Before we get knee deep in this thing there’s some basic definitions we need to visit and go over; but before we do, I must say this plainly: a lot of the music currently classified as Hip Hop I personally would classify as GARBAGE, but I guess since there’s no genre for that it all some how gets grouped with Hip Hop.

So when I refer to Hip Hop I am referring to it in its current state and how it is viewed by too many (so Hip Hop Heads before you come at me with what Hip Hop is, believe me when I tell you I know what it is)

WHORE:

1. A prostitute.

2. A person considered sexually promiscuous.

3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.

whored, whoring, whores

1. To associate or have sexual relations with prostitutes or a prostitute.

2. To accept payment in exchange for sexual relations.

3. To compromise one’s principles for personal gain.

PIMP:
1. A person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
2. A despicable person.
3. Australia and New Zealand. an informer; stool pigeon.
4. To act as a pimp.
5. To act as a pimp for.
6. To exploit.

HIP-HOP

1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents.
2. Rap music.

Although many rappers commonly refer to themselves as pimps and seem to take pride in treating women like whores, the fact of the matter is by definition many record labels are pimps and their rappers are whores.

Since Don Imus’ asinine remarks, Hip Hop has come under attack, with the focus being on individual rappers rather than the record labels that exploit, market, and promote these rappers. It is unfair to condemn the whore and excuse the pimp.

For years record labels have shunned, shelved, turned away and flat out refused to support some of the most talented Hip Hop artists because of their strong messages and substance filled songs. Rather than give such artists a voice, record labels have chosen to create and profit off of modern day minstrels, that reinforce racial stereotypes, promote deviant behavior, spew misogyny, materialism, and glamorize the ills of “hood” life.

Hip Hop is a frontier being raped, pillaged, robbed, & exploited. Record labels are pimping rappers who are willingly whoring themselves and the Hip Hop culture for personal gain!

In 1988 KRS-ONE said:
Rap is like a set-up, a lot of games
A lot of suckas with colorful names
I’m so-and-so, I’m this, I’m that
Huh, but they all just wick-wick-wack…

Some mcs be talkin and talkin
Tryin to show how black people are walkin
But I don’t walk this way to portray
Or reinforce stereotypes of today
Like all my brothas eat chicken and watermelon
Talk broken English and drug sellin
See I’m telling, and teaching real facts…

The way some act in rap is kind of wack
And it lacks creativity and intelligence
But they don’t care cause the company is sellin it…

Record labels are responsible for everything wrong with Hip Hop and the rappers that participate and comply are accomplices.

In 2007 Tommy Lockhart says:

Are you helping it or hurting it?
Moving forward or reversing it?
Giving life or murdering?
And I’m talking to you
You know who you are
Mr. Big Time Celebrity Gangsta Rap star
What about the kids?
You to cool to care?
You just want them to cop your wack record
And gear to wear
And with the proceeds

You know you won’t feed
None of those peeps
That you claim to lead
You claim to love the hood
Always holler it
But when its time to represent
They don’t put they dollars in
Cause they don’t really care about us…

Support real Hip Hop. You might not find it on the radio, you may not see it on MTV, or BET; but it’s out there! Long Live Hip Hop.

Marenda Hughes Taylor is Chief Operating Officer of 1st Love Records http://www.1stloverecords.com, a living life abundantly motivator, an Internet business owner and mentor. You can visit her websites at http://marenda.biz and http://paidinfulldaily.com

The recent media news frenzy about Don Imus and his totally inappropriate remarks have truly revealed what has happened to this country. Boy, if we make it to year 2010, we will be lucky and this is before we accept global warming.

As a young child who was both taller and heavier than her classmates, I can remember coming home many afternoons from schools in absolute tears. Being an ugly duckling among young children who look to tease others because they have learned it makes them feel good is not a good thing.

My mother told me numerous times these wise words: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. I have to be honest as a third grader it took me a long while before I realized the importance of these words. By the time I entered fourth grade, the insults, the taunts and the teasings no longer reduced me to tears. I knew that unless I gave them permission to hurt me with their name calling I would be safe from their endless torments. For words do not break bones.

Now almost 50 years later, I listen to a college basketball coach and girl’s college basketball team talk about their leadership skills and accomplishments. Yet, then they share how they have been traumatized by the terrible words of Mr. Imus. Give me a break! Yes, his words were hateful and mean spirited, but they were only words. To believe that some words can rob you of your successes demonstrates that we are not growing the leaders we need.

In all honesty, the negative publicity is probably more than the positive publicity that this team would have received for their athletic accomplishments. For our society in general, especially the news media looks for misery before joy and for scarcity over abundance. Bad news sells just like picking on the ugly duckling.

What is quite pitiful is that the news media is now promoting that words are more serious that physical actions in this case. However when it comes to those who wish to do America harm by their words, we are told by that same news media that they are only words. Come on drive by media – you can’t have it both ways!

Leanne Hoagland-Smith, M.S. is a business coach, writer and speaker with offices in Indianapolis and near Chicago. She explores how people get in their own ways and miss success.

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TYPES OF PROPERTIES FOUND AT AUCTIONS

This short article proposes a guide to assist you in understanding the value of the UK Property Auction market. Literally thousands of properties are available week in and week out. At any given time properties are coming under the hammer in auctions, most of which are sold at prices far below market value. This is happening throughout the UK and in the USA.

Nevertheless it’s vital to know the latent pros and cons when trading at auction. Moreover, you should aim to understand where the major bargains are obtainable. The details of thousands of low-priced, repossessed, auction properties are also available at Property Auction Bargains. It’s absolutely reasonable to anticipate paying 15% to 40% less for a property at auction than you would for the equivalent property through an estate agent. For instance, at a recent auction a studio flat was sold in London for a measly £9,000.

In another, a 2 bed flat right on the south coast with a market value of up to £100,000 sold for just £14,000 at auction. And those are just a few examples of the countless bargains that individuals find at each and every week.

TYPES OF PROPERTIES FOUND AT AUCTIONS

Repossessions - Sadly for the previous owners, repossessions can often be picked up at bargain prices through auctions.
Investment properties – these are properties, which are valued due to the return on investment that they provide. Includes everything from individual office/shop investments to blocks of flats.

Badly maintained properties - Auctions are fantastic places to find properties that are in a state that causes them to be unsaleable.
It may not take a great deal of extra effort to bring them up to market condition. The attraction here is if you can get such a property in a good location at a cheap price it’s perfectly possible to refurbish and resell on at handsome profits. Indeed there’re individuals and organisations that make their living doing this.

Unshakeable properties come under the following categories: Derelict or in derelict areas. Subject to severe disrepair. Subject to
local authority notices. Subject to closing orders.

Offered with ambiguous legal titles – some properties are sold with a lack of legal documentation and thus they are less desirable to the general property investor.

Sold without access. Sold with major fencing, paving, drainage or other similar responsibilities.

Sold subject to covenants or restrictions, which prevent normal use.

Exceptional properties - Include ones that have historical meaning and plots which ‘get in the way’ of major development projects.

Peter Wellington writes for Property Auction Secrets For the Investorr, a website providing a comprehensive archive of free information for the property auction investor auction ideas

James Twyman is one of the world’s leaders in bringing peace to the earth. Twyman received his Bachelors degree from Loyola University in 1984, and a Doctorate in ministry from Agape Seminary in 1997. He has written five books, Emissary of Light”, “Emissary of Love - The Psychic Children Speak to the World”, “Proposing Tree: A Love Story”, and “Prayer of St. Francis.” One role James has played since the beginning, the role he considers to be his central and most important character: The Peace Troubadour.

“We are all learning to live in a way that reflects what we believe, and probably making a few mistakes along the way.

“Still, … keep preparing to step into the Light. I know that is your goal, and it is mine as well. In this we are the same.”

“This is a very crucial time in the evolution of humanity toward a much higher consciousness, and some teachings will support that progress while others will not.”

“My goal is to help you understand what is “really” happening, the long energetic history that is just now being revealed. Then we will have the power to change things from the source, and the world itself will change.”

“Peace is not just a dream but a vibrant reality that exists within each one of us…”

“Nonviolence is the answer for the questions of our time. Love will conquer evil every time.”

November 13, 1998, newspaper headlines declared that negotiations with Saddam Hussein had been broken off. The United States was about to attack at any moment. James Twyman, Gregg Braden, and Doreen Virtue were together at a conference in Florida where they had already scheduled a worldwide peace vigil for later that day. Called, “There’s Nothing to Fear,” again millions of people joined to simultaneously pray for world peace.

“Little did we know,” says James, “that on the same day we were holding the worldwide prayer vigil, President Clinton had given the order to attack. Planes were in the air waiting for the order to go ahead and begin the bombing. Within hours of the vigil, Bill Clinton gave an unprecedented stand down order, calling the planes back, not once, but twice. As far as I know, this has never occurred with an executive order.”

Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Author, “101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life.” Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Physical/Sexual Abuse Prevention and Recovery. As an inspirational leader, Dr. Neddermeyer empowers people to view life’s challenges as an opportunity for Personal/Professional Growth and Spiritual Awakening. http://www.drdorothy.net

A cluster headache is extremely painful, much worse than a migraine, and occurs in patterns. These headaches are thankfully rare as their claim to infamy is their cyclical nature and localized, clustered extreme pain. Frequent attacks of cluster headaches have caused some sufferers to commit suicide. The pattern of cluster headaches vary from person to person and cluster headaches may go in remission for months or even years, but will always come back.

The cluster headache can occur in anyone, but is more common among men from 20 to 40 years of age. There seems to be no correlation between the fact that these headaches strike men in the years when they are commonly parents of young children.

The cluster headache occurs very quickly and normally only on one side of the head. Even though the side that the headaches occur on may change from cluster to cluster, they normally only appear on one side for every cluster headache. The pain is localized, or clustered, around the eye. Cluster headache sufferers describe the pain as someone stabbing them in the eye with a hot iron poker, or pulling the eye out of its socket. The pain is physical torture and moving around restlessly is used to try to distract them from going mad with pain. Lying down actually makes the pain worse. This is very different from a migraine headache in which relief comes from lying down and staying very still in a dark room.

The pain from the localized and very painful cluster headache drives people to crazed antics or desperate acts to distract their mind from the pain. They may wander listlessly, move crazily and even beat their heads against walls.

Some unlucky people suffer cluster headaches only at night when they sleep. They try to stay awake as long as possible to avoid the severe pain. They become sleep deprived quickly due to the painful cluster headache, and from forcing themselves to stay awake. Depression and suicidal thoughts set in quickly when this occurs.

Some symptoms that occur with cluster headaches are redness and tearing of the eye that is affected, swelling on that side of the face, flushing, sweating, runny nose on that side of the head, reduced pupil size and drooping eyelid. Even after the cluster headache is over, some of these symptoms may still be present until they gradually disappear. Nausea and a sensitivity to light and sound may also occur, but are not common.

The cluster headache occurs in predictable patterns in the individual. The length of the cluster is usually from two to twelve weeks. The start and length of the duration are very predictable, according to that person’s headache history. The clusters may occur around seasons such as Spring and Fall or the longest or shortest days of the year. During a cluster, headaches can occur daily or several times a day.

The individual cluster headache may last from a few minutes to several hours. Unfortunately these headaches occur more frequently at night than during the day.

For more information on the cluster headache visit http://www.theheadacheinfosite.com, the #1 website that specializes in providing advice, tips and resources on headaches that you can use to help combat and relieve the pains you may be experiencing from a mind-numbing migraine headache.

Closing on a property is a big occasion for many of us, and as such, Realtors should put some thought into the closing gifts they bestow upon their clients. But, because they are so busy, many agents seem to be stuck in a gift-giving rut, settling on giving a gift card to a big-box retailer or a bottle of wine. Both are fine gifts, but what kind of “staying power” do these gifts really have? No a lot.

So, why not change the paradigm? After all, it is better to give than receive, so why not have some fun with our gifts - fun choosing and purchasing it, and for the recipient, fun receiving it.

Personalized gifts are a good start. They require a bit more thought and planning than just picking up the latest best seller at Barnes & Noble. And with the Internet, we can find almost anything that we’d like to give. But why stop at personalizing the gift for the buyer? After all, Realtors work hard at navigating their clients through the sale, so why not also include the agent’s name and/or logo on the gift as well?

OK, so we have a personalized gift for the client with some of the agent’s contact information as well. Let’s now take it one step further and add some extra thought to this gift…how can we really commemorate the closing?

We have the photo of the property from the MLS, and we have the date of closing, right? What if we used that information and made a gift with it?

What if we took that information and created a gift that looks like it was “ripped from the headlines?” Many of us will never see our names on the front page of a newspaper … not such a bad thing in our scandal-a-news cycle culture. But that doesn’t mean we can’t give our loved-ones, friends, and colleagues the recognition they deserve, in a creative manner they won’t forget. We’d include a headline, news and pop culture information from the closing date, and a news story about the buyers and how the agent helped them in their search for the perfect home. This, coupled with the Realtor’s contact information which would also be displayed, is a built-in testimonial and will remind the buyers of the services their Realtor provided, and convey those services to others who see the gift.

In order for this gift to be effective for the Realtor, ordering it would need to be quick and easy. They would simply go to a website, fill out a form and email a photo. Now that’s quick and easy. And a gift that’s fun for the agent to give, and even more fun for the client to receive.

When Wendy Jacobson formed Unique-Announce over a year ago, her aim was to provide a customized way of celebrating life’s occasions. If you are sick of giving - and receiving - lame gifts like paperweights soap-on-a-rope, then Unique-Announce is a solution.

You can buy a custom-framed announcement of your friends or family’s big event that will give them their 15 minutes of fame and commemorate an important event - a birthday, wedding, bar or bat mitzvah, retirement or even just a special holiday tradition. For just $25 USD, Wendy Jacobson will put together the gift that will be the hit of the party and a hit for the person who receives it.

Recently I have been made aware of how true this statement can be. My main web site is a content site.

Why? Well I like writing and passing on some of my experiences so that bit is easy. But the site is a content site mainly because it is built with Sitebuild it from Sitesell.

SiteSell owner Dr Ken Evoy has built his incredible online business with what is possibly the most informative, constructive and easy to follow system based around content so I am following that model.

Recently the importance of content was made clear from another direction. My father was a design oriented engineer, as was I in the early part of the employed section of my life.

Both of us used and collected technical publications in our work. I ended up owning about 170 of these publications (Dad’s and mine). A5 size, 30 to 120 pages of top quality technical writing and data on the specialization of the author.

They were being published in the UK from the 1920’s to spread the knowledge and I was still buying them in the 1970’s. At that time my career went in a different direction so my fathers collection and mine went you know where. In the loft.

As part of a downsizing project I am selling a lot of our collected items on ebay and turned to the technical publications.

What fun, a simple listing and you have a product for sale in a world market. The publications are listed at $4.97 and some sell at that price. Many more go at higher prices as each one has an appeal to the buyer set by the relevance of the content.

They are still selling well and to date the best sale is $80.99 for a 76 page A5 size publication on ‘The Essentials of Plane Table Surveying’.

It is the content that counts because this publication is clearly very, very relevant to the needs of the buyer. So Ken Evoy is again proved to be correct, find your niche and build your online business on content. It is the content that counts!

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In the beginning, golf games were played by hitting a stone or a makeshift ball across a field until it traveled over a line or similar type of goal. Later, a rabbit hole was added and eventually became the ultimate target. But, how did golf grow into the modern, sophisticated game of today?

Discover as you read this story, about the men who decided on the first golf rules and how these guidelines developed to control one of most popular games all over the world.

Some good and some bad trials

When the first golfers played a game, rules were pretty much whatever all the players that were present agreed upon. Golf was played by trial and error, and that determined what rules would work using local customs and what kind of golf course or ground was played on.

For example, at first, many golf games were played near the beach. This meant that the rules would have to take in consideration the sand and its various pits and dunes, and any streams that fed into the shoreline.

Even though several surviving documents of ancient history talk about the etiquette and behavior required by golf players, one particular member of the Gentleman Golfers of Leith is officially credited with writing some of the original formal rules.

Golf according to Duncan Forbes

Duncan Forbes, a Leith member, attempted to explain how the game of golf was to be played from the beginning to the end. Among his first rules was that the ball was to be played from within one yard of the tee marker.

One interesting point about the word, “tee” is that is came from the Gaelic word “tigh” used in the ancient sport of curling. This old custom was carried on through golf.

Which player goes first

Another one of Forbes’ first rules was who went first in the game. He declared that the person whose ball lies the farthest away from the hole must play first. This rule still applies on every continent in the world, over three centuries later.

Who is controlling the rules today?

Today, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and the United States Golf Association determine and direct golf all over the world, even though there have been a few differences between the two large organizations.

Professional golf players and amateurs alike can follow the same standards and guidelines competing and enjoying hitting off the tee.

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Tom Straub is a successful author, and webmaster of the Best Golf Tips web site, where you can read more on The Rules of Golf and more than a dozen other golf topics.

The tension headache is what most people refer to when they say they have a headache. It is the most common headache experienced. Some people actually have chronic tension headaches, which means the tension headaches occur often. The tension headache is usually mild or moderate but can be severe. The pain of a tension headache is not localized and occurs over a wide part or all of the head.

The tension headache can be episodic or chronic. Episodic tension headaches occur for a few hours at certain times such as under very stressful conditions, at work near the end of the day, or when being subjected to Hannah Montana TV show marathons. If the condition that causes the headache cannot be changed, such as skipping work, then you need to manage the condition to lessen the severity or length of the headache. If they occur only while at work, then check the ergonomics of your desk and take breaks to walk around at least once an hour.

Tension headaches are termed chronic when they occur more than fifteen times a month, for at least three months. The chronic tension headache can even be continuous with no beginning or ending during the day. Some people may not even realize they have a chronic headache because they have become accustomed to the chronic daily pain.

It can be quite difficult to find the cause of a chronic tension headache. Headaches may be caused by medication, medical conditions such as depression, allergies (especially food allergies), bad posture, stress, lack of sleep, lack of or too much caffeine, change of routine, lack of sleep, dieting, lack of exercise, hormones and even overuse of pain medication to treat these headaches.

According to doctors of chiropractic medicine, tension headaches are caused by muscle inflammation and trigger points, joint irritation, nerve compression, and misalignment of the spine. Studies have shown that the frequency, duration and severity of the tension headache can be decreased by receiving chiropractic treatments. Many patients have initially gone to a chiropractor for another reason such as back pain, and were pleasantly surprised to find that their tension headaches were reduced or completely eliminated as well.

Keeping in good physical shape by exercising and stretching daily will help control and prevent a tension headache. Stretching disciplines such as yoga and tai chi will loosen up tight muscles that can cause tension headaches. Getting regular massages will also help loosen tight muscles and keep them loose which will also prevent a tension headache. If stress is a suspected cause then keeping a daily journal especially right before bedtime will help reduce stress.

For more information on the tension headache visit http://www.theheadacheinfosite.com, the #1 website that specializes in providing advice, tips and resources on headaches that you can use to help combat and relieve the pains you may be experiencing from a mind-numbing chronic headache.

I was reading our local sports paper and saw that the game is over for “Pacman” Jones. I guess after so many of its players being arrested last year, the commissioner brought down the big hammer. Up to now, many of us probably never cared about that “bad” part of the athlete. We just compared them to the toy soldiers that we kept in the closet and took out when we were ready for them to entertain us.

Sure, we complain about levies that will raise our homeowner’s insurance and we sure don’t want to pay taxes for education. But we will pay thousands of dollars to see our favorite rock stars, athletes and movie stars. We don’t care if they do drugs, get arrested for driving while intoxicated or that some of them are miserable human beings. We just want our entertainment!

You say your favorite athlete can throw a 200 mph fastball? He can throw a football 399 yards? He has a bionic arm and can hit 300 homeruns a season? Well, I won’t tell you about the day he got intoxicated and ran over some innocent woman. Who cares if she died and left behind a husband and a son? Just throw 2 touchdowns on Sunday so I can beat the spread and collect my money.

I think you get the point, we forget that they are human and eat, drink and feel pain like the rest of us. I have been a sports fan my entire life. I love to see camaraderie and teamwork in action. When we saw the Buffalo Bills come back and win after being down 35-3 many years ago, we saw the impossible. We saw a team pull together and win. It’s amazing what we can do when we work together. The philosophy of sports can be applied to everything we do in life.

I just want you to remember to not put these gifted athletes on a pedestal. If they commit crimes, they should be punished accordingly as we would. They are not better people, just better athletes. It will be exciting to see the NFL demand high quality character in their future players. Athletes also need to remember that pro sports is a privilege and not a right.

S. Niemduang “The Sports Fan”
http://www.getprosports.com