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  Black Boule part 2

  Brotha Eric

  Date / Time: 5/24/2009 7:00 PM UTC

  Category: Entertainment

  
  

  the extension

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  Date / Time: 6/29/2009 11:09 PM UTC

  The meaning of Ma'at

   

  

  

  The goddess Ma'at

  Maat or Mayet, thought to have been pronounced as *Muʔʕat (Muh-aht),^[1] was the Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation.

  The earliest surviving records indicating Maat is the norm for nature and society, in this world and the next, is recorded during the Old Kingdom in pyramid texts (c. 2780-2250 BCE).^[2]

  Later, as a goddess in other traditions of the Egyptian pantheon, where most goddesses were paired with a male aspect, her masculine counterpart was Thoth and their attributes are the same. After the rise of Ra they were depicted together in the Solar Barque. As Thoth has been seen to represent the Logos of Plato^[3], so Maat has been viewed as an expression of Divine Wisdom.^[4]

  After her role in creation and continuously preventing the universe from returning to chaos, her primary role in Egyptian mythology dealt with the weighing of souls that took place in the underworld, Duat.^[5] Her feather was the measure that determined whether the souls (considered to reside in the heart) of the departed would reach the paradise of afterlife successfully.

  Pharaohs are often depicted with the emblems of Maat to emphasise their role in upholding the laws of the Creator

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• Original Air Date: 6/29/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  Strip Clubs (why do we frequent them)

  Why do men go to strip clubs? That question has been asked, by women since men started going to them. Most women just don't get it, or get the wrong idea of what happens at a strip club at times
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• Date / Time: 6/27/2009 11:55 PM UTC

  TOP 25 MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE U.S.

  Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods URBAN CRIME | FBI statistics show residents near 55th and State had 1-in-4 chance of being victims June 23, 2009 BY MARK J. KONKOL Staff Reporter Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous "neighborhoods" in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recently released study of FBI crime statistics shows. Folks who lived near 55th and State -- less than two miles from President Obama's house and the possible site of a future Olympic stadium -- had a 1-in-4 chance of becoming a victim of violent crime each year between 2005 and 2007, according to NeighborhoodScout.com. The nation's 25 most dangerous neighborhoods 1) Cincinnati, Central Pwky./Liberty St. 2) Chicago, State St./Garfield Blvd. 3) Miami, 7th Ave./North River Dr. 4) Jacksonville, Beaver St./Broad St. 5) Baltimore, North Ave./Belair Rd. 6) Kansas City, Bales Ave./30th St. 7) Memphis, Warford St./Mt. Olive Rd. 8) Kansas City, Forest Ave./41st St. 9) Dallas, Route 352/Scyene Rd. 10) Richmond, Va., Church Hill 11) Memphis, Bellevue Blvd./Lamar Ave. 12) Dallas, 2nd Ave./Hatcher St. 13) Springfield, Ill., Cook St./11th St. 14) St. Louis, 14th St./Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. 15) Little Rock, Ark., Roosevelt Rd./Bond St. 16) Philadelphia, Broad St./Dauphin St. 17) Tampa, Amelia Ave./Tampa St. 18) New York, St. Nicholas Ave./125th St. 19) Chicago, 66th St./Yale Ave. 20) Baltimore, Orleans St./Front St. 21) Cleveland, Cedar Ave./55th St. 22) Orlando, East-West Expy./Orange Blossom Trail 23) Detroit, Mt. Elliott St./Palmer Ave. 24) Chicago, Wallace St./58th St. 25) Chicago, Winchester Ave./60th St. That section of Washington Park -- home to part of the now-demolished Robert Taylor public housing high-rises during the years of the study -- was edged out of the top spot by a crime-ridden corner of Cincinnati, Ohio. Chicago was the only city to land more than two neighborhoods on the list, which ranked danger by calculating the number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents in a census tract. Chicago's three other danger zones are located in poverty-stricken Englewood, a hot bed for violence in recent years. They include census tracts near: • • 66th and Yale, ranked No. 19 with a violent crime ratio of 115 (per 1,000 residents). • • 58th and Wallace and 60th and Winchester, ranked No. 24 and 25, respectively. Residents had a 1-in-9 chance of being violent crime victims. "Englewood is a neighborhood that has had a lot of things happen to it. There are very good people in Englewood, and their houses are often the only ones standing on their block," said Ald. Freddrenna Lyle (6th). "Public policy decisions made long ago caused us to get where we are today." Lyle, whose ward includes 66th and Yale, said the study shines another light on the desperate need for both short-term fixes and a long-term solution to social problems that plague Englewood. "It's been time for [Mayor Daley] to pay attention," she said. "We put more money collectively into Englewood than anywhere else, but it's a little here and a little there. We need to go back in there and consolidate resources to solve some of the problems." The study's author, geographer Dr. Andrew Schiller, said the calculation gives people a better way to understand the "climate" of crime in particular sections of cities. "It's better to understand the climate rather than the weather. It's very important to have a sense of risk for somebody in a particular location rather than a more pedestrian counting of what happened last week," Schiller said.

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• Original Air Date: 6/24/2009 12:00 AM UTC

  The American Dream

  For many immigrants, the Statue of Liberty was their first view of the United States, signifying freedom and personal liberty. The statue is an iconic symbol of the United States, and of the American Dream.The American Dream is a national ethos unique to the United States of America in which democratic ideals are perceived as a hope-filled view of the prosperity of its people. In the American Dream, first expressed by James Truslow Adams in 1931, citizens of every rank feel that they can achieve a "better, richer, and happier life."[1] The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence[2] which states that "all men are created equal"[3] and that they have "certain inalienable Rights"[3] including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."[3] The American Dream has been credited with helping to build a cohesive American experience but has also been blamed for overinflated expectations of its people.[4] The presence of the American Dream has not historically helped the majority of minority race and lower class American citizens to gain a greater degree of social equality and influence.[5] Instead, the American Dream has often been observed to sustain class differences in which well-positioned groups continue to be advantaged.
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• Original Air Date: 6/15/2009 11:30 PM UTC

  The Marketers have your ear

  The markets have your ear Advertisers have a new way to get into your head. Marketers around the world are using innovative audio technology that sends sound in a narrow beam, just like light, making it possible to direct messages right into consumers' ears while they shop or sit in waiting rooms.
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• Date / Time: 6/15/2009 12:57 AM UTC

  The Marketers have your ear

  By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff  |  April 24, 2007

  Advertisers have a new way to get into your head.

  Marketers around the world are using innovative audio technology that sends sound in a narrow beam, just like light, making it possible to direct messages right into consumers' ears while they shop or sit in waiting rooms.

  The audio spotlight device, created by Watertown firm Holosonic Research Labs Inc., has been used to hawk everything from cereals in supermarket aisles to glasses at doctor's offices. The messages are often quick and targeted -- and a little creepy to the uninitiated.

  Court TV recently installed the audio spotlight in ceilings of bookstores to promote the network's new murder-mystery show. A voice, whispering, "Hey, you, can you hear me? Do you ever think about murder?" was beamed toward customers as they browsed the mystery section in several independent bookstores in New York.

  For advertisers, the audio spotlight is a way of marketing to consumers, sending tailored messages without disturbing an entire store with loudspeaker announcements such as Kmart's iconic "Blue Light Special." The flat disk speakers with precision targeting have made sound possible in unlikely places -- from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to the New York Public Library -- and are increasingly attractive to merchants trying to improve the shopping experience with a peaceful environment.

  Major US companies, including Procter & Gamble Co. and Best Buy Co., are testing the device, but it is already being embraced abroad. Some marketers say it is only a matter of time before the technology takes off here.

  "Advertisers look to capture people -- especially when they are in the buying mood," said Tim Bilgor , chief executive of Innovative Media Solutions in London, which has installed the audio spotlight in Istanbul and Madrid airports, in shopping malls in China, and in the showrooms of Fiat car dealerships, where messages about product features are beamed to consumers as they approach the cars.

  "There's so many vision technologies it can be overwhelming," Bilgor said. "The audio spotlight can captivate people in new ways."

  Unlike traditional speakers, which broadcast sound in every direction, sound from an audio spotlight speaker can be focused directly at one spot, so no one else can hear it, or projected against a surface so that sound appears to come from the surface itself.

  For example, a box of Fruity Pebbles can advertise its nutritional content, heard by shoppers only as they walk by boxes in the cereal aisle. The audio spotlight uses ultrasound to stimulate the air into making sound, which is emitted in focused, laser-like beams.

  Joseph Pompei , the 33-year-old chief executive of Holosonics, began his career in acoustics while working as an engineer at Bose Corp. in Framingham. But as the audio industry became fixated on spreading sound everywhere, Pompei wanted to focus on finding ways to direct sound. He left Bose and developed a prototype of the audio spotlight and started the company in 2000 when he was a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  Pompei knows that for some people there is a certain creepy aspect to his technology -- and he even delights in making mischief with it. At MIT's Media Lab, Pompei said, he used to stand on a balcony at the top of a five-story atrium and beam sounds of smashing glass to the ground floors as caterers were working at events to make them think they dropped dishes.

  For his first demonstration in the campus theater, Pompei used the speaker to play a John Coltrane album and made it seem as if Coltrane's saxophone were flying over the audience and whooshing by their faces. He saved $2,000 as a graduate student and began building the business after he graduated in 2002. A year later, MIT's magazine, Technology Review, awarded Pompei the Top Young Inventor Award.

  "It's a device that preserves the quiet," Pompei said. "There's so much going on, it's sometimes an audio assault. This is like surround silence."

  Baba Shetty, director of interactive media at Hill Holliday in Boston, said it is very easy for people to filter out visual messages and advertisements -- you look away or don't pay attention -- but audio is less avoidable. It could be a great way to communicate with customers as they shop, he added, but it could also make consumers feel as if their personal space is being invaded.

  "It doesn't do your brand any good if you annoy people," Shetty said.

  At T-Mobile dealers in the United Kingdom, the audio spotlight allows consumers to test ring tones without the entire store knowing that they want to download Abba's "Dancing Queen." The Boston marketing firm Digitas hung an audio spotlight over a couch in the lobby so visitors can hear the company's advertisements playing on an LCD screen. But it's pure quiet for the receptionist sitting just a few feet away.

  The MFA installed four audio spotlight disks as part of the recent exhibit, "Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006." Each designer's collection had its soundtrack playing in its own zone, but the technology ensured music from the Chanel collection did not cross over to Dior's.

  Hadi Al Bahra , chief executive of TechnoMedia Ltd., said his firm has placed the audio spotlight in supermarkets for Carrefour SA, the world's second largest retailer after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. TechnoMedia is also pairing the technology with LCD screens, selling 15 second spots in different aisles for juices, coffee, milk, shampoos, among other products.

  "For the first time, you can deliver different audio messages in different aisles at the same time and yet keep the environment noise free, which opened up the possibilities of new ways of marketing and selling air time," Al Bahra said.

  Holosonics is also looking to reach consumers at home . The audio spotlight, Pompei says, has the potential to limit long-running feuds over television volume and musical taste.

  Paul Hummel of Saddle River, N.J., bought the device last summer for his bedroom so he could sleep peacefully while his wife watched television.

  "We have a fairly good audio/video system. Once you've done that and can spread sound everywhere, then you want sound selectively," Hummel said. "Now we can crank up the big TV without disturbing our neighbors or the rest of the family."

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• Date / Time: 6/15/2009 12:01 AM UTC

  The Mind

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  Beware of what your mind says to you. Do not be trusting of the mind. And we are never doubtful. We can doubt everyone but we never doubt our own minds. Even those who talk so much of skepticism, of doubt, of reason, even they never doubt their own minds. And your mind has brought you to the state you are in. If you are in a hell, your mind has brought you to this hell, and you never doubt this guide. You can doubt any teacher, any master, but you never doubt your mind. With unflinching faith, you move with your mind as the guru. And you mind has brought you to the mess, to the misery that you are. If you are going to doubt anything, doubt first your own mind. And whenever your mind says something, think twice.
                                                                       
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