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SIG SAUER MK25 9mm Pistol | Gun Review
A purebred performance pistol, the Sig Sauer MK25 9mm is essentially a specialized version of the P226.
Andy Massimilian
A purebred performance pistol, the Sig Sauer MK25 9mm is essentially a specialized version of the P226. A testament to its impressive capabilities, the U.S. Navy SEALs have taken on the MK25 as their own sidearm of choice.
The Sig Sauer P226 ranks as one of the most popular pistols among military, police and civilians. Introduced to the U.S. market in the early 1980's, the full-size P226 has been the Navy SEALs' official 9mm pistol since about 1987. Popular with police, the P226 is one of three issue handguns for the NYPD, while the Secret Service uses the compact version, the P229. Sig Sauer recently renamed the P226 Navy the "MK25," to match the Navy's new internal designation for the pistol. The MK25 is identical to the P226 issued to Navy SEALs and comes with a special certificate.
Though the MK25 has obvious collector appeal, it's a purebred performance pistol designed for professional combatants. An earlier version of the P226, then made in West Germany, was among five contestants in the U.S. military's 1985 trials for a sidearm to replace the 1911. The P226 and Beretta 92F were the only entrants to finish the test. Beretta won the contract, but the SEALs adopted the P226 soon after.
Gun Details
The MK25 is a full-size pistol that uses the modified Browning locked-breach design: during recoil, the barrel and slide lock together for about 0.12 inches of travel before the lug extending below the breechblock arrests the barrel's rearward movement and tilts it downward and out of engagement with the slide, which continues rearward. It's a reliable, straightforward system that requires simpler manufacture and fitting, as well as much less lubrication than the 1911's swinging-link design. Many manufacturers use this "tilting-block" system. Sig Sauer uses it on nearly its entire line, including subcompacts like the P238 and P290.
The Naval Special Warfare Group prefers the DA/SA trigger, allowing the pistol to be carried with the chamber loaded and ready for immediate action.
The MK25's traditional construction starts with a one-piece aluminum alloy for the frame and a stainless slide and carbon steel barrel. The stainless steel slide assembly and frame are Nitron-finished for corrosion resistance. The only plastic parts are the two-piece grips and the mainspring stop. The basic P226 design is a proven one, but some improvements have been made: In 1996, the welded carbon steel slide was replaced with a one-piece milled stainless steel slide, and the internal extractor was replaced with an external unit; later years, a Picatinny rail was added. The MK25's rail is made to MIL-STD-1913 specifications.
The MK25 is a double-action/single-action pistol with a decocker and no manual safety. Sources explain this was the Naval Special Warfare Group's (NSWG) preference for all pistols issued to SEALs. The MK25 can be carried with a loaded chamber in a proper holster with the hammer decocked. The chamber can be loaded (condition one) because the firing pin is prevented from moving forward and striking the primer unless the trigger is pressed. Pistols with DA/SA pistols do require finer marksmanship skills than SA pistols because the DA trigger pull is much longer and heavier. While this applies to the MK25's initial shot, the gun's trigger comes with Sig Sauer's short reset mechanism, which allows the sear to engage the trigger after it has been released only a short way. The short reset trigger allows for more rapid and accurate followup shots with less movement of the shooter's finger.
The MK25 has features that the standard P226 does not, including a laser-engraved anchor on the slide and several upgrades to improve resistance to saltwater corrosion. These include a chrome-lined, nickel-plated, phosphate-finished barrel, phosphate-finished magazines and all–carbon steel internal parts (except springs) including the decocker, mag release, locking insert, ejector, recoil-spring guide rod (typically plastic on some P226s) and slide lock. Some of these parts are hard to fully clean with a fieldstrip, so a more durable finish matters. The MK25 also comes with three, 15-round steel magazines. All Sig Sauer P226 pistols offer very good ergonomics: the grip is curved and hand-fitted, and the controls are easy to access. Though the MK25 has right-hand controls, the design allows left-handed manipulation. To decock, slide your trigger finger to the decocker and activate it. This may require a slight adjustment of grip, but decocking is usually done before re-holstering and not during the fight, so losing an ideal firing grip is of little consequence. To chamber a round by releasing the slide, simply pull back and release the slide with your support hand. Releasing the magazine is easy using your trigger finger and is reversible to the right side.
"The MK25 is among the most practical and durable pistols of any on the market and an upgrade to other P226 pistols in Sig Sauer's line…"
The barrel has traditional land-and-groove rifling, which allows you to shoot inexpensive lead bullets—polygonal rifling does not. With polygonal rifling, lead accumulates just ahead of the chamber and can cause an unsafe increase in chamber pressure. The MK25's manual does not prohibit the use of +P ammunition, provided it meets SAAMI or military specifications. Sig Sauer equips some of the MK25s headed to NSWG with threaded barrels for suppressors. The SigLite Night sights are in the three-dot design with a white circle surrounding the tritium-filled vials. Windage adjustment is done by drifting the front or rear sights in their dovetails. More importantly, the rear sight has a square forward edge designed to facilitate a one-handed slide rack by catching it on a belt buckle or holster. While a seemingly minor point, this feature is essential if you get incapacitated and need to clear a stoppage or misfire with one hand.
Accuracy testing was conducted using a Caldwell rest and was very good with the Black Hills 124-grain JHP +P load, which averaged 2.65-inch groups. The Winchester loads yielded much larger groups of 3.35 and 3.75 inches, which are still considered acceptable by many for combat pistol accuracy. Two easy ways to improve the accuracy of the MK25 would be to smooth the trigger pull and change the sights to those without white outlines around the tritium inserts, or to blacken the rear sights so that the front sight is more distinctive. Three-dot sights that are outlined with white paint are often distracting to the eye and can give an imprecise sight picture in my opinion.
The MK25 functioned perfectly with three different loads, two of which had hollow-point bullets. It is controllable with one hand and the short reset trigger delivers accurate accelerated pairs. My test pistol has a DA/SA trigger pull of 11.8 and 4.5 pounds respectively, measured using a Lyman electronic trigger-pull gauge. Though the DA trigger weight is high, it is smooth. The SA trigger pull has only minor creep and no discernible overtravel.
The Sig Sauer MK25's components are Nitron-finished, which makes for easier cleaning in the field.
The MK25 is a combat pistol, so any amount of range time should include drawing from a holster and firing double-action with transitions to single action. I selected the BlackHawk (800-694-5263; blackhawk.com) Level 2 Tactical SERPA holster recently chosen by the Marines and likely used by SEALs to carry their MK25s. This holster is a drop-leg system that secures to the belt with two straps and to your thigh with a rubberized, nonslip leg band. The BlackHawk duty design fully protects the slide and sights and can be quickly detached from the flexible thigh platform and mounted elsewhere. This helps when changing from vehicles, enabling the pistol to be chest-mounted on a MOLLE attachment or thigh-mounted for going afoot.
Firing the MK25 double-action with a one-hand grip requires a very good fit of the shooter's hand to the pistol, so that the trigger stroke goes straight to the rear. I own several P226 pistols, but because the plastic grips on the MK25 are slightly larger than on my other P226 pistols, I had to adopt a slightly different grip in order to make quick and accurate one-handed shots. This was not helped by the MK25's smooth trigger shoe—older P226 pistols have grooved triggers that generally give me better control. Though a fair amount of dry practice is necessary to get an ideal DA trigger pull with one-handed shooting, transitioning to SA fire is easy with the MK25. Moreover, investing in a trigger tuning job from Sig Sauer's custom shop or from Sig Sauer specialist TJ's Custom Guns (tjscustomgunworks.com) will help significantly.
The MK25 is among the most practical and durable pistols of any on the market and an upgrade to other P226 pistols in Sig Sauer's line. A proven design that reasonably allows ambidextrous manipulation, the only things I would change would be the sights, a slimmer grip and trigger job to make accurate, one-handed DA fire easier.
For more information, please visit sigsauer.com or call 866-619-1128.
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Isaiah Reassures King Ahaz
In the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel went up to attack Jerusalem, but could not mount an attack against it. 2When the house of David heard that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
3 Then the L ord said to Isaiah, Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field, 4and say to him, Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah. 5Because Aram—with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah—has plotted evil against you, saying, 6Let us go up against Judah and cut off Jerusalem and conquer it for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel king in it; 7therefore thus says the Lord G od:
It shall not stand,
and it shall not come to pass.
For the head of Aram is Damascus,
and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
(Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered, no longer a people.)
The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in faith,
you shall not stand at all.
Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Sign of Immanuel
10 Again the L ord spoke to Ahaz, saying, 11Ask a sign of the L ord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. 12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the L ord to the test. 13Then Isaiah said: "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. 15He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. 16For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted. 17The L ord will bring on you and on your people and on your ancestral house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria."
18 On that day the L ord will whistle for the fly that is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 19And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
20 On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will take off the beard as well.
21 On that day one will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give; for everyone that is left in the land shall eat curds and honey.
23 On that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. 24With bow and arrows one will go there, for all the land will be briers and thorns; 25and as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.
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17. The Lord shall bring upon thee. Here the Prophet, on the other hand, threatens the wicked hypocrite, who pretended that he was unwilling to tempt God, and yet called for those whom the Lord had forbidden him to call to his aid. (Exodus 23:32.) That he might not indulge in undue exultation and insolence on account of the former promise, he likewise threatens his destruction, and declares that what he hopes to be his preservation, that is, the aid of the Assyrians, will be utterly destructive to him. (2 Kings 16:7; 2 Chronicles 28:16.) As if he had said, "Thou promisest everything to thyself from the king of Assyria, and thinkest that he will be faithful to thee, because thou hast entered into a league and covenant with him, which God had forbidden; but thou shalt quickly understand of what advantage it will be to thee to have tempted God. Thou mightest have remained at home and at ease, and mightest have received the assistance of God; but thou choosest rather to call in the Assyrians. Thou shalt find them to be worse than thine own enemies;"
This discourse, therefore, agrees with what goes before; for he presses more closely the treachery and ingratitude of the king, who had rejected both the word of God and the sign, and had rendered himself unworthy of every promise. And as it is customary with hypocrites, when they have escaped from any danger and fear, immediately to return to their natural disposition, he affirms that nothing shall protect the Jews from being likewise involved in just punishments. He expressly declares that the family of David, which might have claimed exemption on the ground of its peculiar privilege, will be exposed to the same kind of calamities; for God regulates his judgments in such a manner, that while he spares his Church and provides for her permanent existence, he does not permit the wicked, who are mingled with the good, to escape unpunished.
From the day that Ephraim departed from Judah. In this manner does Scripture speak when it describes any serious calamity; for the Jews could not have received a severer chastisement than when, by the withdrawing of the ten tribes, (1 Kings 12:16,) not only was the kingdom wretchedly divided, but the body of the nation was rent and torn. The revolt of Ephraim from Judah was, therefore, an indication of the worst kind of calamity; for the resources of the kingdom of Judah being more seriously affected by that division than it could have been by any defeat by a foreign enemy, he says that since that time the Jews had not sustained a greater calamity.
Hence, as I have already said, we see how God, while he punishes hypocrites, at the same time remembers believers, and opens the way for his mercy. We ought to observe this wonderful arrangement, that amidst the most dreadful deaths still the Church remains safe. Who would ever have thought that Jerusalem would be delivered from the vast army of the two kings? Or, that the kingdom of Syria, which was then in a flourishing condition, would quickly be overturned? Or, that Samaria was not far from destruction? And in the mean time, that the Assyrians, on whom the Jews relied, would do them more injury than the Israelites and Syrians had ever done? All these things the Lord did for the sake of preserving his Church, but at the same time in such a manner that he likewise took vengeance on the wickedness of King Ahaz.
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Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap
Last night saw the European premiere of Ice-T's highly anticipated documentary, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. The event was not one to be missed for any hip-hop heads and lovers of wordplay. UK rappers we saw there included Sway, Wretch 32, Jehst, K. Koke and Exo…
Contributing founder of gangster rap Ice-T enlisted legends of the hip-hop scene to talk us through their thought-processes, favourite rap lyrics and how they started out in the game.
An impressive amount of artists were featured, including Chuck D, Immortal Technique, Nas, Run-DMC, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dougie Fresh, Grandmaster Caz, Dr Dre, Kanye West, Rakim, Joe Budden, Melle Mel, Common and more.
We were taken right back to the basics, with New York back-drops heavily featured in the visuals, reminding us of hip-hop's place of birth. Ice-T then took us through to Detroit and of course, to his turf – the West Coast. Interestingly enough, the south was not featured, leaving out some key players.
The film was quite fast-paced for a documentary film, which would keep some people entertained; however I found the quick transitions quite overwhelming at times.
Regardless, the film was informative and funny. Ice-T ensured there were many moments of humour, which made the film for me. Hip-hop is known to be an egotistical form of art, so it was refreshing to see lyricists discuss their most vulnerable moments.
One cringe-worthy revelation ironically came from Kanye West. As he was interviewed, he told us about his first rap battle, which went miserably wrong when his opponent delivered the line, 'wassup, my name is Chris and let me tell you one thing, you smell like p***' – obviously he lost that battle!
Snoop had his normal banter in check, saying his 'main inspiration was having two women by his side.'
Ice-T asked the rappers to spontaneously spit their favourite lyrics of all time, and of course, they had to deliver. As expected, Ice-T knew every rhyme they presented to him and often rapped along.
When talking rap essentials, a lot of the rappers agreed that their voice and delivery was an important part. Chuck D said: 'you had to have a strong voice to cut through the systems.' Ice-T later praised Cypress Hill for their delivery of rhymes, saying: 'When you came out, the vocal delivery was so real.'
Salt n Pepa and MC Lyte were the only females in the film, which was a bit disappointing as I felt others could have gotten involved, such as Lauryn Hill.
Overall, the docufilm delved into interesting subjects, thankfully neglecting the money, women and bling side of 21st century rap and concerning itself more with the technicalities of the art form and the business.
As the film finished, we were treated to phenomenal performances by Melle Mel, Chuck D, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Ice-T; it was a tremendous showcase of linguistic skill which left me simply mesmerised.
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BET Awards 2012 – Who Was Wearing What
Willow and Jaden Smith looked very cute and funky together on the red carpet dressed in tops by MSFTS clothing with Willow wearing a long t-shirt with holey leggings and Chanel Dr.Marten style boots. Jaden wore zebra print harem style trousers and the print on his hoodie to match with black and white trainers.
Power couple's Jay Z and Beyoncé, and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian sat next to each other at the awards all looking very glamorous and sophisticated. Beyoncé looked stunning in a silk yellow dress, with husband Jay Z looking every inch the boss in a grey suit, white shirt and white loafers. Kanye West and Kim looked good next to each other both in white with Kim matching her dress with gold high-heeled sandals.
Latoya, Big Sean and Michelle Williams posed for a picture together with Latoya wearing a satin pale pink dress with a black lace design. Michelle Williams wore a lemon, flowing, chiffon dress with netting at the bottom that made it into a ballgown style dress. Big Sean looked every inch the hottest rapper on the red carpet with a sleeveless leather hooded jacket and black jeans with loads of gold chains and a gold Gucci belt unaware he was about to pick up the Best New Artist.
The heavy jewellery especially chains were out in full force on the rappers on the red carpet. One of the biggest chains I spotted was on Busta Rhymes who wore a few huge gold chains with medallions. Tyga for me would win the award for the rapper with the best bling for the night, as he only wore one chain, but it was encrusted with diamonds and was glistening. He matched the chain with his watch and bracelet on the same hand.
The trend for a lot of females were to have their hair slicked up in a ponytail or high bun. This was seen on Faith Evans who rocked the red carpet looking very stylish wearing leopard print leggings, a white shirt with black collar and a black blazer. Monica also went for a slick high bun and looked amazing in a fitted maroon blazer showing off some cleavage and matching sequin trousers. Melyssa Ford the actress and model had her hair up slicked back with a quiff and looked stunning in a keyhole white dress, with a gold clutch and matching gold shoes. La La Vasquez an actress and TV personality looked gorgeous in a sequin silver jumpsuit and belt, with her hair slicked back in a ponytail plait.
Rapper Common and comedian Kevin Hart kept it smart/casual for the awards. Common who is known for his slick dress sense wore a short-sleeved shirt and loose tie and jeans. Comedian & actor Kevin Hart who picked up an award for Best Actor rocked a smart white blazer; with a low cut brown t-shirt and jeans, with a simple gold chain and watch.
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BET Awards 2012 Winner's: Jay-Z, Kanye West, Beyonce dominate
I flew out to LA for the BET Awards 2012…here is a list of the winners.
Kevin Hart "Think Like a Man"
Wale & Miguel – Lotus Flower Bomb
Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Best Female R&B Artist
Best Gospel
Best Group
The Throne (Jay Z & Kanye West)
Best International Act
Best International Act UK
Wretch 32
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
Best Male R&B Artist
Centric Award
Coca-Cola Viewers Choice Award
Mindless Behaviour
Subway Sportsman of the Year
Kevin Durrant
Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Video Director of the Year
Beyonce & Allen Fergueson 'Party'
'Otis' – The Throne (Jay Z & Kanye West)
YoungStars Award
Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly
The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West), featuring Otis Redding, "Otis"
The Reverend Al Sharpton
AOL Fandemonium Award
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Dr. Dre Kills Rumors Of Tupac Hologram Tour
Dr.Dre has killed the rumours of the Tupac Hologram tour, stating it was just for the Coachella festival, during a recent message thanking fans. Although he hasn't ruled out the possibility of taking it on tour entirely.
"It was strictly for Coachella, get it right. I want to get rid of all the rumors out there. This was not done for a tour," said Dre, who didn't entirely rule out the possibility. "If a tour happens, we'll see. This was done strictly for Coachella 2012, just for you."
Dre has previously stated that he was in talks to take the hologram on tour. Many people praised the performance such as Nas, Kendrick Lamar and Common.
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Talib Kweli is one of the few rappers making music that speaks volumes and is still commercially feasible at the same time. The Brooklyn rapper came onto the music scene in the late 1990's as a member of Black Star, educating and entertaining people with his music, which is perhaps why he was named by Jay Z and 50 Cent as their favourite rapper.
After the release of many albums and singles, himself and long time manager Corey Smith launched Blacksmith Music, signing an exclusive deal with Warner Bros with artists such as the highly respected female rapper Jean Grae, and super group Strong Arm Steady which includes Xzibit, Krondon, Mitchy Slick and Phil The Agony. Talib Kweli's new album 'Prisoner Of Conscious' will be out this year, with the first song off it 'Distractions,' released two months ago. Talib will be back in the UK this month on tour, with support from Lowkey and Mic Righteous.
1. Your first name in Arabic means 'student' or 'seeker'. Do you feel that you have lived up to this name, and if so what would you consider that you are a student of?
I strive to live up to my name. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I always study details so I am a student of everything I see. But mostly of music.
2. How would you order money, power, and respect if you had to list them in order of importance and why?
Respect, Power, Money. Success is measured in happiness not paper. The power that a respected man commands trumps the power a rich man commands. It's in the long run, so it's hard for people to see.
3. Do you think that it is possible to achieve money, power and respect without any compromise?
Depends on what compromise you mean because everyone compromises something in life even you and I, but if you mean without compromising integrity, then certainly yes.
4. Do you feel that your educated background ever made it harder for more impoverished listeners to relate to your content?
Yes, I feel that there are times when my lyrics may get too nerdy, but I feel I've learned how to embrace it without alienating the listener who may not get it. This took time, and it wasn't easy.
5. What do you feel your position and role in hip hop is?
I feel like I'm a connector. I connect with like-minded artists like Yasiin, Hi Tek, Kanye, Mad Lib, Jean Grae, Common, The Roots etc and I feel I somehow keep these artists connected. I also find a way to connect with artists who do different genres of hip hop than what I do, and newer artists as well.
6. What section of society do you think your music appeals to most?
Those who appreciate quality. Regardless of age, race, creed or region.
7. You are often described as the most underrated artist in hip hop. Would you agree with this appraisal and why do you think this is?
There are artists more underrated than me. But I certainly ain't overrated I know that much.
8. As your career has progressed and moved forward your content has naturally evolved. Do you feel any pressure or constraints to stay true to the style and content that people first fell in love with?
I like the sound I've developed over the years, I enjoy it. On top of that I feel that I owe something to the people who have invested in my sound over the years. So I will always have an album or mix tape or something out that represents that style. But as an artist I get bored easily and have to try new stuff, whether fans like it or not. It's always about striking a balance.
9. Jay Z formerly shouted you out on 'Moment Of Clarity,' and you responded on 'Ghetto Show.' How did it feel to have your lyricism appreciated and publicly praised by arguably hip hops most successful artist?
It felt right. Jay Z has always been one of my favorites from Original Flavor days, and I always looked to him as an example. Still do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JlWDgOe_Is
10. What were the reasons that led to you selecting Lowkey and Mic Righteous to support you on your UK tour?
I didn't select them; I usually am not involved with the selection of openers. But I am glad they were chosen. I've heard great things from them and I look forward to sharing the stage with them.
11. You will be touring in the UK soon. Where in the world would you next like to go on tour that you haven't been to yet?
Iceland. Or the Middle East.
12. What single character trait or attribute do you most respect in another artist?
13. What are you liking about the UK hip hop scene at the moment?
Not really up on the UK scene. But Low Key and Mic Righteous are both ill, and I'm not just saying that because they are on the bill. I rock with Kano too, and my man Sway.
14. Any plans for a future collaboration with any UK artists?
I get down with whoevers nice and serious about getting down.
15. Following 'Prisoner of Conscious,' what is next for Talib Kweli?
San Juan. I want to move to Puerto Rico.
Quick Fire Round
Artists you respect the most?
Most powerful person in hip hop?
What would you prefer money, power or respect?
What can't money buy?
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It was the 61st annual NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night and the US music stars were out in full force. Nicki Minaj opened up the evening and was also spotted kissing Weezy.
It also seems that Common and Drake kissed and made up as there were snapped talking.
Pitbull performed during half time and partied with Chris Brown, Ne-Yo and Nayer.
Tags: Common, Drake, Nayer, NBA All-Star Game, Ne-Yo, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Weezy
Birdman Shows He Has Drake's Back. Cash Money Isn't About Diss Records
Birdman the co founder of Cash Money yesterday revealed his thoughts on the Common and Drake beef with a recent interview on Los Angeles' Power 106. Th feud started late last year with no members from Young Money Cash Money speaking up on it. Birdman makes it clear that he will always back his team.
"Drake the homie so we ride or die. Ain't no second questions about that, but we never been a brand to make records and want to make money off of making records of other people that's not what we about," Birdman explained. "So to me however the young homie deal with it we behind him, we supporting him 100 percent with our life so that's just what it is. Ain't no other way. Drake the lil' homie that's blood, that's family, and ain't no siding with that. It's Drake or nothing."
"We don't do all that. We never did that," said Birdman. "Never was about making money off of music off of diss records. That's not how we operate. We try to give the fans – I mean when you get caught up in that to me you forget what this about. And it's about the people and that's what we do. We do our music for the people. We never been a brand to diss and diss records and try to make money that's not us. But Drake the homie and we support him fully and whatever he 'bout we 'bout. However that turns out that's just what it is."
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Common Has Dissed Drake Again On His Remix Of Rick Ross' "Stay Schemin"
Common who first dissed Drake on Sweet is back at it again. Recording a remix to Rick Ross' Stay Schemin, which originally featured Drake and French Montana. He released the remix to MTV News in the US, and has gone as far as photoshopping where Drake's name was on the cover to "That Hoe Ass Nigg%," and leaving Drake's verse on there which includes lines,
"Guess every team doesn't come complete with niggas like ours
Thats why I see no need to compete with niggas like y'all
I just ask them when you see me you speak up nigga thats all"
Common's lines include,
"My motto is Chicago bitch, everybody know you're sweet, what the problem is?
Don't play dumb, I'm the one that acknowledged this,
The rapper of the moment, the style he don't own it
Acting all hard when he hardly like that
You gon' mess around and make me catch a body like that
Don't do it, 'cause every song you make Joe is really hoe music."
Tags: Common, Drake, French Montana, Rick Ross, Stay Schemin
'Sweet' Was Aimed At Drake – Common Confirms
The Chicago rapper Common came clean on Shade 45's Sway In The Morning that the song was aimed at Drake. He said that Drake should take it as a personal diss if he was offended by the song.
"Hey, he opened his mouth and said some things. So if he wants it, that's what he wants, all that subliminal, you can do that too. But you might want to say that now," he said. "I mean, the verse is about me, but when you hear some stuff on the chorus, it's like you can't help but think about dude, and that's what he felt. So at the end of the day, he fit in that category. He already embraced it, so wear it."
Common says this stemmed from Drake making comments about himself being the best lyricist. Common doesn't think Drake is worthy of the title, and has decided to go after rappers who claim this, as he thinks he is worthy of it.
"He's a very successful artist, obviously. Like I said, I think he's a talented artist. I give credit where it's due and I try to speak the truth where I see it. In Hip Hop, there was a lot of that going on," he said. "Beyond Drake, it's still some artists I was hearing, some artists I didn't even know I was hearing. But Drake fits in that category. Any artist could be a target, once you get in and start saying you this and that. When you think about it, KRS-One if you take it there, or when Nas and Jay had a battle, it was about being a doper emcee.
"It's just about emceeing, and once you step in there, you in the ring," he continued. "Especially if you're going to say I'm a champ, I'm the greatest. For me, I'm on 'Sweet' saying I'm the greatest, da da da. But there are going to be some cats who come at me, that's what it is."
Tags: Common, Drake, personal diss, Shade 45, Sway In The Morning, Sweet
Common "Celebrate" (Official Video)
Off the highly anticipated The Dreamer The Believer album which is out on tuesday. Ludacris and Tyga join the party for this track produced by No I.D.
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Johnny Otis  amerikai amerikai Rhythm and blues énekes volt. Az 1950-es évek közepén számos slágere jelent meg.

Pályafutása
Memphisben született egy prédikátor fiaként. Abbahagyta a középiskolát, hogy csatlakozzon az Amerikai Egyesült Államok haditengerészetéhez. A kötelességei nagy része nem teljasítése miatt azonban elbocsátották. Ekkor zongoristaként csatlakozott az Adolph Duncan's Bandhez és a memphisi Beale Street környékén játszott. A helyi zenészek között a Beale Streeters ismertté vált, mert B. B. King, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, Earl Forest, Roscoe Gordon ott is játszott. Kezdetben ezek nem voltak még profi zenekarok, de időnként volt vezetőjük. Egymás lemezein játszottak.

1951-ben Ike Turner – aki akkor a Modern Records tehetségkutatója és producere volt – megszervezte, hogy a Beale Streetiek készítsenek felvételeket Turner kiadójának. Ace zongorázott már B. B. King néhány lemezén az RPM Recordsnál. Amikor King Los Angelesbe távozott, Ace átvette az énekesi feladatokat és King rádióműsora vezetését is.

Állítólaga WDIA rádióállomás programigazgatója (és a Duke Records alapítója) adta neki a "Johnny Ace" művésznevet.

Ace 1952-ben  Duke kiadta első lemezét, a "My Song"-ot, egy városi "szívballadát", amely szeptembertől kilenc héten át vezette az R&B toplistát.

Turnézni kezdett, többnyire Big Mama Thorntonnal.

A következő két évben egymás után nyolc slágere aratott sikert. Ace szólistaként is sikeres lett. 1954-ben a 16. helyen végzett a Billboard 1954 Disk Jockey szavazásán az R&B kedvenc előadói között. A Cash Box amerikai kereskedelmi hetilap által a lemezlovasok körében végzett országos közvélemény-kutatás eredménye szerint 1954 legjobban eltökélt művészének választották.

Felvételei nagyon jól fogytak. 1955-ben a Duke Records közölte, hogy 1954-es felvételei közül három, köztük a Hound Dog több mint 1 750 000 példányban kelt el.

John Marshall Alexander Jr. (Johnny Ace) egy eltévedt lövés következtében 25 éves korában meghalt.

A Pledging My Love című dalát többek között Chubby Checker, Jackie Wilson, Percy Sledge, The Platters, Wilson Pickett, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, Aaron Neville, Solomon Burke, George Clinton, Diana Ross énekelte el.

Martin Scorsese Mean Streets című filmje (1973), a Vissza a jövőbe (Robert Zemeckis (1985), és más filmek is felidézik.

Albumok

 Johnny Ace Memorial Album (1955)
 Pledging My Love (1986)
 The Complete Duke Recordings (2004)
 The Chronological Johnny Ace: 1951–1954 (2005)
 Essential Masters (2008)
 Aces Wild! (The complete solo sides and sessions; 2012)

Kislemezek
 My Song / Follow the Rule (1952)
 Cross My Heart / Angel (1953)
 The Clock / Aces Wild (1953)
 Saving My Love for You / Yes, Baby (the B-side is a duet with Big Mama Thornton; 1954)
 Please Forgive Me / You've Been Gone So Long (1954)
 Never Let Me Go / Burley Cutie (instrumental) (1954)
 Pledging My Love / Anymore / No Money (1955)
 Anymore/ How Can You Be So Mean (1955)
 So Lonely / I'm Crazy Baby (1955)
 Don't You Know / I Still Love You So (1956)
 Mid Night Hours Journey (Johnny Ace) / Trouble and Me (1953)

Jegyzetek

Források
 https://pleasekillme.com/johnny-ace/
 https://puroresusystem.fandom.com/wiki/Johnny_Ace

Amerikai dzsesszzenészek
1929-ben született személyek
1954-ben elhunyt személyek

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British super-middleweight contender George Groves will look to win his first world title as a professional when he challenges WBC champion Badou Jack overseas in America.
The 26-year old first challenged for a world crown back in 2013 in a controversial defeat to Carl Froch, and would then be devastatingly halted during the pair's massive rematch last May.
But now, Groves has set his sights on new titleholder Badou Jack, who recently shocked the world to dethrone former champion Anthony Dirrell and claim gold.
Londoner Groves' promoter Kalle Sauerland announced the fight would take place after cancelling an initial purse bid with Badou Jack's team.
The fight is rumoured to take place in Vegas, but a date has yet to be announced ahead of the world title showdown.


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SOLD OUT: RAWHEAD REX (1986) – 16th May, St John's On The Wall
April 4, 2018 theotherbbfc
As part of the Museums At Night, we're doing a special screening of Arrow Video's new re-release of cult British horror film Rawhead Rex in the crypt of St John's On The Wall Church.
Adapted for the screen by acclaimed horror writer Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed) from his short story of the same name, Rawhead Rex sees a hulking, ancient demon tearing a bloody swathe across the Irish countryside.
When an unsuspecting farmer pulls up a stone column embedded in a barren field, he accidentally unleashes hell by freeing Rawhead Rex – a hulking monster that has been trapped there for thousands of years. With the seemingly unstoppable demon rampaging through the local village, American historian Howard Hallenbeck is faced with the task of putting Rawhead back in the ground for good.
The first of several films to be adapted from Barker's seminal Books of Blood series, Rawhead Rex has garnered a strong cult following over the years – now clawing its way to the surface in a stunning new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
Location: St John On The Wall, Broad St, Bristol BS1 2EZ
Tickets: £5 (all profits going to The Churches Conservation Trust)
An Irish farmer moves an ancient stone, unwittingly freeing a gigantic, terrible, blood-thirsty pagan demon known as Rawhead Rex. It falls to an American anthropologist to attempt to stop the demon's rampage in this gory horror film, based upon a Clive Barker short story.
THIS FILM IS RATED '18'
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"I saw this when it first hit video, many moons ago. And you know what? I'm still giggling." – NeedCoffee.com
"This week's pick may not be a great movie, but for fans of creature features, twisted tales from the mind of Clive Barker, and all things sacrilegious… it remains a fun monster flick." – Film School Rejects
"The original source material touches upon themes of religion, xenophobia, and the phallic principal in horror. This had the potential to be nonstop thrill ride. However, nothing went right, and everything went wrong." – Scream Horror Mag
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Five dancers reveal simultaneously and singularly an energetic landscape, a charged terrain of options. Their actions are manifestations of surging phenomena, imperceptible but always active. Violet is a steep descent into a maelstrom, a swirl of energetic patterns and kinetic sculptures full of detail, partnered live on stage by musician Brendan Dougherty on electronics and percussion.
In VIOLET, Meg Stuart turns to movement as its primary motor, pairing choreography with an alchemy of the senses. Perhaps the most abstract piece so far in her long standing career, VIOLET bears Stuart's unique signature, an art that hones a frail 'condition humaine' in its intense physical emergence.
Five dancers in an abstract maelstrom that sweeps you away.
Somebody was waving, as I was leaving the theatre. Waving goodbye to someone else. As I saw that stretched arm, up in the air, in the distance, I realized she had gotten to me. Once again. From now on every waving arm will probably make me think about Violet. For the first time in many years American choreographer Meg Stuart skips all narrative elements and crossbreedings: just five dancers and one musician on stage. For a trip you might or might not like, but one you're not likely to forget. Violet premiered in Essen, earlier this month, and had its French premiere at the Festival d'Avignon.
A flash of light and there they are. Five dancers, standing just in front of a slightly curved black wall, facing the audience. At the left side of the empty stage: Brendan Dougherty, behind a laptop and a drum kit. Very slowly he rises the volume of his soundscape. And still those dancers aren't moving. Or wait: did I just see one hand move a little bit? No. Yes. Yes I did. It looks as if these bodies are defrosting. An arm is raised. A head moves. A torso is turning slightly. But still those feet stay firmly rooted. Those legs aren't moving. The movements become more intense. I think by myself: I've never known that the upper part of the body can do that many things, without having to involve the lower part.
By then the volume has become really loud. And this spaceship called Violet is taking off. I'm not a big fan of unnecessary decibels, as you might know by now, but this time around, I understand that a certain volume level is needed to make this trip a succesful one. And luckily enough, it never becomes really unbearable. It's one long piece of electronic music necessary to create this feeling of a maelstrom. To create this feeling of a world outside the world as we know it. This strange universe where people aren't moving as they should be moving, even though their movements are oh so familiar. Bodies are bending, necks are twisting, shoulders are rotating, arms are waving, mouths are screaming. And those legs start moving to. Step by step those five dancers are moving forward. They use the rest of the space. But don't expect them to run or to move those legs high up in the air. No: it's as if they need to stay grounded, as in the aftermath of some nuclear disaster. Shell-shocked. This has nothing to do with moving gracefully or elegantly. But on the other hand: don't think they're just freaking out or improvising. You just feel that a lot of attention has been paid to all the different details. This is a tightly choreographed piece.Don't expect them to build a 'classic' group choreography either, to dance in unison. It appears as if these five people aren't even aware of each other's existence, but observe closely and you'll see that certain elements are passed on. When they finally do come together, they form a beautiful ball of energy, rolling on a floor that has become an impressive rainbow. I could tell you more, about what goes on in Violet, but let me stop here. Allow me just to predict that you too, you'll be standing outside, after the performance, wondering what kind of trip you've just been on. Violet is probably the most abstract piece Meg Stuart has made in a long time. No acting, no video, no narrative elements.
It means that this is a choreography that is moving forward, so to speak, along only one wavelength. (Don't get me wrong. By that I don't mean that it's poor or too simple). Personally, I'm more fond of a more multi-faceted approach, as in Meg Stuart's extraordinary Do Animals Cry or that melancholic Maybe Forever. But some will certainly fall for the radicalism of this impressive return to the world of pure movement.


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A young sprout from one of nature's power carbon keepers—the California coastal redwood— is on display at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Mich. The sapling is from the roots of the celebrated Fieldbrook stump, one of California's largest redwoods felled nearly 125 years ago.
Among the planet's oldest living organisms, coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) inspire awe with their immense size and longevity.
The Fieldbrook sapling in one of the greenhouses at Matthaei.
Matthaei-Nichols is fortunate to have an example of this North American icon—although on a smaller scale. It came to us as a sapling grown from the tissue of a root of one of the largest coastal redwoods ever recorded. The young tree, which measures about three feet high, is on display beginning October 12 at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
The sapling is genetically identical to a tree cut down in Humboldt County, California in the late 1800s. The original tree measured over 30 feet in diameter (not including the bark) and its stump could easily accommodate dozens of people, as shown in the undated picture at left taken by A.W. Hendrickson (photo © Humboldt State University). Many trees---redwoods among them---send up sprouts or suckers after the parent tree has been felled or damaged, allowing the tree to regenerate. One family of trees native to Michigan, the ashes, exhibits this trait.
· Their bark can be as much as 12 inches thick. This makes the trees resistant to fire damage.
· Coastal redwoods grow taller than giant sequoias, but giant sequoias tend to be larger in girth and weight.
· With its combination of longitude, climate, and elevation the north coast of California provides the unique environment required for the coastal redwood to thrive.
· Only 4% of the redwoods' original 2 million acres of historic range are left.
Burt Barnes, a professor emeritus at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment, gave the tree to Matthaei-Nichols in September 2013. Barnes, who died in 2014, received the tree from David Milarch, founder of the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive. Matthaei-Nichols plans to donate the tree to a botanical garden or organization that can plant it in the best conditions for it to thrive.
The sapling will be on display in the conservatory at Matthaei for several weeks. To learn more about the coastal redwood click here for an article from the National Park Service. If you've never traveled to California to visit the coastal redwoods or sequoias, this is an opportunity to see what a young tree looks like and imagine how large it might grow given enough time and the right conditions.
For more information about the giant sequoia click here.
Source: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks website.


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After reading Matt's Twitter blog that he published a couple of weeks ago, I thought I'd take the opportunity to write a follow-up piece about my own experiences with the increasingly popular micro-blogging [-Censored-] social networking service of the moment. What I found particularly interesting about Matt's blog were some of the comments that readers had left. Whilst there aren't many, what is evident from these comments is something that I've noticed on a much larger scale when chatting to friends, family and work associates about the new social networking phenomena - You either love it, or you hate it! It wouldn't be the first time that I've seen this love/hate separation either. I remember there being a similar apprehension and reluctance to get involved when Facebook was still in it's early days. Nowadays though, with more than 200 million users worldwide, it's unusual to come across a person who *hasn't* got a profile on the social networking behemoth. Will we see the same take up and general acceptance of Twitter as a social networking medium? A market research company called Nielsen Online have already published figures showing that Twitter take up in the UK grew by a massive 1,689% from February 2008 to February 2009 alone - That's an estimated 1.78 million UK adopters! I have to admit that I'm one of Twitter's admirers. I've been well and truly sucked in and find it an extremely useful tool as both a source of news and as a real-time search engine. Let me provide you with an example of the latter: Back in January, Google experienced a problem that caused all search results to be flagged as malware. I happened to be online when this happened and wondered whether or not it was a problem at my end or something that was affecting other users too. The problem was only evident for a short period of time, but whilst it was happening there was no acknowledgement of the problem's existence on Google's blog, neither did a Google search return any similar reports of problems. It was at this point that I turned to Twitter's search API. By entering the search term 'google' I knew immediately that it wasn't just me experiencing problems as there were countless other reports on the 'Twittersphere' from users having exactly the same problem as me. That's one of the things I like about Twitter, there's no 'proper' way to use it and different people use it in different ways. I use my personal account to keep in touch with my friends, keep up to date with the latest news and discover new and entertaining stuff on the web. On the other hand, I use Plusnet's Twitter account to offer support to our customers, post service announcements and promote the company brand. Whether you love it or hate it Twitter seems to be eveywhere you look. It's in the papers, it's getting parodied, celebrities are getting in on the act and there's even a fan club to show appreciation for the loveable (if not slightly frustrating) 'fail whale' that appears when Twitter's servers are under load! YouTube have recently added a Twitter button to their video clips and Vodafone have recently announced that they've started offering a free SMS service for Twitter users in the UK (something that has been available in the states since the social networking site's inception, but was withdrawn for users this side of the pond last year due to the 'high costs of mobile text messaging in the UK' ). Whichever way you look at it, it seems like Twitter's here to stay. One thing that does remain unclear though is what the future holds for the micro-blogging phenomena. After all, it costs money to run a service like Twitter and one has to question what revenue, if any, the site brings in. Last month there were claims that Twitter may soon start charging for corporate use and there was even speculation at one point that Google were looking to buy the company (which some might argue isn't a great idea). In a recent blog post, Twitter founder Biz Stone posted that "...we hope to begin iterating on revenue products this year." In the same piece however, he also goes onto say "...whatever we come up with, Twitter will remain free to use by everyone—individuals, companies, celebrities etc." - I'll leave it to you the reader to make of that what you will. So there you have it, love it or loathe it I don't think we've heard the last of Twitter and I can only see it increasing in popularity as the year progresses. If you're already using Twitter then make sure you visit our page and follow Plusnet. If you're not using Twitter then what are you waiting for? You never know, you might actually like it! . Bob Pullen Plusnet Comms Team
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Come on Bob, it's the Twitterverse and the *Blogo*sphere ;-) I'm not sure what I think of it. I like staying in touch with people on it, but the signal to noise ratio is pretty high.
I like Twitter. I greatly prefer it over Facebook and all the horrible applications that you're constantly being flooded with. It's a nice simple way to see what's going on with Bob's Internet connection
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[...] Bob has continued to hate everything. Except……Twitter. He likes it so much he's written a blog for you all to read about how much he likes it, and how useful it is: Link [...]
I really like facebook because it's brilliant for organising events, meetings, etc. whilst at university + keeping in touch with all your friends at home! Absolutely indispensable tool now. Twitter is alright, but I am not in a position to use it much or find it that useful but I can see why others would and it's good to see such a tool become mass-media.
Aspiring Hero
Latest Fad. Where fools rush in etc... (I loathe the idea)
Don't Facebook or Twitter - call me anti-social but don't have time for all this 'sharing' Humbug!
A test comment to see if my comments are being monitored.
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@axisofevil, your test comment was successful
I'm with The10th - can't fathom out why folk always have to be 'in touch'. I'm afraid it would be too taxing for my simple brain (or perhaps I too am just anti-social).
Andrew_B
I don't love it or hate it, I'm pretty indifferent at the moment. Mind you I said something similar about Facebook a year or two ago...
Simon1
as per The 10th... am too busy actually talking to people. also, has the beeb got shares in the twit web-site.. all seem to hear is "you can see us on twit".. no I'm not 'cos I'll be b*g*ered if I'm going to sign up for another thing!
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Well, to be fair, you don't need to sign up to Twitter to read tweets (unless the account holder has their tweets 'protected'). And, indeed, anyone can use RSS to follow someone's tweets too.
Twitter increases the speed of stupidity.
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What can Twitter actually do for my business?
It does quite a lot for us. I've seen numerous examples of customers being retained or new custom being acquired simply by responding to queries about Plusnet on Twitter.
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She still wags her tail and sits attentively while we eat, but she doesn't get any "people food" anymore. She never did get very much, but what she did get, she enjoyed immensely. "No more", doctor's orders! Our five-year-old dog, Coco, has seizures. Until recently they were months apart, now they were becoming more frequent and more severe. Hopefully with medication and the elimination of all "people food" her seizures can be controlled.
The other day while scraping the table scraps into the trash, I CONSIDERED how there is no easy way I could communicate to Coco why I was not giving her this food. There was no way I could explain to those watching sad eyes that this was for her own good. I also CONSIDERED how this is true between us and God. Things happen or perhaps don't happen, as we ask, "Why?" To us it seems so clear; this is the best, and yet it doesn't happen. We become disappointed, disillusioned, and even angry with God for not giving us what we perceive to be the best for us. How do we solve this dilemma?
Perhaps God cannot communicate with us while he withholds something from us, just as I cannot communicate with Coco why I am withholding the food she enjoys. It may be that it is beyond our human understanding or maybe we are not mature enough.
Coco still lies at my feet. She follows me wherever I go. Her attitude towards me has not changed. She still barks, wags her tail and jumps on me when I come home. She is still my best doggie friend. May this also be said of us. May our trust in God remain strong (especially when we do not understand); may we also continue to be the best of friends with Jesus; and always remember that God only wills the best for you and me.


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Revitalizing Downtown Shallotte
Posted by Justin Williams | Nov 29, 2010 | Brunswick County Life, South Brunswick
Story By Sarah Shew Wilson
Photography By Chris Campbell
Shallotte native Elwood Cheers vividly recalls his hometown's past. He can tell stories for days about growing up by the Shallotte River and how his family cared for the land and watched the town progress from a shipping and agricultural area to a bustling business hub.
Not surprisingly, he was raised on Cheers Street, where town hall now stands. It was the first official road between Main Street and the riverfront and was dedicated to the town by his father.
"It was part of a cultivated farm that produced tobacco corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes and always a lush vegetable garden," Cheers recalls.
Cheers remembers tying ropes to the nearby trees and swinging into the river with his friends on summer days. He remembers watching construction crews improving Cheers Street with sand clay replacing the crude plank roadway.
"I would stand on our porch and watch them in amazement," Cheers says. "The road was constructed entirely by men with hand tools, crude horse drawn equipment and the sweat of the brow."
As Cheers got older, the methods of improving the town's first road to the river became more sophisticated, and the town itself busier and more populated.
"I like to think of the early days in Shallotte as 'the good old days,'" Cheers says. "But that would be too much of a cliché."
These days, as a member of the town planning board, Cheers is just as happy looking forward to the town's future as he is daydreaming about its past. He has a vision for the future of what his family used to call "down the road," the area from the top of Cheers Street to the riverfront.
"I can see tree-lined streets that are walker-friendly," he says, "with ample places for small parks and benches that invite the shopper or stroller to sit a spell. I see kids playing within view of their parents in the shade of a tree."
That's exactly what the Downtown Shallotte revitalization committee had in mind when it first commissioned the town's vision plan, which the Shallotte board of aldermen and planning board are now beginning to put into action.
The Downtown Shallotte committee formed about five years ago after local merchants, vendors and residents had become disenchanted with various attempts to start farmers markets, free community events and a revitalization of downtown.
When the committee was being formed, then-mayor Gerald Long approached planning board member Walt Eccard about serving as chairman.
"I said, 'Absolutely, on one condition: I really feel we need to do a vision plan to decide how the town will look 20 to 30 years from now,'" Eccard recalls.
The town's board of aldermen told Eccard if the committee could raise some of the money to finance a vision plan, the town would be supportive.
"We got commitments for $20,000 from merchants and businesses, and the town appropriated the rest—about $30,000," says Eccard, now a town alderman.
The town contracted with Allison Platt & Associates, a Baltimore-based design firm, and organized public forums to receive the community's input on what the vision should include.
After hearing from residents, business owners and developers, Platt and her team created a plan that calls for an expanded waterfront area, new streets, a riverwalk and a mix of commercial and residential development.
Cheers Street, the place where Elwood Cheers grew up, played in the river and watched his hometown grow, is designated as the major access to the river. There, new residential and commercial growth would begin. The street would be widened, creating a bridge between Main Street and the riverfront, which would be set aside as a public gathering place.
"The core part is our history of the Shallotte waterfront," Eccard says. "We've hidden it."
When Eccard was soliciting support for the vision plan, he would visit with locals whose families had been in the community for generations.
"I spent 45 minutes to an hour with each one, learning their family histories and looking at pictures," says Eccard. "Our heritage is something we need to recover and rediscover. It's a wonderful area. I want to be able to use Downtown Shallotte as a vehicle to do that."
Of course, no one can talk about revitalizing Shallotte without mentioning the traffic congestion on Main Street. If the vision plan continues to move forward, Eccard says he envisions "movement off Main Street toward the water, new venues for a variety of shops, restaurants and specialty stores."
Cheers agrees and says now that the Smith Avenue extension project, connecting U.S. 17 Bypass with Holden Beach Road via Main Street, is near completion, some of the bottlenecks that traffic drivers have to deal with will be lessened, but more work will still be needed.
A road running parallel to Main Street is a major need, he says. The organizers know they need to work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to get these needs met.
Downtown Shallotte member Linda Herrick says another key to improving Main Street is moving fast-food restaurants off Main Street and re-routing 18-wheelers to the bypass.
"I'd like to see people, families, older people, walking, laughing, enjoying a day out," Herrick says of her vision for Main Street.
To meet these goals, the town planning board and planning staff have begun revising some of the town's ordinances in accordance with vision plan standards.
"We're allowing shared-use parking and on-street parking in the central business district and limiting the number of driveways," explains Town Planner Allen Serkin. "We're specifying parking areas. For instance, front-yard parking is limited."
Serkin says the planning staff has a "long laundry list" of other changes and that the town is working with a local land owner to create a mixed-use ordinance that will allow combination residential and commercial uses.
"That will enable a better mix of uses in all districts," Serkin says.
In addition to the physical changes described in the vision plan, Downtown Shallotte has also organized free community events drawing people to town and allowing them to better connect with their community.
Linda Herrick, who decided to get involved with the town soon after moving to Shallotte several years ago, joined Downtown Shallotte and became excited about organizing a farmers market.
Under her leadership and with the help of her committee members, the Shallotte Farmers Market moved from the former Western Auto parking lot to town hall and ultimately to Riverside Park, a shady spot that offers plenty of room for local growers as well as arts and crafts vendors.
Since moving to the park, the numbers of both vendors and customers has increased, with more than 300 customers showing up every week between May and October.
"The town maintenance department, I can't say enough about them," Herrick says. "They've really kept the area clean and done grading and anything we need. They're happy to do it."
Last year, the farmers market received a state Tobacco Trust Fund Grant to install bathrooms and a storage building on site and to increase advertising. Herrick says 2010 has been the market's most successful year.
"The local food movement is really taking off," Herrick says. "Vendors with chicken and eggs sell out before the market opens. People want to know where their food comes from."
Downtown Shallotte has also put together an annual summer concert and movie series in Rourk Gardens, a small, landscaped area near Shallotte Plaza featuring a gazebo and plenty of room for kids and families to enjoy the outdoors.
Lynda Lynes has chaired the movie/concert series, now officially known as "Summerfest," for two-and-a-half years.
Last year's series proved especially popular, as free outdoor movies for kids and families, such as "Hannah Montana," and bands popular with adults like "The Embers" attracted a variety of locals and visitors.
"It has been a joy, but a lot of work," Lynes says.
The committee starts planning the series in February and solicits merchants in the Shallotte and Ocean Isle Beach communities to sponsor the activities.
"The people visiting the beaches come in and say, 'This is better than what we have back home,'" Lynes says. "The donations of food from the sponsors and the quality of concerts we have attract a lot of people."
Eccard says people are looking for good entertainment, and the lack of admission doesn't hurt either.
"With the economy with way it is, people like having free entertainment for families and free food," he says. "The movie and concert series is an effort to make people feel better about the community they live in."
Even though the new events have proven successful, Downtown Shallotte is not losing sight of the goals of the vision plan.
"I'm most proud of the vision plan," Eccard says. "Most significantly, we've been able to involve the existing business community and the town. Now we're getting the ordinances in place."
And even though Cheers still occasionally reminisces about Shallotte's "good old days," he is also ready to embrace the future of downtown Shallotte.
"My hat is off to the downtown revitalization committee, but this vision should be nurtured by all of us because Shallotte is going to change whether we like it or not," Cheers says. "But hopefully, when it does, it will fulfill a lot of dreamers' dreams."
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Q: SQL - Updating records based on most recent date I am having difficulty updating records within a database based on the most recent date and am looking for some guidance. By the way, I am new to SQL.
As background, I have a windows forms application with SQL Express and am using ADO.NET to interact with the database. The application is designed to enable the user to track employee attendance on various courses that must be attended on a periodic basis (e.g. every 6 months, every year etc.). For example, they can pull back data to see the last time employees attended a given course and also update attendance dates if an employee has recently completed a course.
I have three data tables:

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*EmployeeDetailsTable - simple list of employees names, email address etc., each with unique ID

*CourseDetailsTable - simple list of courses, each with unique ID (e.g. 1, 2, 3 etc.)

*AttendanceRecordsTable - has 3 columns { EmployeeID, CourseID, AttendanceDate, Comments }

For any given course, an employee will have an attendance history i.e. if the course needs to be attended each year then they will have one record for as many years as they have been at the company.
What I want to be able to do is to update the 'Comments' field for a given employee and given course based on the most recent attendance date. What is the 'correct' SQL syntax for this?
I have tried many things (like below) but cannot get it to work:
UPDATE AttendanceRecordsTable
SET Comments = @Comments
WHERE AttendanceRecordsTable.EmployeeID = (SELECT EmployeeDetailsTable.EmployeeID FROM EmployeeDetailsTable WHERE (EmployeeDetailsTable.LastName =@ParameterLastName AND EmployeeDetailsTable.FirstName =@ParameterFirstName)
AND AttendanceRecordsTable.CourseID = (SELECT CourseDetailsTable.CourseID FROM CourseDetailsTable WHERE CourseDetailsTable.CourseName =@CourseName))
GROUP BY MAX(AttendanceRecordsTable.LastDate)

After much googling, I discovered that MAX is an aggregate function and so I need to use GROUP BY. I have also tried using the HAVING keyword but without success.
Can anybody point me in the right direction? What is the 'conventional' syntax to update a database record based on the most recent date?

A: So you want to update the AttendantsRecordsTable, and set the comment to the comment in the most recent CourseDetailsTable for each employee?
UPDATE
  dbo.AttendanceRecordsTable
SET
  Comments = @Comments
FROM
  CourseDetailsTable cd
INNER JOIN
  Employee e ON e.EmployeeID = AttendanceRecordTable.EmployeeID
WHERE
  e.LastName = @LastName
  AND e.FirstName = @FirstName
  AND cd.CourseName = @CourseName
  AND AttendanceRecordsTable.CourseID = cd.CourseID
  AND AttendanceRecordsTable.LastDate =
        (SELECT MAX(LastDate)
           FROM AttendanceRecordsTable a
          WHERE a.EmployeeID = e.EmployeeID
            AND a.CourseID = cd.CourseID)

I think something like that should work.
You basically need to do a join between the AttendanceRecordTable, which you want to update, and the Employee and CourseDetailsTable tables. For these two, you have defined certain parameters to select a single row each, and then you need to make sure to update only that last AttendanceRecordTable entry which you do by making sure it's the MAX(LastDate) of the table.
The subselect here:
(SELECT MAX(LastDate)
   FROM AttendanceRecordsTable a
  WHERE a.EmployeeID = e.EmployeeID AND a.CourseID = cd.CourseID)

will select the MAX (last) of the LastDate entries in AttendanceRecordsTable, based on selection of a given employee (e.EmployeeID) and a given course (cd.CourseID).
Pair that with the selects to select the single employee by first name and last name (that of course only works if you never have two John Miller in your employee table!). You also select the course by means of the course name, so that too must be unique - otherwise you'll get multiple hits in the course table.
Marc

A: Assuming that you primary key on the AttendanceRecordsTable is id:
UPDATE AttendanceRecordsTable SET Comments = @Comments
WHERE AttendanceRecordsTable.id = (
    SELECT AttendanceRecordsTable.id
        FROM EmployeeDetailsTable
        JOIN AttendanceRecordsTable ON AttendanceRecordsTable.EmployeeID = EmployeeDetailsTable.EmployeeID·
        JOIN CourseDetailsTable ON AttendanceRecordsTable.CourseID = CourseDetailsTable.CourseID
    WHERE
        EmployeeDetailsTable.LastName =@ParameterLastName AND EmployeeDetailsTable.FirstName =@ParameterFirstName AND
        CourseDetailsTable.CourseName =@CourseName
    ORDER BY AttendanceRecordsTable.LastDate DESC LIMIT 1)

Basically, that sub select will first join the attendence, employee and coursedetail tables, extract those rows where the employee's and course details' name match those given by your parameters and limit the output in reverted order to one line. You might want to test that sub-select statement first.
Edit: I just read your posting again, you don't have a single primary key column on AttendanceRecordsTable. Bummer.

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Many people have thought of biofuel as the ideal way to replace petroleum fuels. Biofuels can be liquids, and in fact, "liquid fuel made from biomass" is the most common meaning of the term. Because the focus here is on liquid carbon, liquid forms are the biofuels of interest. Examples include ethanol and biodiesel.
Basic chemistry tells us that the amount of CO2 released when burning liquid fuels is essentially the same for a given amount of energy provided. However, the common view is that biofuels are inherently carbon neutral. That's because the CO2 released when the biofuel is burned is offset by the CO2 that was taken up from the atmosphere when the fuel's biomass feedstock was grown. Combine this fact with the fact that biofuels can be produced from home-grown biomass, and it's easy to see why biofuels have such enormous appeal as replacements for oil.
Lifecycle analysis (LCA) is a very popular form of environmental assessment. A good number of academics and others assert that it is the ideal way to examine greenhouse gas emissions impacts and so advocate LCA as a way to compute "carbon footprints."
This view has come to dominate energy policy discussions of ways to reduce GHG emissions from transportation fuels. In particular, nearly everyone involved in the issue says that biofuels should be evaluated according to their full lifecycle impacts. As the major UNEP report on Assessing Biofuels puts it, "Environmental and social impacts need to be assessed throughout the entire life-cycle."
However, biofuel LCA has become ever more complex and has resulted in models that are no longer even close to being scientifically verifiable. Therefore, no amount of new data that one puts into a lifecycle study can put an end to the disputes over LCA-based estimates of the net GHG impact of biofuels. This argument is made in the paper "Biofuels and Carbon Management" Climatic Change (2012), which then proposes a different approach to analysis.
A most troubling aspect of the global climate problem is the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by petroleum consumption. Oil is still the world's largest source of energy, though it now runs second to coal as a direct source of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Oil is a liquid and is by far the main feedstock for liquid fuels, i.e., hydrocarbon energy carriers such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, bunker oil and so on.
Combustion of any liquid hydrocarbon fuel directly releases an amount of CO2 that varies only a little depending on the fuel. This is true for most carbon based liquids, not just strictly hydrocarbons. For example, burning ethanol directly releases only about 2% less CO2 than gasoline for a given amount of energy provided.
Therefore, in terms of direct emissions, changing the form of the liquid fuel, e.g., from gasoline to ethanol or from diesel to biodiesel, makes no appreciable difference in the amount of CO2 released to the atmosphere.
Therefore, as long as society burns liquid fuels -- and we now consume enough of them to make oil the world's number one source of commercial energy -- we have what can be called a "liquid carbon" problem. I'll leave to others the tasks of thinking about how to replace liquid fuels, for example, with electric cars or hydrogen-powered vehicles, using energy carriers that don't contain carbon atoms. Meanwhile, society has a huge liquid carbon problem to solve.


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EPA to Tear Down NJ Site of '83 Chemical Spill
The former E.C. Electroplating factory in Garfield, N.J. will be demolished, after the Environmental Protection Agency's investigation into a 1983 chromium spill there
By Andrew Siff	• Published August 7, 2012 • Updated on August 8, 2012 at 7:43 pm
Federal officials are set to announce plans to tear down a polluted factory site in New Jersey that residents in the city believe is toxic, NBC 4 New York has learned.
The EPA is prepared to announce that it's prepared to spend millions of dollars tearing down the former E.C. Electroplating company, then cleaning up the ground beneath.
The announcement will be made at a news conference Wednesday involving the EPA, Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, and city of Garfield officials.
The federal government has confirmed there is dangerous hexavalent chromium in the ground, and of the 490 homes checked so far by the EPA, 13 were found to be contaminated with chromium. Another 160 homeowners have yet to let the government in.
Ashley Skiba, 25, lives in Garfield and blames her recently diagnosed brain tumor on the toxic accident. Her sister Alicia was also 25 when she died of a brain tumor last year.
While no one has determined what caused her illness or her sister's, Skiba told NBC 4 New York, "I feel like the chromium spill is to blame."
City manager Thomas Duch says the state of New Jersey underestimated the problem for decades. The probe into the factory spill has "taken far too long," Duch said. "There's no getting past that."
Across the street from the chromium tank, Don and Colleen Calderio face their own concerns about tearing down the toxic plant.
"It's like a time bomb, waiting," said Colleen Calderio. "Something's gonna happen."
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