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K3 () est une série télévisée animée 2D franco-belge produite par Studio 100 Animation.

La série est inspirée du groupe de musique féminin du même nom, formé en 1998. Les membres du groupe sont d'origine belge et néerlandaise, et connaissent une très forte popularité auprès du public flamand. En 2015, les trois chanteuses quittent le groupe et laissent leur place à trois nouvelles chanteuses. En 2010, Studio 100 fait l'acquisition des droits et développe une série de dessins animés 2D, pour la télévision française, autour de l'univers des K3. La série est diffusée sur M6 Kid depuis le  ; elle se compose d'une saison de  de . K3 fait référence au nom des trois chanteuses du groupe : Karen, Kristel et Kathleen. En 2009, Kathleen est remplacé par Josje. En 2015, le groupe est complétement remplacé par Hanne, Marthe et Klaasje. Le nom des chanteuses a été changé pour la série : Kim (Hanne), Kate (Marthe) et Kylie (Klaasje).

Synopsis

Pop stars adulées, Kate, Kim et Kylie entament une grande tournée mondiale. Au gré de leur tour du monde, les K3 vont vivre des péripéties toutes plus folles les unes que les autres, en entraînant leur chauffeur et garde du corps, X. Les K3 ont néanmoins des caractères bien trempés et triomphent toujours grâce à un enthousiasme contagieux et un tube accrocheur !

Personnages
 Kylie : la blonde; enfantine et rigolote elle adore le rose et est parfois naïve et stupide. Ses meilleures amies sont Kim et Kate.
 Kim : la rousse; combattante spécialiste en art martiaux. Ses meilleures amies sont Kate et Kylie.
 Kate : la brune; la plus sage et mature. Elle est intelligente et ses meilleures amies sont Kylie et Kim.
 X : ancien agent secret devenu garde du corps des K3.

Personnages secondaires
 2d : le duo des garçons
Maxime : elle apparaît à chaque introduction
 Y : l'ancien coéquipier de X
 Z : l'ancienne coéquipière de X
 Jean-Pierre Piquet : il est blond et binoclard, est équipé d'un casque micro et présente le concert des K3. Il est le frère jumeau de savant fou
 La momie : créature du savant diabolique
 Georges et son fils Lucas : ils sont des occupants d'un restaurant de Désert Mojave et font le canular des aliens
 Chaman : il est dans l'épisode 5
 La fille du chaman : auteure de canulars de poulpe géant
 Baxter : il est dans l'épisode 7 avec son chat
 John Peter : le scientifique de épisode 7
 Kézia : une admiratrice
 Dwayne : il est dans l'épisode 18
 Deedee : il est dans l'épisode 18
 Yéti : il est dans l'épisode 18

Antagonistes
 Les mix tapes : rivaux des k3
 Les pirates fantômes : ils sont fans des k3 et ce sont de vrai pot de colle pour ceux-ci
 Le savant fou : un ennemi des k3
 L'agent des mix tapes : elle est commanditaire des mix tapes
 Bob : remplaçant de X et sème les querelles
 Katie : elle vole la vedette de Kylie, mais à la fin elle se déguise en caribou aux côtés des K3
 Saboteur : il est dans l'épisode 6
 Alien chewing gum : il est dans l'épisode 7
 Carolyn Archer : une paparazzi
 Belle jeune femme : elle détourne X dans l'épisode 15
 Roméo Marvellous : il a truqué le concours dans l'épisode 17

Fiche technique
 Réalisation : Eric Cazes
 Producteur : Katell France
 Bible littéraire : Alan Gilbey
 Bible graphique : Jan Van Rijsselberge
 Production : Studio 100 Animation

Distribution
Les voix françaises sont interprétées par :
 Kylie : Mélanie Dermont
 Kate :  Aurore Delplace
 Kim : Claire Beugnies
 X : Martin Spinhayer
 Maxine : Nathalie Hons

Notes et références

Série télévisée française des années 2010
Série télévisée belge des années 2010
Série télévisée créée en 2015
Série télévisée de M6
Série d'animation française
Série d'animation belge


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This week, we'll be taking a look at several WXPN/XPN2 staff members' Best Of 2011 lists. Today, The Key editor Matthew Borlik's five favorite local albums of the year.
1. Psychic Teens, Teen (Golden Voyage Records) Listen to Psychic Teens' Key Studio Session
2. Meg Baird, Seasons On Earth (Drag City)
3. Creepoid, Horse Heaven (Ian Records) Listen to Creepoid's Key Studio Session
4. Arches and Banned Books, Split 10″ (Magic Death Records) Listen to Arches' Key Studio Session
5. White Birds, White Birds EP (self-released) Listen to White Birds' Key Studio Session
Break It Up's self-released single "Excavate," which the band posted on Bandcamp earlier this year and is easily my favorite local song of 2011. Had it received an official release this year (either as a 7-inch or on a full-length), it definitely would been included on my list. Unfortunately, it looks like we'll have to wait until next year for the band to release its debut. Listen to Break It Up's Key Studio Session
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Taylor denies AG decision was due to controversy
(CNS): As was expected, the governor has denied that Dan Duguay's contract was not renewed because of his openness with the media and his controversial reports. Duncan Taylor has said that he chose the new auditor general based on his interview and it had nothing to do with the current incumbent Dan Duguay's frankness. He denied that the premier had any influence over the decision as Taylor said he had not consulted the premier, though he admitted that he was aware of the comments McKeeva Bush had made about Duguay in the media.
"When I first arrived here I said that a good auditor would produce some irritation for people," the governor told Cayman 27 on Friday. "An Auditor General has a very important role to play in holding government departments and government organisations to account but also a role to help them develop and do their jobs more effectively. The fact that some of those reports were controversial did not come into the equation when we were considering who to appoint. I would be quite surprised if the new auditor general, once he has settled down and is doing his own reports, if they don't turn out to be controversial as well."
The governor said one candidate of the final four, whose identity will be revealed soon, was the strongest of the short-listed candidates, but the quality of Duguay's reports were the reason why he made it to the final four. The governor said that the person who has been selected has twenty years experience of government audit and that people will see when he comes that he is a very good choice. He added that Duguay had done a very good job
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Your Honable Governor,
You simply disappoint the people of the Cayman Islands and your have lost their respect when you have only been in office for five minutes. If this is a sign of what we can expect for the next five years, pity help Cayman.
The man was doing a great job, so why not renew the contract – the answer to the question that you will not answer is "Politics" before honesty, good ethics and transparency.
You are all forgeting a few important facts and that is that not only was Dan Duguay respected, appreciated and admired by the general population of the country, he was a totally dedicated man and one of the most focused and hardest working individuals you could imagine.
Any new AG will take at least a year to settle into the job and get to know how the country works. My bet is that the new AG will never be heard of in the press making any comment and his reports will be a gloss over.
I hope I am wrong.
I think it is too bad that Dan got hurt.
Frequent Flyer says:
But the governor hasn't answered the question… If Dan has done a 'very good job', why is he being removed?? Isn't every employer required to have a reason to fire someone?
I feel we should demand a reason, from the governor, why Dan is being replaced. I'd like to hear it straight from his mouth.
This whole thing reeks!!! of big fish.
Cayman look out for all the pawns to be put in place. All the mouth pieces…
Frequent Flyer: When someone – in any country in the world – comes to the end of a FIXED TERM (get the emphasis?) contract and it is not renewed, they are not being fired. They are not being rehired.
Caymanians don't understand this because they are hardly ever fired in government and their contracts are such that they exist in employment for life – just because they are Caymanian (which is a major part of the uselessness of many civil servants). So when employment for people like Mr Duguay comes to an end it seems like firing. It's not. If all Caymanian civil servants were on two year contracts, the performance would be better, much better. It was suggested as part of the reform process a decade ago but of course was shot down by senior civil servants who knew they would be up you know what creek without a paddle as their performance was then and is now (for the couple that remain unretired) so piss poor and unaccountable, despite the astronomical salaries they are getting and in one case additional allowances.
You can produce all the Miller reports in the world but until Caymanians openly and honestly confront the nonsense that goes on in the upper levels of the civil service and statutory authorities with staggering salaries, allowances and other benefits, the general public will never know how they are being shafted. And those of us who know, must skulk in anonymity.
Ah so it go.
As a Caymanian, I understand that.
Okay, so let me reword it then.
If he is doing such a good job, why replace him?
Are you trying to say that you think after things have been brought to light and he is replaced, it doesn't strike you as quite "convenient" (notice quotation marks)
There are certainly more contracts extended and renewed for those that are doing a good job, than replaced. I'd say renewals outnumber those that are replaced because their contract is out for doing a good job, not just because they are Caymanians.
But thanks anyway Anonymous
Frequent Flyer: "There are certainly more contracts extended and renewed for those that are doing a good job than replaced".
I acknowledge the truth of your statement. Fair comment. The problem I think is that it is the posters to this site (plus Wendy!!) whose view of Mr Duguay's conduct and (their perception) of his level of performance has elevated him to a level of appreciation not shared by his employer, the civil service, and to be more specific, the Governor. Sure, Mac doesn't like him. So what? Mac can never like Auditor Generals as a class of employee. As he sees them, they get in the way "of me doing tings". It will be the same with the next one as it was with the last one Nigel Esdaile.
John Evans says:
What most ofyou contributors (and probably Dan Duguay himself) are not aware of is that the seeds for this decision were sown a long time ago and recently fertilisied by manure from the UK.
Just over two years ago I was asked by my then employer to do some digging into possible conflicts of interest within the AG's office, the request was made directly to me with the Assigments Editor, Lyndon Martin, being kept in the dark about it.
Like most similar requests it came as the result of either a tip off or a complaint. In essence it was very similar to the malicious 'whispering campaign' against Stuart Kernohan that led to Operation Tempura. It was soon quite clear that we were (not for the first time) being asked to do someone else's dirty work and the motivation was simply annoyance at the fact that the AG's office has dug up a bit more dirt on people who felt they were untouchable.
When I left my successor apparently also took the request on board and also came up dry. The story had no foundation.
However, around the same time Mr Duguay was under fire from within the government for employing two Canadians to conduct value-for-money probes and for his reporting of $1.5 billion government accounting arrears. It is very hard to believe that all this was unconnected.
As far as I know that was the end of it for a while but the release of the AG's report on Operation Tempura opened up a whole new can of worms.
As everyone knows the report pulled few punches and it was seized by at least one national newspaper in the UK, which linked it with other material they had to generate a story causing acute embarrassment to the Metropolitan Police, the FCO and, by implication, the Governor.
In the UK there has been a determined reaction to the press report with the finger of guilt, at least in part, for the adverse publicity being pointed at the AG's report. Although not actually contained in the AG's report, one thing his investigation did was give the press over here solid links between members of SPIT and the private contractors brought in from the UK. The report has also indirectly exposed contradictions between statements made by senior figures involved in Operation Tempura/Cealt and the truth. To say the report was unpopular would be an understatement and I am certain that there has been substantial criticism directed at the author, who was simply doing his job.
The bottom line on this is that there is a strong belief that the best way to deal with bad news is to kill the proverbial messenger. I'm not blaming anyone for that because the UK is exactly the same. What I would suggest is people look at what is has done over here and debate whether or not you want the same to happen to Cayman.
I can't help but respond…
You need to implement a new policy. If someone makes a claim, the claim should be true or at least with credible source. If someone makes a comment that is subjective or opinionate – that your service does not have evidential backing, the comments should be highlighted in yellow or red so people would know what is backed by facts and what isnt.
This is very important. Claims and back-up claims should be differentiated to viewers. I love your freedom of speech policies, but I am hearing alot of BULL about the Premier, Governor, and AG. Believe me or not, claims that are repititous are imbedded in people's minds as true.
This will definitely ruin the image and reputation of CNS as being a credible news outlet. I think comments should be screen like this. If you don't believe me, look at Fox Nation forums and see the crap that's on them, and then look at their ratings as credible news outlet. Fox is notorias for allowing serious liars to be at large.
CNS: Sorry, the comment forum is an exchange of ideas and opinions. It is all subjective. Assume all comments are flagged yellow for "opinionated, not necessarily backed by evidence".
CNS is doing an excellent job.
CNS give a voice to the voiceless, and that was a long time in coming.
CNS you are a fantastic informative media, let freedom ring loud and long.
We will not be silenced.
Too late Sir! The honest people here have seen something here with this situation that will not fade from memory anytime soon no matter who you bring to replace him. Confidence and trust has taken a severe blow and it not only about Mr Dugay as a person it's about what has been achieved and accomplished and it about the Truth. No type of spin in the media is going stop the light of transparency from shining now on this situation.
Anyone seen the AG's latest report on the Gov finances yet?
Was this another way to stop the negative reports from reaching the public's ears?
The transparency of a brick wall
Don't be fooled to think that His Excellency the Governor is not the ultimate power in the Cayman Islands, for those who think not be assured that he is. The Governor does not answer to the Premier it is the other way around.
The Governor is a leader and this is what he is doing so please people allow him to do his job, he is quite capable of doing his job.
It is not our politicians that want this man out as much as the Governor and FCO. He step on someone's toes over there – not here
Cayman does not have an American style system although we do have a Premier who shows every indication of wanting to be El Presidente..
We are supposed to have a neutral civil service including the Auditor General. You are right to the extent that our Beloved Leader has taken it upon himself to politicise the civil service and to ensure that those who are supposed to be the watchdogs in our government are muzzled and disposed of when they show any indication that they just might offer an insight into what is going on in the shadows.
What a fable! Well Mr. Taylor, we all HOPED you'd provide a balance to the present dictatorial government and stand up for good governance, transparency and accountability. HOWEVER, you appear to have capitulated to the big Mac. What a very sad day for Cayman.
Or, has Mac capitulated to the big UK's FCO and her Governors, and Dan stepped on their toes?
Duncan Taylor you and your panel are cut from the same frabric as McKeeva. He warned you not to get in his way, when you came here and you are scared of him, so you have decided to join him. Mr. Dan Duguay was an AG for the people of these Islands. He exposed the dirty Government and he was Neutral in all his decisions. He was not swayed by any party, but you just come here and already you are taking sides. You continue to be on the side of a corrupt Government and see how long you are going to last here too. Did you knew that the 2 Caymanians you had on your panel were UDP? I really wondered who recommended them to you? The people of these Islands know better, though. You sleep with dogs, you will get fleas.
One must call b.s. when you read it. If the AG is doing his job fairly, there should be no reason for a change. Regardless of the individual's credentials who was hired to replace Mr Duguay, it will take them a lengthy period of time to figure out the levels of deception that is the Cayman Islands government (I'm certain this is part of the rationale behind the move). However, the current AG was doing his job exceptionally well and everyone knows this to be fact. But in the political realm of the new governor, it's easier to makes nice with the premier early on than further on down the road.
Duguay is clearly the early sacrifice (which is sad), but someone had to appease the monster that runs the political machine. Mr Taylor — that pound of flesh you've offered will not satisfy our premier; for he shall also require you to give up the police commissioner and other concessions if you're not careful. Do not let it go beyond this.
Good luck to you Dan! You can rest assured you've done your job, but have fallen victim to sheer politics.
slowpoke says:
So, inquiring minds want to know, did H.E. get to be Governor of the Cayman Islands, based on a single interview?
I will have to agree with the Governor and his new choice for Auditor General whoever this person may be.
Do not get me wrong, I think Dan has done a great job over the last 6 years but we all have to admit…Would he be able to get any real work done with all the controversy and name calling being flung at him? This would be a total distraction to him and his work as he would be too busy defending himself rather than doing any work.
As with any government, People must come and go. Look at the USA for example. Anytime there is a new President there is a complete new administration. So I think 6 years is a long time and now time for a fresh face to take up the mantle!!
Sorry, Dan does not have to defend himself.
His work stands on their own two feet to defend him and we appreciate that.
So sorry that we have such jerks in power.
What??????????? says:
What did you expect him to say?
Did you want him to come out and admit he is another "Mac cronie".
We know that, the FCO is playing the Good Cop / Bad Cop game again.
The last Gov was the Bad Cop, Gov Taylor has been ordered by the FCO to be the Good Cop to Mac.
Old Colonial game, new players that is all!
Do not be fooled.
Twyla Vargas says:
I trust His Excellency Governor Taylor's words, he seems to be a man of high integrity and truth.
Just curious – what experience, encounters or facts are you basing your judgement on?
Not saying that he doesn't have hight integrity etc, but I would say it is still a bit early to come to a conclusion on that matter……..
Governor Taylor appears to be weakened by the politicians here that shades him and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a negative light. He does not want to open a can of worms over UK interest and Cayman interest. So the Governor is just being strategic and don't to be blunt like Governor Jack was.
He is softly treading his grounds – meanwhile, he tolerates the work of a new Anti-corruption team to finish what they started. This will difinitely hurt Cayman's image and the economy. Some companies and clients they have already caused to move out of the Cayman Islands, because of the issues of Corruption and threats of making us into a tax-revenue center. Ultiamtely, if they are successful – as the clients center back to the UK or US, they will help replenish the UK and US economies with their taxes as was pre-plan by Obama and Gordon Brown.
This is the game folks.
lol… you are going to get alot of negative ratings for your comment
I want to believe you GOV but I got my doubts .We know who MAC is ……
Thank you H.E. for clarification, that's exactly what I thought the situation to be because the panelist who carried out the interviews where gentlemen of the highest calibre, therefore their selection would have been on what was before them. Excellent job!
I guess they did what they were told to do!
Pro Caymanian says:
WHATEVER!!!!! He's also teamed up with the Premier!!!
Why dont they just put whats left of us CAYMANIANS on a boat and send us off to find somewhere else to call HOME!!!
I am sooooooo sick of this $HIT that is going on in MY COUNTRY!!!!
Denials plus Platitudes do not equate to any assurance that the transparency which Mr. Duguay's reports provided will be permitted to continue. In fact they produce exactly the opposite.
Conspicuously absent:
1) any suggestion that the new Auditor General will ever be allowed to interact with the media so that the people are actually informed in any meaningful way, and
2) any suggestion that the new Auditor General's reports will ever be seen by the people on any kind of timely basis.
Now I remember what a hollow ring sounds like.
"You're on my turf now," is what I believe you were told. Sorry you folded so quickly. We had high hopes for your uncompromising integrity.
Scrooge McDuck says:
"I won't work with him Governor!!! He's a roadblock!!!!"
"But McKeeva he has the public's support look at the opinion poll on CNS…"
"I don't care!!!! He's too open with the facts and so is CNS. CNS sucks!! How am I supposed to run this government if I can't surprise people!!!"
"McKeeva, people don't like to be surprised except at Christmas and on their birthdays."
"Well they better get used to it."
"So you won't change your mind?"
"I change my mind all the time!!!"
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Osteology
Osteology is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists. A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, and paleontology, osteology is a detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone morphology, function, disease, pathology, the process of ossification (from cartilaginous molds), the resistance and hardness of bones (biophysics), etc. often used by scientists with identification of vertebrate remains with regard to age, death, sex, growth, and development and can be used in a biocultural context. Osteologists frequently work in the public and private sector as consultants for museums, scientists for research laboratories, scientists for medical investigations and/or for companies producing osteological reproductions in an academic context.
The clavicle or collarbone is a long bone that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum or breastbone. There are two clavicles, one on the left and one on the right. The clavicle is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally.
also known as shoulder bone, shoulder blade, wing bone or blade bone, is the bone that connects the humerus with the clavicle. Like their connected bones the scapulae are paired, with the scapula on either side of the body being roughly a mirror image of the other.
The humerus is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. It connects the scapula and the two bones of the lower arm, the radius and ulna, and consists of three sections. The humeral upper extremity consists of a rounded head, a narrow neck, and two short processes.
The ulna is a long bone found in the forearm that stretches from the elbow to the smallest finger, and when in anatomical position, is found on the medial side of the forearm. It runs parallel to the radius, the other long bone in the forearm, and is the larger and longer of the two.
The radius or radial bone is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna. It extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist and runs parallel to the ulna. The radius is shorter and smaller than the ulna.
The carpal bones are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (or carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm. The term "carpus" is derived from the Latin carpus and the Greek καρπός (karpós), meaning "wrist". In human anatomy, the main role of the wrist is to facilitate effective positioning of the hand and powerful use of the extensors and flexors of the forearm, and the mobility of individual carpal bones increase the freedom of movements at the wrist
Metacarpal
the metacarpal bones or metacarpus, form the intermediate part of the skeletal hand located between the phalanges of the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist which forms the connection to the forearm. The metacarpal bones are analogous to the metatarsal bones in the foot.
The phalanges are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones.
Scaphoid Bone
The scaphoid bone is one of the carpal bones of the wrist. It is situated between the hand and forearm on the thumb side of the wrist (also called the lateral or radial side). It forms the radial border of the carpal tunnel. The scaphoid bone is the largest bone of the proximal row of wrist bones, its long axis being from above downward, lateralward, and forward. It is approximately the size and shape of a medium cashew.
Lunate Bone
The lunate is a crescent-shaped carpal bone found within the hand. The lunate is found within the proximal row of carpal bones. Proximally, it abuts the radius. Laterally, it articulates with the scaphoid, medially with the triquetral, and distally with the capitate.
Triquetrum Bone
The triquetrum refers to a part of the wrist known as the triquetral bone. Specifically, the bone is part of the carpus, a group of eight wrist bones. The triquetrum and other bones in the carpus are located between the two major bones in the forearm, the radius and ulna
Pisiform Bone
The pisiform is a sesamoid bone, with no covering membrane of periosteum. It is the last carpal bone to ossify. The pisiform bone is a small bone found in the proximal row of the wrist (carpus). It is situated where the ulna joins the wrist, within the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle.
Brachial Fascia
Encloses the arm
Superiorly: continuous with the deltoid, pectoral and axillary fascia
Inferiorly: continuous with antebrachial fascia and attaches the epicondyles of the humerus
Cephalic Vein
the cephalic vein is a superficial vein in the arm. It communicates with the basilic vein via the median cubital vein at the elbow and is located in the superficial fascia along the anterolateral surface of the biceps brachii muscle.
Basilic Vein
The basilic vein is a large superficial vein of the upper limb that helps drain parts of the hand and forearm.
The anterior axioappendicular muscles are the:
Pectoralis minor
Subclavius
Serratus anterior
Scapulohumeral Muscles
The scapulohumeral muscles are a group of seven muscles that connect the humerus to the scapula. They are amongst the muscles that act on and stabilise the glenohumeral joint in the human body.
Axilla
The axilla is the space in the interval marking the junction of the upper arm and the chest wall. It is a key area because many important neurovascular structures pass through it. It is pyramidal in shape.
Infraspinatus
the infraspinatus muscle is a thick triangular muscle, which occupies the chief part of the infraspinatous fossa. As one of the four muscles of the rotator cuff, the main function of the infraspinatus is to externally rotate the humerus and stabilize the shoulder joint.
Teres Minor
Teres Minor is a narrow muscle which lies below infraspinatus, above teres major and triceps brachii, and deep to deltoid. It is one of the four muscles which comprise the Rotator Cuff.
The deltoid is a large muscle responsible for lifting the arm and giving the shoulder its range of motion. It is located in the uppermost part of the arm, at the shoulder. Tendons attach the deltoid to the collarbone, shoulder blade, and upper arm.
Supraspinatus
is a relatively small muscle of the upper back that runs from the supraspinatous fossa superior portion of the scapula (shoulder blade) to the greater tubercle of the humerus. It is one of the four rotator cuff muscles and also abducts the arm at the shoulder.
Teres Major
Teres major is a small muscle that runs along the lateral border of the scapula. It forms the inferior border of both the triangular space and quadrangular space.
Subscapularis
The subscapularis is a large triangular muscle which fills the subscapular fossa and inserts into the lesser tubercle of the humerus and the front of the capsule of the shoulder-joint.
The brachial plexus is a network (plexus) of nerves (formed by the ventral ramus of the lower four cervical nerves and first thoracic nerve (C5, C6, C7, C8, and T1). This plexus extends from the spinal cord, through the cervicoaxillary canal in the neck, over the first rib, and into the armpit.
Network of nerves supplying the upper linb
Originates in the posterior triangle of the neck and passes to the axilla
Boundaries of Axilla
The anterior wall is formed by the pectorales major and minor. The posterior wall is formed by the subscapularis above, the teres major and latissimus dorsi below. On the medial side are the first four ribs with their corresponding intercostales, and part of the serratus anterior.
Axillary Artery
the axillary artery is a large blood vessel that conveys oxygenated blood to the lateral aspect of the thorax, the axilla (armpit) and the upper limb.
Direct continuation of the subclavian artery starting at lateral border of rib 1 and ends at interior border of the teres major.
Superior Thoracic Artery
is a small artery located near the armpit in humans. It normally arises from the first division of the axillary artery, but may arise from the thoracoacromial artery, itself a branch of the second division of the axillary artery.
Thoraco-acromial Artery
is a short trunk that arises from the second part of the axillary artery, its origin being generally overlapped by the upper edge of the pectoralis minor.
Lateral Thoracic Artery
is a blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the lateral structures of the thorax and breast.
Subscapular Artery
The subscapular artery, the largest branch of the axillary artery, arises from the third part of the axillary artery at the lower border of the subscapularis muscle, which it follows to the inferior angle of the scapula, where it anastomoses with the lateral thoracic and intercostal arteries, and with the descending branch of the dorsal scapular artery
Anterior Circumflex Humeral Artery
The anterior humeral circumflex artery runs horizontally, beneath the coracobrachialis and short head of the biceps brachii muscle, in front of the neck of the humerus. On reaching the intertubercular sulcus, it gives off a branch which ascends in the sulcus to supply the head of the humerus and the shoulder-joint.
Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery
arises from the third part of axillary artery at the lower border of the subscapularis, and runs posteriorly with the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space.
Apical lymph nodes
An apical group of six to twelve glands is situated partly posterior to the upper portion of the Pectoralis minor and partly above the upper border of this muscle. Its only direct territorial afferents are those that accompany the cephalic vein, and one that drains the upper peripheral part of the mamma.
Anatomy of the Arm
Two Mascular Compartment:
Lateral Intermuscular Septum – The lateral intermuscular septum extends from the lower part of the crest of the greater tubercle of the humerus, along the lateral supracondylar ridge, to the lateral epicondyle; it is blended with the tendon of the deltoid muscle, gives attachment to the triceps brachii behind, and to the brachialis, brachioradialis, and extensor carpi radialis longus muscles in front. It is perforated by the radial nerve and profunda branch of the brachial artery.
Medium Intermuscular Septum- The medial intermuscular septum, is thicker than the lateral intermuscular septum. It extends from the lower part of the crest of the lesser tubercle of the humerus below the teres major, and passes along the medial supracondylar ridge to the medial epicondyle; it is blended with the tendon of the coracobrachialis, and gives attachment to the triceps brachii behind and the brachialis in front.
is a large muscle that lies on the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Both heads of the muscle arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle belly which is attached to the upper forearm. While the biceps crosses both the shoulder and elbow joints, its main function is at the elbow where it flexes the forearm and supinates the forearm. Both these movements are used when opening a bottle with a corkscrew: first biceps unscrews the cork (supination), then it pulls the cork out (flexion)
Supinates forearm and once supinated flexes elbow joint and flexes shoulder
is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint. It lies deeper than the biceps brachii, and makes up part of the floor of the region known as the cubital fossa. The brachialis is the prime mover of elbow flexion.
Flexes elbow joint
Coracobrachialis
The coracobrachialis muscle is found at the upper and medial part of the arm. Originating from the scapula and inserting into the humerus, this muscle allows you to flex and adduct the arm. In addition, it also stabilizes the joint itself.
Flexes and adduct shoulder joint
Cubital Fossa
The cubital fossa is an area of transition between the anatomical arm and the forearm. It is located as a depression on the anterior surface of the elbow joint.
Shallow triangular depression to the elbow joint
Pronator Teres
The pronator teres is a muscle (located mainly in the forearm) that, along with the pronator quadratus, serves to pronate the forearm (turning it so that the palm faces posteriorly when from the anatomical position).
Pronates and flexes forearm
Flexor Carpi Radialis
Flexor carpi radialis is a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and (radial) abduct the hand. The Latin carpus means wrist; hence flexor carpi is a flexor of the wrist.
Flexes and abducts hand at wrist
Palmaris Longus
Palmaris longus is a muscle that can be found partly in the forearm, wrist, and hand. It has two functions. A minor function is to help flex the hand at the wrist. A more major function is to tense and tighten the palmar aponeurosis.
Flexes hand at wrist and tenses palmar aponeurosis
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle (FCU) is the most medial flexor muscles in the superficial compartment of the forearm. It can adduct and flex the wrist at the same time; acts in tandem with FCR to flex the wrist and with the extensor carpi ulnaris to adduct the wrist.
Flexes and adducts hand at wrist
Flexor Digitorum Profundus
The flexor digitorum profundus is a muscle in the forearm of humans that flexes the fingers (also known as digits). It is considered an extrinsic hand muscle because it acts on the hand while its muscle belly is located in the forearm.
Flexes hand at wrist joint
Flexes distal interphalangeal joint
Flexor Pollicis Longus
Is a muscle in the forearm and hand that flexes the thumb. It lies in the same plane as the flexor digitorum profundus.
Flexes wrist
Flexes interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints of first digit
Pronator Quadratus
The pronator quadratus is a muscle that is near the lower part of the radius. Its function is to rotate the forearm and keep the proper distance and rotation between the ulna and radius. It is considered a deep muscle and is a quadrangle shape.
Pronates forearm
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
is an extrinsic flexor muscle of the fingers at the proximal interphalangeal joints. It is in the anterior compartment of the forearm.
The brachioradialis is a muscle of the forearm that flexes the forearm at the elbow. It is also capable of both pronation and supination, depending on the position of the forearm.
Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus
The extensor carpi radialis longus is a muscle that helps move the hand. It also facilitates movement at the wrist. It is involved in extending and abducting the hand at the wrist joint.
is longer and thinner than its brevis counterpart.
Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis
is a muscle in the forearm that acts to extend and abduct the wrist. It is shorter and thicker than its namesake extensor carpi radialis longus which can be found above the proximal end of the extensor carpi radialis brevis.
Extend and abduct wrist
Extensor Digitorum
is a superficial, long muscle of the forearm that belongs to the posterior muscle group, lying in the first or superficial layer.
Extensor Digiti Minimi
is a two joint muscle. It acts as an extensor in both joints. It extends the wrist, which means it moves the back of the hand toward the back of the forearm. It also extends the little finger, which means it straightens the little finger from a fist.
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
the extensor carpi ulnaris is a skeletal muscle located on the ulnar side of the forearm. It acts to extend and adduct at the carpus/wrist from anatomical position. Being an extensor muscle, extensor carpi ulnaris is on the posterior side of the forearm.
Abductor Pollicis Longus
the abductor pollicis longus (APL) is one of the extrinsic muscles of the hand. As the name implies, its major function is to abduct the thumb at the wrist. Its tendon forms the anterior border of the anatomical snuffbox.
Extensor Pollicis Longus
the extensor pollicis longus muscle (EPL) is a skeletal muscle located dorsally on the forearm. It is much larger than the extensor pollicis brevis, the origin of which it partly covers and acts to stretch the thumb together with this muscle.
Extensor Pollicis Brevis
is located on the dorsal side of the forearm
It is connected with the extensor pollicis longus to make up the interosseous membrane. It inserts at the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb. This muscle also forms the radial side of the anatomical snuff box at the wrist.
The supinator is a broadly-shaped muscle in the superior and posterior compartment of the forearm, It curves around the upper third of the radius and consists of two layers of fibres. In between these layers lies the deep branch of the radial nerve.
Supination of forearm
Extensor Indicis
Extensor indicis muscle is labeled in purple. In human anatomy, the extensor indicis
[proprius]
is a narrow, elongated skeletal muscle in the deep layer of the dorsal forearm, placed medial to, and parallel with, the extensor pollicis longus. Its tendon goes to the index finger, which it extends.
Extends wrist
Palmer Aspect of the Hand
The palmar aspect of the hand can be divided into a number of compartments
A layer of fascia spreads over the hand as a continuation of the forearm fascia
Opponens Pollicis
The opponens pollicis is a small, triangular muscle in the hand, which functions to oppose the thumb. It is one of the three thenar muscles, lying deep to the abductor pollicis brevis and lateral to the flexor pollicis brevis.
Abductor Pollicis Brevis
The abductor pollicis brevis muscle is located in the hand between the wrist and the base of the thumb. It originates from the flexor retinaculum and the tubercles of the scaphoid and trapezium bones. It inserts in the outer side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb.
Flexor Pollicis Brevis
The flexor pollicis brevis is a muscle in the hand that flexes the thumb. It is one of three thenar muscles. It has both a superficial part and a deep part.
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway in the wrist, about an inch wide. The floor and sides of the tunnel are formed by small wrist bones called carpal bones. The carpal tunnel protects the median nerve and flexor tendons that bend the fingers and thumb.
The long tendons of extrinsic muscles enter the hand through the carpal tunnel
Formed by the flexor retinaculum and the concave carpal bones
Dorsal Interossei
the dorsal interossei (DI) are four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from hand's midline (ray of middle finger) and assist in flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extension at the interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers.
Palmar Interossei
the palmar or volar interossei (interossei volares in older literature) are three small, unipennate muscles in the hand that lie between the metacarpal bones and are attached to the index, ring, and little fingers.
They are smaller than the dorsal interossei of the hand.
Ulnar Artery
Passes through anterior compartment deep to pronator teres and runs alongside flexor carpi ulnaris with the ulnar nerve running medial
The ulnar artery is the main blood vessel, with oxygenated blood, of the medial aspect of the forearm. It arises from the brachial artery and terminates in the superficial palmar arch, which joins with the superficial branch of the radial artery. It is palpable on the anterior and medial aspect of the wrist.
Passes through anterior compartment deep to brachioradialis. It exits the forearm by passing around lateral wrist to enter anatomical snuff box in the hand.
Deep Palmar Arch
is an arterial network found in the palm. It is usually formed mainly from the terminal part of the radial artery, with the ulnar artery contributing via its deep palmar branch, by an anastomosis.
Gives rise to three palmar metacarpal arteries that anastomose with the common palmar digital arteries
Sternoclavicular Joint
The sternoclavicular joint or sternoclavicular articulation is the joint between the manubrium of the sternum and the clavicle bone. It is structurally classed as a synovial saddle joint and functionally classed as a diarthrosis and multiaxial joint.
Costoclavicular Ligament
is a ligament of the shoulder girdle. It is short, flat, and rhomboid in form.
Connects the sternal end of the clavicle to the first rib, prevents excessive superior movement
Acromioclavicular Joint
The acromioclavicular joint, or AC joint, is a joint at the top of the shoulder. It is the junction between the acromion (part of the scapula that forms the highest point of the shoulder) and the clavicle.
Joint between the acromial end of the clavicle and the acromian of the scapula
Coracoclavicular Ligament
The coracoclavicular ligaments are strong supports between the lateral end of the clavicle and the coracoid process of the scapula. On each side, they are sited medially and inferior to the acromioclavicular joints.
Anchors the clavicle to the coracoid process and the augments the AC joint
Glenohumeral Joint
The shoulder joint (glenohumeral joint) is a ball and socket joint between the scapula and the humerus. It is the major joint connecting the upper limb to the trunk. It is one of the most mobile joints in the human body, at the cost of joint stability.
Coracohumeral Ligament
is a broad ligament which strengthens the upper part of the capsule of the shoulder joint.
From coracoid process to greater tubercle of humerus
Transverse Humeral Ligament
The transverse humeral ligament is a broad band passing from the lesser to the greater tubercle of the humerus, and always limited to that portion of the bone which lies above the epiphysial line. It converts the intertubercular groove into a canal.
Bridges the intertubercular groove by attaching to the greater and lesser tubercles.
Creates the channel for the long head of biceps to pass through
The elbow joint is a complex hinge joint formed between the distal end of the humerus in the upper arm and the proximal ends of the ulna and radius in the forearm. The elbow allows for the flexion and extension of the forearm relative to the upper arm, as well as rotation of the forearm and wrist.
Carpometacarpal
he carpometacarpal joints of the fingers are synovial plane joints that serve as the articulation between the carpals and the metacarpals and allow the bases of the metacarpal bones to articulate with one another.
Intermetacarpal
The intermetacarpal joints are in the hand formed between the metacarpal bones. The bases of the second, third, fourth and fifth metacarpal bones articulate with one another by small surfaces covered with cartilage. The metacarpal bones are connected together by dorsal, palmar, and interosseous ligaments.
Musculocutaneous Nerve – Nerve Lesion
Damage to musculocutaneous nerve
Lesions of the nerve produce weakness of flexion at the elbow and weakness of supination. The biceps is an important supinator. There is sensory loss on the lateral side of the forearm. The brachialis muscle receives innervation from both the musculocutaneous nerve and the radial nerve.
Median Nerve Lesion
Damage to median nerve
is often caused by deep, penetrating injuries to the arm, forearm, or wrist. It may also occur from blunt force trauma or neuropathy
Ulnar Nerve Lesion
Damage to ulnar nerve
describes any pathological process capable of negatively affecting the nerve's function.
Inability to flex the metacarpophalangeal joints and extend the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints of digits 4 and 5
Radial Nerve Lesion
Damage to radial nerve
is a condition that affects the radial nerve and if damage to this nerve occurs, weakness, numbness and an inability to control the muscles served by this nerve may result.
Axillary Nerve Lesion
Damage to axillary nerve
is a neurological condition in which the axillary (also called circumflex) nerve has been damaged by shoulder dislocation. It can cause weak deltoid and sensory loss below the shoulder.
Long Thoracic Nerve Lesion
Damage to long thoracic nerve
is a shoulder condition characterized by pain and loss of shoulder movement owing to damage or injury of the long thoracic nerve. This nerve evolves from the roots of neck vertebrae (C5-C7) and supplies to serratus anterior muscle that retains the scapula bone to the chest wall.
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Union Street in Aberdeen ranked one of Scotland's most polluted as council backs progress of Low Emission Zone
Two city centre streets in Aberdeen were listed in the research, as campaigners praised the benefits of Low Emission Zones and the positive impacts they were having on cutting down pollution
Ruaraidh BrittonTrainee Reporter
Updated 17:19, 23 JAN 2023
Union Street was named as one of Scotland's most polluted (Image: ACC)
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Scotland's most polluted streets have been revealed, with Aberdeen's Union Street among the worst despite a major air quality improvement in cities across the country.
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Scotland (FoE) found that Scotland as a whole had managed to stay within its legal air pollution limits throughout 2022, the first time ever the nation has achieved the feat outside of the 2020 Covid lockdown.
The research however found that Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow still dominated the list with Scotland's dirtiest streets, with the Granite Mile among the worst.
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Despite Glasgow becoming the first city to introduce a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in 2019, Hope Street still managed to break the legal limit for diesel pollution, as the zones targeted at limiting emissions from busses, with private cars to follow in June 2023. Union Street currently has a LEZ in place which was introduced in May last year.
Gavin Thomson, transport campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "It's great that progress is being made to improve some of our most polluted streets.
"People in Glasgow can breathe a little easier as a result of the LEZ and fewer polluting vehicles in the city centre. The buses along Hope Street these days are often electric, which are better for the climate and for our lungs.
"The LEZs coming to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee will bring similar improvements and protections for public health. But for Scotland's other cities such as Inverness and Perth, toxic air pollution persists with no clear plan for addressing it."
Union Street was ranked among Scotland's most polluted streets (Image: Newsline Scotland)
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Aberdeen City Council say that the LEZ was not only working to reduce pollution within the city but that it was contributing towards hitting objectives regarding the city centre masterplan.
A spokesperson said: "The Aberdeen LEZ was introduced in May 2022 and is one of a number of tools being used to improve air pollution in the city centre.
"The LEZ compliments and contributes to a number of wider objectives associated with the City Centre Masterplan (CCMP), such as prioritising the needs of those walking, cycling and wheeling and implementing additional public transport priority measures to reduce emissions whilst still allowing for essential local access and servicing.
"Air quality on Aberdeen streets continues to remain within EU and Scottish Government objective limits, and we expect to see these figures improve further as a result of the delivery of additional active travel and bus priority measures in 2023 as part of the CCMP, and full enforcement of the LEZ from 2024.
"Air quality modelling undertaken by SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) confirms that these measures should result in significant additional improvements.
"Aberdeen City Council continues to progress projects that will contribute to reducing the environmental impacts of transport and are also in the process of reviewing our Local Transport Strategy and Air Quality Action Plan to identify further transport improvements to improve air quality even further in future years."
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Air pollution kills around 2,500 Scots each year and puts kids, the elderly and the medically vulnerable at risk of serious health conditions, like asthma, heart attacks, and strokes, claims FoE Scotland and they analysed official air pollution data for 2022, looking at two toxic pollutants primarily produced by transport - nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and fine particles.
The worst street for NO2 was Hope Street in Glasgow at 39 micrograms per cubic metre, with Union Street recording 26 micrograms, making it the seventh worst street in the country.
For fine particles, Atholl Street, Perth, was the dirtiest with 16 micrograms per cubic metre, while Aberdeen's Union Street recorded 13 micrograms and nearby King Street notching just below that with 12 micrograms.
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Legal air quality standards came into force in 2010 but had previously been broken every single year since except 2020 - when lockdowns saw the volume of car journeys plummet. But provisional data suggests air quality across Scotland was within legal limits in 2022.
Joseph Carter, head of Asthma and Lung UK Scotland said: "It is good news this year that air pollution on our streets has been kept within its legal limits, yet there is obviously more that can be done.
"We need the Scottish Government to make tackling air pollution a national priority. Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to public health.
"At a cost of £1.1bn per year to the NHS, it is draining our resources, straining our health system and cutting short over 2,500 lives a year in Scotland."
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Dirtiest streets for Nitrogen Dioxide
Location / NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide Annual mean (micrograms per cubic metre)
Glasgow Hope St 39.24
Edinburgh St John's Road 29.26
Perth Atholl Street 29.15
Dundee Lochee Road 29.10
Glasgow Byres Road 27.53
Edinburgh Queensferry Road 26.86
Aberdeen Union Street 26.50
Dirtiest streets for fine particles (PM10)
Location / PM10 annual mean (micrograms per cubic metre)
Ayr High St 14.93
Cupar Bonnygate 14.27
Edinburgh Salamander St 14.26
Dundee Seagate 13.57
Musselburgh N High St 13.44
Aberdeen King Street 12.95
Renfrewshire Johnston High St 12.88
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These 5 weed-centric mixtapes are positively dope
The definitive rundown of the week's hottest indie hip-hop.
Clyde Lovellette— 2015-04-28 11:30 am | Last updated 2015-12-11 11:19 am
The servers of rap-mixtape-hosting site Datpiff surge with activity around April 20 as rappers upload mixtapes based around their favorite marijuana-related holiday. Year after year, especially in the Bay Area, rappers profess their love for smoking indo in the form of white clouds drawn on mixtape covers and extra splift-out beat purchases. Rap isn't the only musical genre that loves pot, but it is the most overt. But once the smoke clears out, what matters is: Can this wave of new releases sustain continued smoke outs well into 2015? Below are the season's most enduring, rewarding 4/20-themed mixtapes—along with the genus of weed each mixtape elicits.
1) Luniz — High Timez
Luniz made one of the most well-known Bay Area rap songs and one of the most well-known weed rap songs in 1995's "I Got 5 on It." But the duo of Yukmouth and Numskull hasn't charted since the second single from that same 1995 album, Operation Stackola. I remember a couple songs from Silver & Black, their 2002 album, getting on the radio in NorCal. They haven't dropped anything since then besides a greatest hits album, at least in part because Numskull did seven years in prison for 12 counts of felony rape charges.
Yukmouth has been a formidable solo artist in his own right, and this tape is a lot like his recent output, and not just on account of all the references to reefer. There's also a certain kind of musicality and maturity to High Timez, like when Cheech and Chong wanted to make Woody Allen movies. On the titular track, Yukmouth shouts out a tongue-twisting number of rappers. There's a narrator named Linno the Winno, who's a wino despite the ID tags' spelling, basically doing a Mike Epps-esque old man character with William DeVaughn and Curtis Mayfield in the background.
The production from the Mekanix gets pretty funky, and the bits of hyphy and mob music make it rattle windows. B-Legit and Dru Down appear right alongside newer Bay mainstays like J-Stalin and Beeda Weeda. It's laid out like an E-40 album, in other words. B-Real from Cypress Hill and Ras Kass (who I just found out is still rapping) both show up expertly prepared for the occasion. Only when Luniz sound like they're trying to replicate a Tyga record (reaching for precious gloss and making bad pop in the process) and Yukmouth does a fake patois is the tape unenjoyable.
Strain: The kind of weed you hit after not smoking in years and forgot how much you enjoyed before going back to your children.
2) Audio Push — The Good Vibe Tribe
I kind of gave up on former Jerkers Audio Push by the time they collabed up with one of Kanye's producers, Hit-Boy. They haven't put out their own project since 2013, meanwhile being featured on countless Hit-Boy projects. They return here with seemingly no Hit-Boy, and a lot of Atlanta influence. These late-period trap beats suit the duo.
The tape's running theme is sitting around a campfire with a girl who kicks knowledge and it's easily the most realistic smoking experience of any of the mixtapes here. A lot of the musicality that was present on the Luniz mixtape is likewise present. The beats are very contemporary, and even when they're not hitting, they wouldn't be out of place on a dance floor. The eight-minute centerpiece "Mary Jane/SixtyOneImpala" starts out with a weeded-out R&B joint, and suddenly those skronky horns come out and it's a bouncy back-and-forth.
G-Eazy shows up early to rap like Macklemore with a blaccent, Fat Trel makes a brief cameo, and OG Maco steals a track. The mixtape is pretty breezy even with the heavy beats, but when Vince Staples opens "Mind Trap," it's like a punch to the liver. Casey Veggies and TDE-signee Isaiah Rashad also contribute to the reality check/downer vibe.
The closing song gets a little too navel-gazey—talking too much after the party's over doesn't look great on Oktane and Price.
Strain: The kind of weed that makes chatting with your friends about life questions feel like the most important thing in the world.
3) A-Plus – Logrowlize It! Vol. 3
A-Plus is one of the founding members of the legendary rap collective Hieroglyphics. He's one of the four members of the Souls of Mischief and it's obvious from this tape that he's a veteran of weed music. Just like the previous editions of Legrowlize It!, this is mostly instrumental. It doesn't sound like much more than a beat tape where each beat kinda changes up about somewhere in the middle.
The final song, "Bomb Yo," features Del the Funky Homosapien and is way too aggressive for a 4/20-themed mixtape. Del sounds bold enough, but A-Plus starts rapping fast and veers dangerously close to militantly sanctimonious Tech 9ine territory.
Strain: The kind of weed that completely evaporates the minute some shit pops off.
4) Street Wiz — 4/20 Vision 3
Street Wiz is not Wiz Khalifa. He's a weed carrier in Currensy's New Orleans-based Jet Life crew. The movie he uses to frame his third annual 4/20 tape is Blow, and he sounds like Juicy J on a lot of it.
There are no listed features, but there are other rappers here. Then again, Street Wiz sounded like Slim Thug and Wiz Khalifa in his other 4/20 mixtapes, so maybe it's all him. As a three-year veteran in the 4/20 mixtape game, he sticks to the theme well by mentioning he smokes weed a rotund amount. The tape sounds best when S. Wiz (the name on his jersey for Currensy's rec team) changes up his flow or when it sounds like someone else is rapping.
Strain: The kind of weed where you run out of ideas and fall into a groove, like a pregame turning into the whole night because you found enough ingredients to make a decent sandwich. Call it a day.
5) Oun-P — Medication
Oun-P (pronounced Oon P) got on MTV the same way he did on 106th & Park's Freestyle Friday, but he's singing a lot on this Medication tape. He's a battle rapper from the Bronx, and there are parts on the tape where the weed wears off and Oun-P's temper flares somewhere between Dipset's pseudo-dictatorship threats and Fabolous's punchlines. On the other hand, he gets high enough to bust out the Auto-Tune on one track and get his Dom Kennedy on with another.
When Oun-P finds a combination of West Coast everyman rapper and East Coast street rapper, the results are downright interesting. But when the Drake and Wiz Khalifa influences get too obvious, it's just tiring retread. There's a lot of bad melodies and tedious weed talk. He even uses the Makonnen "Tuesday" chorus to frame a verse of his ode to marijuana, "Marijuana."
Strain: The kind of weed where you feel yourself a little too much and sing along to the Weeknd even though everyone has already told you you can't hit that high tenor.
Illustration by Max Fleishman
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Julian of Love
I am happy because Kevin Ryerson, the world renown channeler of Ahtun Re who is considered a gold standard for past life confirmations, has agreed with my insight that the 17th century English mystics John Pordage and his student/successor Jane Ward Leade were also the 14th century English mystics Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich, respectively. The continuation of God's love so inspires me.
Julian of Norwich (November 8, 1342 - about 1416)
"God almighty is our loving Father, and God all wisdom is our loving Mother... What, do you wish to know your Lord's meaning in this thing? Know it well, love was his meaning. Who reveals it to you? Love. What did he reveal to you? Love. Why does he reveal it to you? For love."
"The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love."
"Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come."
"The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything."
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Art Show memorial to Steve Jobs
Last night was the annual Mystical Art and Talent Show, the community event of soul sharing and creative expression that I've been blessed to facilitate since 2001. Every show is unique and wonderful; many many thanks to to all who participated and enjoyed! Words can't say enough for how beautiful and authentic were the experiences and people. If you were there then you know what I mean, if not come join us next year! I'll be continuing to fill in the website with information and permanent displays, so for details see SoulStirring.org
Below I just want to share the "manifesto soul collage" that I showed at the event based on my own prior research, which recent news made timely and appropriate. Enjoy!
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In Memories
a manifesto soul collage by Carl J. Schroeder for the Mystical Art and Talent Show, Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge, MA, October 8, 2011
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." - Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement speech, June 2005
"Another age must be the judge." - Charles Babbage, 1837
Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)
Charles Babbage (December 26, 1791 – October 18, 1871)
Facial comparison from groundbreaking reincarnation research "Return of the Revolutionaries" by Dr. Walter Semkiw, aka John Adams, 2nd president of the United States. All cases therein are verified by Kevin Ryerson, the world famous channeller who helped Shirley McClaine get her start.
A very famous man passed into spirit this week. Many people knew Steve Jobs as the founder of Apple, visionary secretive inventor, and passionate evangelizer for the creative empowerment of humanity by the computer.
Few know that Steve Jobs was a spiritual seeker as a young man, and traveled to India in search of what to do with his life. Even fewer know, though it is well documented by many psychics, that a past life of Steve Jobs was the English visionary Charles Babbage, the pre-electronics age inventor of the computer itself. In the 1820's, Babbage designed an astonishing gear-driven device called the Difference Engine, to fulfill his dream of turning over the labor of repetitive computations to machines in order to free human beings for more creative endeavors. Like many of Steve Jobs own designs, Babbage's computer was too expensive and complex to realize fully. But with characteristic one-man-showmanship bordering on arrogance, Babbage persevered to invent the world's first computer printer and the Analytic Engine, a version of the Difference Engine that would be fully programmable by punch cards. Babbage was so far ahead of his time that his Difference Engine was not constructed until 1991, when it was found to have worked perfectly, and the Analytic Engine has never been built.
To design programs for the Analytic Engine, Babbage hired Ada Byron Lovelace, the genius daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron. Ada envisioned software to not only solve math problems, but to assist artists and musicians in creating images and music. Ada's brilliant and brooding personality, so like her father's, alienated Babbage however, so that while Babbage received limited recognition and government support for his work, Ada was generally considered mad and died young in despair. Ada's work was rediscovered over a century later by the US Department of Defense, which recognized a woman as the first software engineer by naming the computer language Ada after her in 1979.
Steve has fulfilled his soul's mission to bring the power of the computer to full fruition more than a century later, hence the incredible vision of Apple which has always particularly appealed to artists and musicians. Ada's spirit lives on in the work of Lynn Hershman-Leeson, a pioneering computer artist who has explored the postmodern challenges of female identity and empowerment in film and multimedia, and who further champions the rights of social activist artists everywhere.
It is not yet widely recognized that Lynn is Ada's reincarnation, but the case is convincing with synchronicities of appearance, talents, and interests. Lynn was herself so obsessed with the history that she used her sense of Ada's inner states to make an alternative biopic in 1997 called Conceiving Ada in which a woman at the MIT media lab (played by Tilda Swinton) makes a mediumistic connection through her computer with the help of her mentor (played by Timothy Leary just before his death) that enables Ada to re-enter her womb and be reborn in the computer age for which she had so longed and dreamed. Bizarre and hallucinatory, the film was the first feature length to make extensive use of virtual environments for realistic set design (Ada's mansion). And yes, Lynn loves to work with Apple computers and has had projects funded by them - the apple does not fall far from the tree as they say!
So now you know a little more of the divine plan that is behind this incredible new information age which is overturning the old! The NeXT time you use your computer to make your art, or to look up esoteric ideas and plan your activism, or just to communicate your heart to a community of friends some of whom you've never physically met, remember the god and goddess energies that live on in the soul missions that continue to remake the world, and be further inspired. Have no doubt that this is a sacred place, for seeds have been planted and forgotten that are even now still coming to light! Think different, dream big, shed your tears and move forward now, for you are living on the edge of the very tomorrow for which so many have waited countless lifetimes!
Ada Byron Lovelace
(December 10, 1815 –
November 27, 1852)
Lynn Hershman-Leeson (1941 - )
3 days after the art show I had an appointment with Kevin Ryerson, whose channeling confirmed my insight that Lynn is indeed Ada reincarnated.
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Welcome 99%
I'm amazed at the spiritual tears I feel every time I read about this new movement that started in the United States with last month's Occupy Wall Street protest and is now spread to all major cities including Boston. 1% of the population controls 90% of the wealth in this country that was created over two centuries ago to uphold the ideals of freedom and human potential to a world that was dark with oppression and tyranny, including in its own backyard. Now the 99% is rising up to express the suffering which is everywhere and always has been, only now they are more educated and aware that it didn't have to be this way and by an ascension of shared human values may soon never be again. Do not underestimate this movement, it is self-organizing and beyond partisanship. From young idealists in the coastal cities to unemployed laborers in the midwest it is growing daily with a pure heart and a great energy of the divine intention to liberate peacefully and irresistably.
Below is the email I received to join the movement with a photo, and the picture of me I submitted.
As the nights grow colder, the passion of the brave occupiers of Wall Street only grows stronger.
They're called "the 99%," because they stand for all of us left behind by the massive concentration of wealth among the richest 1%. The protesters' unrelenting campaign against the corporate takeover of our democracy is being fought in the best traditions of nonviolent resistance.
The 99% are both an inspiration and a call that needs to be answered. So we're answering it today, in a nationwide Virtual March on Wall Street to support their demand for an economy that serves the many, not the few.
If you've been waiting for an opportunity to stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, today is the day to get off the sidelines. Join in the virtual march by doing what hundreds have done spontaneously across the web: Take your picture holding a sign that tells your story, along with the words "I am the 99%."
Post an "I am the 99%" photo.
Or, send the protesters a message of support and we'll deliver it directly to the 99% protesters on Wall Street today.
Send your message of support.
Or click here to see what others have posted and be inspired.
The 99% protesters represent all of us who are being left behind: union workers, public servants, the poor, the unemployed, seniors, the disabled, young people graduating off a cliff to no jobs, and all of us who are seeing our American Dream slip away.
These are the very people that the American Dream Movement was built to lift up and amplify, which we can do across the country by showing the 99% protesters that we share their frustration and stand with them.
Thousands of people from unions, community groups, and the American Dream Movement are physically marching today to Wall Street in solidarity with the 99% protesters. But we need this to go national, online, and viral with tens of thousands of members across the country joining the Virtual March on Wall Street in support of the 99%.
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Everything Change Up Now: A View of the South Carolina Sea Islands (1974)
The South Carolina sea islands are a group of islands located along the coast between Georgetown and Beaufort. Their inhabitants are a complex group of people, the oldest being blacks whose ancestors came from Africa via the Caribbean and whites whose ancestry can be traced to the original land grantees of King George. The island people have maintained themselves in close yet somehow distant proximity to the grandness of Charleston. Because of the changes taking place on the islands, the human ecology which has developed with the natural ecology over the years is now in a delicate state of balance. Most of the blacks speak a dialect called Gullah which exhibits the African and Caribbean influences. No attempt has been made to translate so that the uniqueness and sound quality of the dialect could be given full play.
For licensing, film rights and permissions, contact Gretchen Robinson, the distributor Gretchen Robinson, or Folkstreams.
Film by: Gretchen Robinson
Produced by: Gretchen Robinson
Cinematographer: Gretchen Robinson
Editor: Gretchen Robinson
Funding: South Carolina Arts Commission, South Carolina Committee for the Humanities
Original Format: Film: 16mm
© 1974, Gretchin Robinson
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Home Across the Water
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In this post, I'm going to give you the tips and tricks I use on an everyday basis for handling those pesky brute force attempts by yourself on your own server. This post assumes that you know a few things about Linux systems, so excuse me if I don't go into too much detail about a command–just remember 'man <command>' is your best friend.
This information can be applied to your own Digital Ocean server, VPS, or any other system in which you can install your own software. For the purpose of this article, I'll refer to the server, as a dedicated server from here on out. Brace yourself; this may be a long and bumpy ride!
Awhile back, a long while, I started to get into hosting, this is when I first thought, "Everyone has a website, so I need one!" Not the right mentality, mind you, but that was then! It wasn't too soon until I started to shy away from shared hosting plans into an un-managed dedicated server environment.
Fast forward about to about three years ago, when I started to get into dedicated servers quite heavily. This is when I began to host gaming servers for friends, and boy, let me tell you, it was a learning experience. Before I continue, let me say that I am by no means an expert on this subject, but I like to think I have more knowledge than the Average Joe when it comes to dedicated servers. So please, take this article with a grain of salt, and by all means, give me some feedback on what you would do, and why.
If you've ever hosted a popular gaming server (or website), you have more than likely experienced things like DDoS attacks, general web-based attacks, brute-forcing, etc… Granted, DDoS attacks are harder to pin down and usually boil down to your network speed and overall hardware, I found myself searching the web with, "Am I under a DDoS attack?" quite frequently. Keep in mind, I'm speaking from a single-server, non-load balanced system.
I've become an avid fan of CentOS. I know you probably have your own preferred OS, but they're generally the same (I may be shunned for saying that), at least in their purpose. I can respect the disagreements this may pose, but remember, we're all different. Anyhow, back on topic! It wasn't long until I ditched the GUI's like Plesk or CPanel in favor of my own know-how via command line. To this day I refuse to use any control panel if I can help it, I'm just faster typing than I am with clicking.
I found myself needing to deal with those pesky WordPress brutes that just won't quit. There are a couple of ways you can do this, but I chose the easiest way, which was using WP Fail2Ban, Fail2Ban and ModSecurity.
ModSecurity: ModSec for short! It worked right out of the box, and honestly, I couldn't ask for more. I'd seen this was in use on a client's server awhile back, before I even started with WebDev, and have used it every since then. It works wonders for dealing with XMLRPC attacks and in studying these attacks; most of them don't even include an XML body, and if that happens, ModSecurity just drops them immediately.
I heard about Fail2Ban a while back when I was playing a game with some friends. The first priority I had with Fail2Ban was to stop the flood of SSH attempts to my server, so I set it up to auto-ban users who attempted (and failed) to login via SSH and set a generous ban time of six hours and a max retry of three. This is why I love Fail2Ban: I can set the amount of times a user should be able to retry an action, and ban them for whatever time I set.
Fail2Ban wasn't so straight forward to install. There is a little bit of configuration involved, so whip out your favorite text editor and start typing! Make sure you read through the jail.conf file and get a full understanding on how it works because that's a whole other topic! On top of all that, make a copy of jail.conf and call it jail.local–edit the local file only!!!
Second priority was to handle FTP brutes, which was pretty simple since I'm using vsftp. I just enabled the directive in my jail.local. I mean, the configuration was already there–I just set it to enabled, and again, set a generous six hour ban time.
This is really a case-by-case basis, and I realize that one site may get more hits than another, so take this information as needed. Also note that simply banning an IP address, or even an IP range, will not permanently stop these threats–though most of the time they just give up if you have an auto-ban system in place, which is why I love Fail2Ban. It does not stop them from just bouncing across a VPN or proxy and trying again. It's up to you to be proactive in reporting these cases to the ISP's listed in the whois database–even if you get no response, it cannot hurt. I prefer to selectively email ISPs and server hosts of potential abuses, but if you want to auto-send emails to parties listed in the abuse contacts, again Fail2Ban can do this for you. Here is a quick how-to on Stack Overflow.
When I perma-ban an IP from my server, I want to make 100% sure that it's for a good reason, so I look for a pattern of IPs in my emails. If the same IP shows up more than once in my email, I consider that IP a threat, and just stop it from accessing the site. Of course, this could be at your own discretion, but if an IP has too many login attempts, I really don't want that person hitting my site anymore.
Networks are more of a pain to track down. Usually I'll get emails of attempt from an IP like 1.2.3.4, and a few more from another IP like 1.2.5.7, so I do a little research into those IPs. I use ip-lookup.net to see if multiple IPs fall within the same netrange. It's super simple: Type in the IP and click the 'IP owner info (whois)'. Or, if you have whois installed on your server, just run a whois on the IP there.
My rule is that if an IP shows up with more than six to nine attempts, or if an entire network shows up an outrageous amount of times (usually thirty to forty), I either ban the IP or the entire network. Granted, there are other factors that come into play, such as country of origin, the page they were requesting, and more, but most of my bans are from other countries such as China, Russia, and Ukraine.
Here is a great reference on NixCraft that I constantly look at when I need to ban an IP; it's one of those things I can't always remember, so having a reference saved works well for me.
So that's it. How do you guys deal with this? What do you think of this method? I would especially love to hear from you CSF guys since I've wanted to get into it, but have yet to do so!
Good stuff. But my first impression is, this doesn't scale. That is, once you get past having to do this for a couple sites you're going to be consumed by chasing these ghosts. How many clients REALLY want to pay for that?
The easy – and cheaper? – route seems to be two way auth, or something similar, yes? That is, rather than try to stop the attacks, why not just completely prevent them by making them (close to) impossible?
Finally, there's a browser plugin called WOT (Web Of Trust) that tells you – via crowdsourced data collection – which sites are safe and which might not be. It would seem to me, a WP-centric implementation of the same concept at it applies to these type of security threats is a no brainer. Safety in numbers, right?
The methods I use are definitely time consuming, but I find it fun to track these guys down. I currently only do this for two sites, both of which are on just one server.
Though, I agree, if the flood of connections increased, I would have to find a more automated solution. Truth be told, I used to have a captcha on login, and a plugin called Limit Login Attempts. I just wanted to get rid of the PHP overhead ( remove the plugins ), and find an alternative. Fail2Ban gave me that option, so I stuck with it ever since.
Man, I liked your approach but I agree with @MF Shishock above, it seems a lot of work. Maybe for learning purposes, it is great, but for a simple client site, it seems too much chasing.
Fought this for a long time with Fail2Ban, Wordfence, Sucuri, etc.. Finally setup ModSecurity with the Comodo ruleset and my problems dropped to almost zero overnight.
Just want to leave a huge "THANK YOU"! I host a small private server with RStudio-Server running on it and had to constantly deal with SSH brute force attacks.