plants oxygenated, an important factor when growing things using hydroponics systems. The pump is operated by the home owner which allows the kit to perform without the need for electricity but the major catch? The product is not yet commercially available.
The man behind the project, Philip Houiellebecq, has set up a Facebook page and is seeking to partner with developers before the product is brought to market. It's an interesting approach and with a simple hydroponic grow kit that requires no electricity, it's sure to gain a lot of interest.


I've known the Graycar family for a long time. First as a family of three, then four and now a beautiful family of five. They're amazing, and the parents are endlessly inspiring to me as I raise my own little one. It such a blessing to know this family and I love watching these beautiful little lights grow.


This is a licensed version of our favorite less than lethal gun. Has all Glock factory markings. Makes noise and has been modified to shoot lead 4.5mm balls at 500+ FPS so it can do some damage. We love it because it's so powerful. It is what we all carry on us when we feel we need protection enough to shoot the windows out of a car or seriously hurt an attacker, yet it's legal to carry or have it in the car ready to go. A whole lot better than mace.


One of the six Core Competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), professionalism is an important aspect of medical education and training for the next generation of physicians.
Per ACGME, medical students must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to a diverse patient population, commitments articulated in the Physician Charter.
The Foundation's work in the area of medical education and training seeks to address needed changes in the learning environment and highlight solutions to professionalism challenges that physicians are encountering more and more in their practice, such as acting as good stewards of finite resources or fostering cultures of collaboration among teams.
Creating a network of medical residents, students and faculty who are committed to learning and teaching the principles of stewardship, a core commitment of the Physician Charter.
Publishing Understanding Medical Professionalism, a textbook to teach ways to deliver high quality care through professionalism in medical practice.
Convening leaders in academic medicine, medical students and residents, patients and other stakeholders to develop a social compact for medical education and clinical training.
Supporting efforts to address the management of conflicts of interest in education.


Though visits, book circulation and program attendance are on the rise, New York City's public libraries are open fewer hours than the state's largest counties and trail behind cities throughout the nation.
Nearly every corner of New York State is experiencing a spike in immigrants—with the fastest growth occurring upstate—but funding for ESOL classes has not kept pace.
Charts and tables from our Bridging the Disconnect report which found that while New York City is facing a youth unemployment crisis, the city's youth workforce development programs reach only a fraction of those in need of help and are too often misaligned to the developmental needs of young New Yorkers.
The Start of a NYC Manufacturing Revival?
This data analysis shows that New York City's manufacturing sector is finally showing signs of strength. The city lost at least 5,000 manufacturing jobs every year from 1997 to 2010, but over the past three years employment in the sector has held steady, with job totals in 2013 the same as in 2010.
Over the past decade, the NYC region's share of all venture capital deals in the U.S. more than doubled, from 5.3 percent to 11.4 percent. During the same period, New England's share fell from 14.8 percent to 10.2 percent and Silicon Valley's rose slightly, from 28.6 percent to 31.7 percent.


6'0 Mark Richards (MR) twin-fin serial #9472 shaped by E. Duck in the late 1970's-early 80's. This board was one of the first to feature the MR Superman logo and also features a rare star fin system that includes all 4 fin stickers intact. Shaped in the bays at G&S in California. All original condition.


"On behalf of our 56,000 members statewide, NARAL thanks Senator Bennet for reflecting Colorado voters and values with a no vote on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination. Senator Bennet is absolutely correct – Judge Kavanaugh is a threat to our reproductive rights and represents a direct threat to gut and overturn Roe v. Wade. Judge Kavanaugh has made it clear through public statements and emails that he opposes Roe and the Constitutional right to choose abortion. This is a right that Coloradans have consistently voted to support for generations.


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Hi-tech metaphors: how advertising narrates technological innovation
Author/s: Manolo Farci
Pages: 13 Pg. 88-100 FullText PDF: 250 KB
The language of advertising offers one of the most pervasive archive of the aesthetic imagination of Western culture, revealing fears and fantasies accorded to technology, and forecasting our technological existence in the future. Advertising that is, is one of the most effective way to turn techno-scientific discourses into figurative paradigms that marks the social imaginary of an era, and help to provide shared meanings of the everyday practices of technological consumption. Therefore, the relationship between technological discoveries, visual languages and forms of consumption can't be reduced to a purely causal explanation, where science and technology feed our aesthetic imagination of powerful visual metaphors, but need to be understood as a recursive mechanism, where the high-tech metaphors themselves are influential models to make sense of the innovation in technology. In light of these theoretical assumptions, the aim of this paper is to examine how high tech technological innovations are displayed within the contemporary forms of advertising. From a visual analysis conducted on a set of cases expressly chosen, the work identifies the main figurative metaphors that contribute to the social representation of technological innovation. These high-tech metaphors provide us with a set of shared representations that influence the direction and the values tied to our everyday practices of technological consumption.
Keywords: Advertising, visual culture, technological consumption, high technology, imaginary.
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Amazing single story traditional located in this much desired South of the boulevard area. This updated home is located in the coveted Longridge Estates neighborhood with beautiful curb appeal and peak a boo valley views. Formal living and dining rooms featuring blond wood flooring, fireplace and several French doors to the back yard. There?s a cozy family room with crown molding, plantation shutters, built-ins and a gas/wood burning fireplace. The kitchen has tile floors, a breakfast nook, granite counters, stainless appliances and a butlers/walk-in pantry. There are 2 en-suite bedrooms both with spacious walk-in closets. The master suite is roomy with crown molding, sitting area, large walk-in closet, custom vanity and a beautiful full bathroom with granite counters, double sinks, stall shower and spa tub. The back yard has a covered patio, grassy area plus a sparkling pool and spa.


An 80-year-old man was shot at the Southside Plaza in Leesburg Monday morning in what appears to be a failed carjacking attempt.
Leesburg Police were investigating a shooting Monday morning at the Southside Plaza at 1415 S 14th Street in what appears to be a failed carjacking attempt.
Leesburg Police were called to the plaza, where a popular Sav-A-Lot store is located, at about 9:30 a.m. When they arrived, they made contact with the victim, who had been shot at least once in the leg and was receiving first aid from bystanders.
The victim told officers that he had just parked his car when he was approached by a black man armed with a handgun. He said the man demanded his keys and when he wouldn't give them to him, he was shot, the report says, adding that a Leesburg officer applied a tourniquet to the man's leg and he was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment.
Leesburg officers immediately established a perimeter and requested a K-9 unit to respond. But attempts to locate the suspect were unsuccessful after an extensive ground search.
A Leesburg Police officer was seen combing the area for a suspect following a shooting at the Southside Plaza on Monday morning.
Detectives are still investigating the shooting and are continuing to follow leads as they become available. The suspect was described as a thin black male, about 5-foot-nine-inches tall, in his late-twenties or early-thirties. He was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, white tank top, black/gray camo shorts and black shoes, police say.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information about it is asked to contact Leesburg Police detectives at (352) 728-9862 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.


December 16th-IK Yang in action in China!
The growing Chinese boxing scene continues to get busier and this coming Tuesday sees yet another Chinese card as Shanghai plays host to a small but interesting show.
The show features co-main events with the least notable of those being a bout for the WBO Asia Pacific Light Flyweight title as Chinese southpaw Ma Ya Ming (11-5, 7) battles against Indonesia's Tommy Seran (24-3, 15), a former holder of this title. Seran has lost 2 of his last 3, being stopped in 4 rounds by Milan Melindo and being out pointed by Palangpol CP Freshmart, though is one of the few Indonesian fighters who fights to win every time he's in the ring. On the other Ming doesn't have a particularly impressive record but has won his last 8 in a row and this really could be a very good bout between two men who will come to the ring feeling like they need a win to ever become relevant.
The other bout on the show will see the world ranked, and always exciting, Ik Yang (17-0-0-1, 12) making his move to the Light Welterweight division to try and claim the IBF Pan Pacific and WBO interim Asia Pacific titles. Yang will be taking on Thai veteran Fahsai Sakkreerin (41-5-1, 22) in what looks like a good test on paper. Sadly however we suspect this won't be as good as it looks as Sakkreerin isn't a Light Welterweight and has been stopped in 2 of his last 4 bouts, including a 100 second defeat at the hands of Japanese "KO King" Masao Nakamura. We wouldn't be shocked if Sakkreerin failed to survive 2 rounds here against Yang, who we always enjoy watching with his brutish offense that was last seen in his 8th round TKO win over Sukkasem Kietyongyuth back in August.


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Belterra Investments – Technical Olympic Strike Deal for Greece's Porto Carras
Tag: Belterra Investments, Domaine Porto Carras, Greece business deals, Greece hotel acquisitions, Greece investments, Halkidiki, Ivan Savvidis, Marina Village & Yacht Club, Meliton, Porto Carras Grand Resort, Porto Carras sale, Technical Olympic, Technical Olympic Group of Companies, Villa Galini
Porto Carras Grand Resort
Belterra Investments belonging to Ivan Savvidis, and Technical Olympic Group have reached an agreement in principle for the sale of the historic Porto Carras Grand Resort in Halkidiki, northern Greece for the sum of 205 million euros.
According to a relevant announcement by Technical Olympic Group on the Athens Stock Exchange, the deal foresees the sale of shares belonging to subsidiaries associated with the operation of Porto Carras including the Domaine Porto Carras, its golf course and marina as well as assets related to the operation of the resort and the shares of all the above companies belonging to persons associated with the company.
The brainchild of Yiannis Carras, the resort was constructed in 1973 and acquired in 1999 by Technical Olympic Group. It is considered one of the biggest and best-equipped tourism facilities in Europe.
Today, it includes four hotels – Villa Galini, Meliton, Sithonia, Marina Village & Yacht Club – conference centers, a casino, a marina, thalassotherapy and spa centers, an 18-hole golf course and the Domaine Porto Carras – all of which will now pass to the new owner.
Terms of the agreement include full due diligence actions by the buyer. The deal does not include the Porto Carras construction arm.
Given that no new Covid-19 restrictions are imposed for the operation of resorts in Greece, the Porto Carras Grand Resort is scheduled to open for the summer season on May 20.
Greek Hotel Chamber Proposes Measures for Life After Covid-19
Emirates Updates Covid-19 Travel Waiver Policies


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Simply put, a poems pattern is, 'the accurate arrangement and development of material (in both visual and aural form) components of words in specific repetitive or serial forms are a means to create a poems structure.' Through a mingling of elements from sound and visual, a poem is given its structure. Traditionally, poetry has only concerned itself with the sounds a word made – but, given that poetry is a piece of written art, it is difficult to deny that there is a certain visual aspect to a poem that cannot be overlooked.
The aural patterns found in a poem are largely connected to things like the rhythm and the tone established by the words. Visual patterns, on the other hand, point more closely towards that way that a poem is placed on the page that it is written on and less towards the way that a poem might sound when it is read.
Similar to the way that a painter might paint on a canvas, a writer of poetry who concerns themselves with the visual patterning of their work should spend time considering who it will sit on the blank page and how that visual structure will develop patterns that can be used to create a richer experience for anyone viewing the poem.
With that in mind, it is important to ask ourselves – What exactly do we mean when we say visual pattern?
Visual pattern, by way of definition is: "the careful arrangement and development of material (in both visual and aural form) components of words in specific repetitive or serial forms are a means to create a poems structure." If we were to rephrase that, visual pattern is every recurring visual element of a poem.
Given that the entire visual field of a poem on a page is available, it is necessary to dissect a certain portion of that field into smaller, more manageable sections. The basic components of the written language are words, letters, phrases, diphthongs, paragraphs and sections, and visual patterns should be broken down into similar components.
When trying to work with visual patterns, the ultimate goal is to train your eye to read a page 'at a glance.' This will make it easier for the visual aspect to be seen. Think in terms of whitespace, and you will likely be better able to see the various aspects of visual pattern.
That said, predictability and recurrence are at the root of every pattern. Words, phrases, sentences and other grammar variations are no exception. Rather than focusing on the obvious uses of repetition, it is best to hone in one the recurrence of words on a page that can be easily seen and quickly scanned.
Here are two examples of visual poetry.
Stanza in a poem is simply a division of four or more lines that each have a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme.
Think of a stanza in a poem like you would paragraphs in a prose. Both consist of like minded thoughts that are set off by a space. The number of lines that you see in a stanza will vary, however, it is extremely rare for a stanza to have more than 12 lines. The pattern it follows will depend greatly on the number of feet in each line.
Would nedes goo seke her townysshe systers howse.
Then wellawaye! for she undone was clene.
Slepe if she myght her hounger to begile.
And hens from me she dwelleth not a myle.
Her tender fote. She laboureth not as I.
And for her meet she nydes not crave nor cry.
Doeth glad her hert, till that her belly swell.
To lyve a Lady while her liff doeth last.
And with her foote anon she scrapeth full fast.
Of every noyse so was the wretche agast.
Pepe, quod the othre, syster I ame here.
Peace, quod the towne mowse, why spekest thou so lowde?
And by the hand she toke her fayer and well.
Welcome, quod she, my sister by the Roode.
The faere they had: they drancke the wyne so clere.
She chered her with how, syster, what chiere?
To knowe her foo and dred him evermore.
The towney mowse fled: she knewe whether to goo.
For semyng welth wherin she thought to rayne.
And fynde the wourst by error as they stray!
Goeth gyde and all in seking quyete liff.
Cannot repulse the care that folowe should.
Eche kynd of lyff hath with hym his disease.
It irketh straite and by it self doth fade.
A small thing it is that may thy mynde apese.
Ye do mysseke with more travaill and care.
And use it well that is to the allotted.
For thou shalt fele it sitting in thy mynde.
And diepe your self in travaill more and more.
To frete inward for losing suche a losse.


DEAR DR. ROACH: Can taking a 325-mg aspirin daily cause a normal person to become anemic through slow internal bleeding? If so, will stopping the aspirin resolve the bleeding problem? — L.K.
ANSWER: Aspirin does increase risk of bleeding, and there have been many people who have had the exact scenario you describe, with slow bleeding (slow enough that you never see blood in the bowel movement, nor even any change in coloring) depleting the body's iron stores.
However, the bleeding often has an identifiable and abnormal source. An ulcer is one in the upper GI tract, but the intestines — upper and especially lower — are more common. Polyps, arteriovenous malformations (direct connections between small arteries and veins, prone to bleeding) and diverticuli all may have periodic bleeding and are more likely to do so in people taking aspirin.
The most concerning, colon cancer, is not common. But it is common enough that it should be considered, and often looked for, in people with iron deficiency anemia, even if they are on aspirin. Don't just stop the aspirin and hope for the best.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year-old woman. My father had Parkinson's disease in his mid-50s. I don't know my father's first symptom, but I do recall that Michael J. Fox said he noticed a twitching in his pinky finger.
Well, I have a twitching at the tip of my nose. Could that be a sign of Parkinson's? My doctors tell me to hold out my arms, but I don't have a twitch. What do you think? Can a Parkinson's twitch be anywhere in your body, or just in your hands and feet? — F.M.
ANSWER: Nose twitching is very unlikely to be the first sign of Parkinson's disease. The tremor in PD is almost always in a limb (current diagnostic criteria for PD from the Movement Disorder Society require that the tremor be in a limb). A classic PD tremor usually starts in one hand, is at the rate of about five movements per second and occurs at rest. Other symptoms early in PD include a generalized slowness of movement (called bradykinesia), rigidity and a predisposition to falls.
Nose twitching sounds to me like an involuntary muscle spasm. These can happen in literally any muscle of the body (the eyelid is a common one), and go by the general name of "dystonias." This just means "abnormal movement." The vast majority of patients I see with these have a very benign course, but occasionally they can be severe enough to affect quality of life. They often can be effectively treated with an injection of botulinum toxin, which will stop the spasm for months.
One question I ask my patients who come in with a particular concern is whether they are more interested in getting rid of the symptom or whether they are more concerned that the symptom may represent the first stage of a potentially serious medical issue. For many people, knowing that the symptom is not likely a serious problem (which I can reassure you is very likely the case in you) relieves the worry, and the symptom may just go away on its own, which I suspect will be the case in you.


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Q: How do I synchronize my function calls in node js? Here's my routes.js
app.route('/api/book/:id')
        .get(function(req,res){
            var id=req.params.id;
            bookapi.getBookDetails(id,res);
        });

and here's the function it calls
scope.getBookDetails=function(bookId,res){
    console.log('unnecessary thing@@');
    //var bookId=req.params.id;
    connection.query({
        sql:"SELECT name,description FROM books WHERE books.id=?",
        values:[bookId]
    },
    function (err,results) {
        if(err) throw err;

        if(results.length>0){
            var x=scope.getGenre(bookId);
            console.log(x +"hello");
            res.send(JSON.stringify(results)+scope.getAuthors(bookId)+scope.getGenre(bookId));
        }
    }
    )
}

I'm using angular too so when a get request is sent to '/books/:bookId' it calls this controller:
function($scope,$routeParams,$http){
$http.get('/api/book/'+$routeParams.bookId).success(function(bookdetails){
            $scope.bookdetails=bookdetails;
        })
    }

This is my server-side console:
unnecessary thing@@
undefinedhello
GET /api/book/1 304 16.577 ms - -

In my client-side console i get the response
[{"name":"The Alchemist","description":""}]undefinedundefined

In my server side console getBookDetails is being called before id=1 could even be passed through '/api/book/1'. Why is this happening? Why isn't it synchronous? Should I learn async for this?
Thank you

A: Assigning req.params.id to a variable id is always synchronous, so the problem is not there. The problem may be that getGenre and getAuthors are asynchronous so have to move anything dependant on their result to a callback function.
One easier way to do so is by using promises. A very fun to learn JavaScript promise library is bluebird. It should make things a lot easier for you.
app.route('/api/book/:id')
    .get(function(req,res){
        var id=req.params.id;
        bookapi.getBookDetails(id).then(function(result){
            res.send(result)
        });
    });

scope.getBookDetails=function(bookId){
    console.log('unnecessary thing@@');
    //var bookId=req.params.id;
    return Promise.promisify(connection.query)({
        sql:"SELECT name,description FROM books WHERE books.id=?",
        values:[bookId]
    })
    .then(function (results) {
        if(results.length>0){
            return Promise.props({
                // getGernre should return a promise just like this function.
                // if it accepts a callback, you can do
                // Promise.promisify(scope.getGenre) and use that instead
                genre: scope.getGenre(bookId),
                authors: scope.getAuthors(bookId),
                results: results,
            })
        }
    })
    .then(function (dict){
        if(dict){
            console.log(dict.genre +"hello");
            return JSON.stringify(dict.results)+dict.authors+dict.genre;
        }
    })
}

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Wow. No new Pushead purchases since the HPFlocked Wing in July?
It's been a nice slow period lately, which is a good thing because Pushead collecting isn't always kind on my wallet. I've been trying to be more responsible with purchases lately, but when this guy came along, I had to act.
Limited to 300, this black and white version of the Cocobat Positraction Tin car was an exclusive to Warp Magazine. Oddly, I picked it up for LESS than the color version is going for, and it's in mint condition. The box is the same, save for a small sticker denoting that it's the B&W version.
I'm still on collecting pause; my next purchase will be at NYCC unless another 'can't miss this' drops into my hands… in which case… I can eat fruity pebbles for dinner, right?


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Maga Magò (Madam Mim) è un personaggio disneyano che compare sia nel lungometraggio di animazione La spada nella roccia sia in numerose storie a fumetti. Il suo nome originale, Madam Mim, significa "signora Mim".

Nei libri di T.H. White da cui è tratto il film, Maga Magò è presente solo nelle edizioni originali, mentre fu tagliata nelle stesure revisionate. Disney decise di recuperare il personaggio rendendolo più comico.

Sullo schermo
Maga Magò, principale antagonista del Classico Disney La spada nella roccia (1963), viene presentata come una fattucchiera anziana, corpulenta e rissosa, acerrima nemica di Mago Merlino. Vive da sola in una casupola nel bosco ed ha una passione sfrenata per giochi e scommesse. È disposta a fare qualsiasi cosa per vincere, anche barare. I due maghi fanno un duello di magia in cui si trasformano in animali e infine Magò decide di barare trasformandosi in un drago, ma Merlino la batte d'astuzia mutandosi in un germe che la infetterà e la costringerà a letto, vincendo così il duello.

Oltre che nella Spada nella roccia, Maga Magò compare talvolta in House of Mouse - Il Topoclub, come ospite di Topolino con altri personaggi della Disney e la si vede nella sfilata di cattivi all'interno del lungometraggio speciale Topolino & i cattivi Disney, dove è disegnata con i capelli grigi anziché violetti, ma non ha nessun dialogo.

Nei fumetti
Maga Magò debutta nei fumetti nell'adattamento de La spada nella roccia realizzato nello stesso anno dell'uscita del lungometraggio; nel 1964 Tony Strobl (con i disegni di Steve Steere) la "recupera" inserendola nel microcosmo di Paperopoli, facendola interagire dapprima con la Banda Bassotti, che capita dalle parti della sua casetta nel bosco dove vive con il gatto Sputafuoco (Spitfire in originale), poi anche con la famiglia dei paperi; la prima storia italiana in cui appare è Mago Merlino presenta: Paperino e la "850" (1964) disegnata da Giovan Battista Carpi. Nel 1965 nascono due ulteriori filoni narrativi, destinati a confluire: Bob Ogle e Paul Murry le fanno incontrare Macchia Nera, di cui si innamora perdutamente, mentre Jim Fletcher la presenta come collega di stregonerie di Amelia, perché la va a trovare spesso sul Vesuvio, anche se i rapporti tra le due non sono dei migliori; Magò è soprattutto interessata ai filtri d'amore di Amelia, che spera possano aiutarla a conquistare il suo amato Macchia.

In altre storie Magà Magò non è personaggio negativo: talvolta compare come vicina di Nonna Papera, oppure interagisce con Topolino e Pippo, o ancora la si vede pazzamente innamorata di Archimede Pitagorico o di Dinamite Bla, e per questo motivo viene accolta nell'associazione delle "zitelle anonime", il cui unico scopo è quello di conquistare Dinamite: in cambio, le zitelle danno consigli alla maga su come conquistare Macchia Nera.

Graficamente la Magò dei fumetti è più alta della sua controparte animata ed ha i capelli biondi anziché violetti. Magò è apparsa in numerosi fumetti prodotti negli Stati Uniti dalla Studio Program negli anni sessanta e settanta per il mercato estero: la maggior parte delle storie sono state pubblicate in Europa e in Sud America. Oltre agli artisti sopra riportati ci sono Wolfgang Schäfer e Katja Schäfer.

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Personaggi de La spada nella roccia
Personaggi dei Cattivi Disney
Personaggi dell'universo di Topolino
Personaggi dell'universo di Paperino
Personaggi dei fumetti Disney
Streghe nelle opere di fantasia

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Hatha yoga is defined as the physical practice of yoga postures (asanas). Most yoga practices in the west can be defined as Hatha yoga. At Keep it Simple Yoga our Hatha classes emphasize a therapeutic approach. The pace is slow allowing students time to relax and learn about their bodies in each pose. This class is great for beginners and yoga students of all levels.
In this class, yoga poses are sequenced into a flowing, moderate pace to build strength, flexibility and energize the body. Emphasis is placed on standing and balance poses. Each class ends with deep stretches and relaxation poses to release tension and soothe the nervous system.
Think of Gentle Yoga as giving yourself a mini retreat. It's an opportunity to step out of the hustle and bustle of life and give you the gift of a balanced body and a quiet mind. This class features mostly seated postures with a few gentle standing poses. Some poses are held for a few minutes in the Yin style of yoga. Yin yoga allows time for the body to fully release and relax into the stretch. Props like blocks, blankets and bolsters are used for restorative poses. This class is great for those new to yoga and the perfect complement to more energetic yoga classes.


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Artists and Authenticity: How To Keep it Real and Succeed in the Modern Music World
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Representatives from NME, Boiler Room, Disturbing London and ambassadors of Facebook and Instagram chat at D&AD to discuss the future of the emerging underground music businesses
Music is evolving faster than ever, and some of the key players in London's music scene sat down at the D&AD Festival to chat about the ever-changing nature of the business.
The conversation revolved mainly around music and marketing, delving into the issues of brand authenticity and integrated marketing. All of the speakers acknowledged that the standardised digital marketing model is not enough anymore. Instagram and Facebook aren't just great tools for artists and businesses, they're the foundations, and the most common entry point for brands and artists alike.
NME Chief Editor, Mike Williams, explained that although his publication is 65 years old, attempting to connect with young music audiences often left them "chasing our tails" and "making the same mistakes all over again". He explained how NME changed and innovated, stating "NME is now an always-on, audience-first brand that has stopped thinking like the industry that we were".
NME and Mike have left the past behind and are trying to find out where the industry is now, and what it will become.
Matt Chlebek, Head of Music at Boiler Room, sees things differently. Unlike NME, Boiler Room was set up to work with artists who weren't getting the recognition that they deserved, and their live event streaming model truly defines them as a cutting-edge music brand. However Chlebek's main concerns were less to do with keeping up and more to do with slowing down. Although the music industry is evolving quickly, he admits Boiler Room had to slow their booking process as they put on too many events which lessened the quality and amount of attendees at them.
Dumi Oburota, Founder of music label Disturbing London alongside partner Tinie Tempah, discussed how his business is based on a foundation of 'disturbing' music biz norms and is continuing to do so. Considering they're currently collaborating with Smart Car and are also doing a 16-week music studio residency in Dubai, he's got the evidence to back it up. He views these unique projects as partnerships which marry two ideas but faithfully manage to keep the brand authentic.
The other speakers were ambassadors for Facebook and Instagram. They highlighted how important user contribution is to music media and how artists and how YouTube creators can use social platforms to market themselves and court partnerships with brands to generate impressive interest in their projects that could become full-time businesses.
NME aside, the majority of the speakers' perspectives were remarkably similar. They all started small, diversified their output and honed new integrated marketing techniques to develop their brands into small business giants. Their tale is a shared story of risk takers who've succeeded and created the template for the next generation to follow... or not.
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Many countries have introduced Energy Performance Certificates to mitigate the information asymmetry with respect to the thermal quality of houses. Drawing on a stylized theoretical model that is coupled with comprehensive data on real estate advertisements in the German housing market, this paper investigates the causal effect of disclosing energy information on the offer prices of houses. We are particularly interested in testing whether house sellers who would not voluntarily disclose the house's energy consumption decrease the offer price upon a shift to a mandatory disclosure scheme. Employing both within-variation from panel data and an instrumental-variable approach to cope with the endogeneity of disclosure decisions, our analysis demonstrates the power of mandatory disclosure rules to increase market transparency and to reduce prices.


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No Dole Queues For Dockers
In our recent podcast on Sunday the 5th April we decided to brainstorm some ideas about alternative professions for players. With the AFL in such a precarious position and travelling through these unprecedented times, we ran scenarios regarding which players would be conducive to particular forms of employment should, God forbid, footy was never to return. The interesting results suggest that for the player's sake and for our mental well-being, we need footy back. Play in hazmat suits if you have to!
Unbeknown to me before Sunday's podcast, the Betting Badger was making his debut in the West Perth studio alongside Jojo McDonnell, albeit apparently adhering to the social distancing regulations, while yours truly held down the studio in the peel region.
All three of us came up with researched suggestions, some more researched than others. Oddly enough though the Badger, revealed to be a West Coast Fan, threw in a few employment prospects for a few Eagle's. We listened to what he had to say, discussed where he had gone wrong and then we corrected them for him.
Here we took it a step further and elaborated on the allocated professions. So grab a coffee, sit back and have a read and see where your beloved Dockers could end up.
Brandon Matera – Ukrainian Gas Company Director
We need to keep in mind this a light hearted throwaway time filling in piece because we're taking cheap shots at times. It's safe to say Brandon Matera hasn't set the world on fire on the field in his career to date. Despite that fact he has been very well remunerated for that service, is there a possibility Brandon has been living off the famously talented Matera name? With no experience, expertise or even ability in the field, Hunter Biden, the son of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, received $80k per month to sit on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian Gas company. Living off his old man's name and connections? That's a bit harsh…. Brandon, son of Wally and nephews of Peter and Phil, might be trading on the Matera name but unlike Hunter, Brandon has some ability. Take the gig if it comes Brandon..... but unlike Hunter Biden I am not quite sure your your old man has the clout to get a prosecutor fired!
Blake Acres – Farmer
Sometimes you talk something up so much that even when it becomes blatantly evident it's going nowhere and what you're banging on about has failed dismally, it's difficult to back down. So I've somewhat adopted a version of the Chinese face saving technique or maybe it could be suggested I'm going with Donald Trump's when you're wrong you're still right philosophy with Blake Acres. To continue my unfunny trend of Blake's namesake references, his alternate profession would inevitably be a farmer.
Brennan Cox – Supermarket Intern
We weren't quite sure where JoJo McDonnell was going with this one but he did manage to link it all together. Brennan Cox was recruited as a defender, we tried to turn him into a forward and now we're re-uniting him with his fellow defensive colleagues. Jojo suggested that a comparable profession would be a supermarket intern given the various roles he could be sent to perform. For a few weeks he may be packing shelfs in the middle of the store, next minute he might be up forward on the checkout before ending up taking deliveries out the back.
David Mundy – The Milkman
He's the old fashioned player who forever just goes about his business with no fanfare and everyone loves him. He's getting on in years and some refer to him as the old man. So with the old fashion values it seems to me that he would be in an old fashioned profession. The old fashioned Milkman was a noble profession. Everyone loved the milkman, they're usually getting on in years and even when they're under pressure for time they continue to deliver the goods. David Mundy is the cream that rises to the top when the pressure goes on and he always finds a way to deliver. Milkman Mundy.
Josh Kennedy – Train Driver
The live Badger revealed himself to be a West Coast supporter and with that being the case he threw Josh Kennedy into the arena. Now the brewery owning Badger thought Josh Kennedy had the ideal image and capabilities to be a world class brewer. He's a strong lad, and has the quintessential brewer's beard. We'll give the Badger points because it wasn't a bad selection but it just didn't sit well enough in the negative for us in relation to the Freo / West Coast rivalry. Having watched Josh Kennedy last year and through the pre-season and round one this year, it appears to me that age and injury is catching up with the man we're even prepared to call the Great JK. Sadly it looks as though he has lost his advantageous agility. Consequently his inability to run turns tells us he is on train tracks. When asked what they would like to be when they grow up, a lot of young kids would say, a train driver! We wonder if Josh Kennedy was one of them.
Isaiah Butters – Clarence the Barber
JoJo nailed it with Izzy Butters. He relayed a story that Izzy rates himself with the hair clippers so much so that in the boarding house at school he performed his artistry on his schoolmates. Apparently he was nicknamed Bad Barber and they began calling him Clarence, as Clarence the Barber shop owner in the movie Coming to America, played by Eddie Murphy. So if football fails to return then Isaiah "Clarence" Butters has a head start on a profession to fall back on, an old-school wisecracking talented hair clipping Barber.
Lloyd Meek – Pepsi Sales Rep
JoJo was on a roll and he came up with the highly appropriate position of Pepsi Company sales rep for ruckman Lloyd Meek. He's doing nothing wrong in recent times but he is continuing to play back up ruck to Sean Darcy. So it's safe to say that poor Lloyd Meek is in the position of being second pick and will only get chosen if something happens to Darcy. So to relay that to being a Pepsi Sales rep, you can see where JoJo was going. Sean Darcy at the moment is working for Coca Cola while Lloyd Meek is the Pepsi rep. You only have a Pepsi if there is no Coke!
Lachie Schultz – Department of Fire Emergency and Services
There wasn't a great deal we could find or come up in relation to Lachie Schultz if we didn't go down the obvious choice of allocating him a position as a Sargent of the Guard in a German run prisoner of war camp. So looking at his recent games there was something of an incident that made me think he'd be employed by DFES. Going back a month or so Freo played Carlton in a preseason match at Rushton Park in Mandurah. One piece of play stood out when Lachie Schultz blatantly went for goal and absolutely snubbed Sam Sturt who was virtually alone in the forward fifty. I figured if you're that confident in burning someone that bad then your services are needed on the bushfires front line, control and back burning.
Jesse Hogan – Safety Testing and Development for BMW
It's no surprise to anyone to that the great Jesse Hogan has had his troubles and while we are continually wishing him all the very best, he's a purple man now. As such he's not immune to and can't escape the light hearted self-deprecating jabs of Fremantle fans. In one of Jesse's recent escapades he managed to test out the durability and safety rating of a BMW when somehow he managed to flip it on a suburban street. When he crawled to his feet, he got up, dusted himself off and gave the X5M SUV BMW a massive pass mark.
Jack Darling – Health and Safety Officer
The Badger chimed in with his second selection from the West Coast Eagles, this time forward Jack Darling. He suggested there was nothing Darling couldn't do and had the word of opportunity at his feet. My Kitchen Rules champion, Get the Celebrity Out of Here winner, record priced house seller on the Block… his list of possibilities was endless. We didn't like those ideas so we corrected them to reflect a more accurate prospect, which we believe would be a draconian health and safety officer. Given his affinity with let's say minor injuries for major reaction, such as the paper cut he suffered which saw him sit out for six weeks, we believe Broadway Jack Darling would be ensuring everything is bubble wrapped and cotton-wool covered as he does the rounds in his Health and Safety role.
Joel Hamling – Lottery Winner
With not exactly a substantial body of work of elite games it occurred to Jojo McDonnell that Joel Hamling need not worry if football disappeared as he'd win the lottery. The former Geelong recruit found his way to the Bulldogs and seemingly was unheard of until he was a member of the dog's 2016 premiership. Joel suddenly found fame and fortune having offers thrown at him left right and centre and thankfully he found his way home to WA and into the purple. While Joel Hamling is a talented defender excelling at the one percenters, it still resembles that of a rags to riches story for the ages. Don't worry about the football Joel, you've already got the Powerball.
Liam Henry – Foot Locker
According to JoJo McDonnell, the future superstar Liam "Fonzy" Henry is a "shoe-in" to work at, and at some stage probably own, a Foot Locker store. He told us that during the 2019 school footy season, Liam Henry would turn up with a new set of boots each week as people were constantly sending him pairs. So he would hand them out to all his teammates, the whole range and colours. He knew which teammates needed which boots and all the sizes so he has virtually already done the on the job training. He'll walk straight into a managerial position at Foot Locker before Henry owns a chain of them around the country.
Nat Fyfe – Second Chance Boutique Operator
JoJo McDonnell was on his own with this one. As he himself has an affinity with the latest fashion, he thought Fyfe could benefit from owning what is apparently known as a Second Chance Fashion Boutique. With Fyfe being on the cutting edge of fashion, what he wears is in style today and out of fashion tomorrow. So with the enormous turnover of high quality and expensive label clothing Fyfey goes through, JoJo thought he could mitigate some of his losses and start a 'wear them today flog them tomorrow' racket. It could work because Fyfey has the business head as well as being the latest trend setter. That said, yep you're still on your own with that one JoJo.
Leno Thomas – Delivery Driver for Dan Murphy's
Now I love a knock-about scoundrel. Growing up if you didn't nudge the barriers and fracture an occasional law or two you ironically weren't trustworthy. Young Leno Thomas, a talented individual that could make a big name for himself in the future, found himself in a bit of hot water recently when he got pinched for driving marginally over the alcohol limit. Personally I think it was an unfair charge as Leno had simply taken a pre-emptive strike against Coronavirus, rinsing his mouth with an alcohol based mouth wash. Anyway we're not hanging the youngster on that bogus charge but we're using it allocate Leno Thomas with a delivery driver's position at Dan Murphy's.
Luke Shuey – Sniper
The Betting Badger chipped in with his third and final player to discuss and it was West Coast's Luke Shuey. The Badger seemed to try his hand at a play on words and he came up with a Shoe Maker. Now we love a pun and a play on words at the Restump but that was a horrendous effort and simply wasn't going to cut it. Having watched Luke Shuey quite closely its blatantly evident he would be a talented sniper in the SAS. On field, despite his denials, he's extremely patient and calculating. He picks his moment, makes sure he has cover and then pulls the trigger and whacks or drops the knees or pushes an opponent's head into the ground. It's a well-orchestrated and covert tactic which would see him be a world class marksman in the army or SAS or wherever Snipers are employed.
Sean Darcy – Travel Show Presenter
We mentioned the big man Coca Cola Darcy earlier but I actually have him pegged for a career in the travel TV show business. It relates to what he had to do as a junior playing for the Geelong Falcons. To get to Falcons training, Darcy had to skip his final class of the day, walk to the nearby tram stop, take a 30-minute ride to Southern Cross Station, jump on a train to Geelong, arriving about 5pm. He then needed a lift from the station and would arrive at the Falcons' Highton training base. He'd stay at his grandparents' house in Geelong that night and be off by 6am the following morning on the train back to Melbourne for school. Had the highly disciplined and focused Darcy filmed and narrated his journey; he'd have a regular spot on Getaway.
Cam McCarthy – Nestle Sales Rep for KitKat
After being drafted by the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2014, McCarthy asked for a trade back to Western Australia at the end of 2015. GWS wouldn't budge despite Fremantle's efforts so he was stuck at the Sydney club. However, McCarthy decided that he wanted out and to return to WA so he made the extraordinary decision to sit out the final year of his contract with GWS and hope to join Fremantle then. With that story being the basis for his allocated alternate career, we see McCarthy working for Nestle in charge of the KitKat brand. "Have a break, have a KitKat."
Matt Taberner – Postman
The infamous Matty Taberner, some people love him some people loath him. Here at The Restump we love him so his allocated alternative profession had to be fitting. JoJo probably nailed the ideal career for Tabs, that being a postman. Sometimes the postal workers provide wonderfully efficient service, they're highly communicative and you get your parcel the next day. Then on the flip side of the coin, more often than not, the parcel goes completely missing. The postal service frighteningly reflects Matty Taberner in so many ways. The Postman will now forever be Tab's moniker but in a term of endearment manner.
Connor Blakely – Tradie / Bank Robber
Both Jojo and I were somewhat on the same page with Connor Blakely regarding the surfing reference but we did choose different career paths. Back in 2017 Blakely threw in the "I'm crook as a dog" note and left training early. He was sprung moments later catching waves with mates and consequently was stood down for obvious disciplinary reasons. Jojo thought Blakely would be the stereotypical tradie downing tools with similar excuses at the drop of a hat to go surfing. I am of the opinion that even a tradie's hours would be too much of a cage for Blakely and consequently I see him in the free spirited role of a Bank Robber. Bodhi from Point Break was modeled on Connor Blakely. Robbing banks to fund his endless summer surfing somewhere.
Sam Switkowski – Clinical Drug Trial Patient
While we weren't on board with Jojo's Fyfe thoughts, we're backing him in with the gig he has allocated Sam Switkowski. He was the first AFL player to raise the alarm about being potentially infected with Coronavirus and while the test came back negative, JoJo isn't sure Switkowski didn't deliberately put himself in knowing he was negative. Sam could see that the footy season was on shaky ground and that inevitable salary cuts were coming. Switkowski got on the front foot and put his name ahead of the queue to take part in any potential clinical trial. He worked out swiftly that there was salary subsidising funds to be made. No doubt Sam has a list of asx listed healthcare companies on the cusp of drug trials.
So that brings us to an end of the possible alternative professions. We couldn't do the entire team but we may revisit those who missed out another day. We don't take life to serious and in these weird times we have to be able to have a bit of a chuckle, if even at our own and our team's expense.
We desperately hope none of the above come to fruition because we all desperately want to see the players in their most suited profession, which is out in the middle wearing the purple and chasing a Sherrin.
Please come back football.... we need you!