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he a
bilit
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peo
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educ
e th
ey d
on’t
wan
t to
talk
to
us,b
ut w
hy s
end
an
enqu
irin
g te
xt in
the
firs
tpl
ace
if yo
u do
n’t
wan
t to
tal
k ab
out
wha
t it
is y
ou a
reas
king
abo
ut?
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ts a
re fa
st b
ecom
ing
like
the
rhet
or-
ical
“H
ow a
re y
ou?”
in t
he B
ritis
h cu
lture
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m b
egin
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ng t
o be
lieve
tha
t th
e ‘g
uilty
’ par
ties
do n
ot w
ant
toco
mm
unic
ate
pers
on t
o pe
rson
but
rat
her
than
adm
itit,
they
sen
d a
text
or
an e
mai
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accu
satio
n ap
plie
sto
tho
se t
hat
if yo
u w
ere
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text
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-dep
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mai
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disc
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the
cont
ents
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rout
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he c
all t
o vo
icem
ail
and
does
n’t r
etur
n th
e ca
ll.H
as th
at h
appe
ned
to y
ou?
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se e
mai
l me
if it
has.
Why
is t
he a
rt o
f con
vers
atio
n di
sapp
eari
ng?
Why
are
peop
le r
esor
ting
to t
exts
and
em
ail a
t th
e ex
pens
e of
visi
ting
frie
nds,
spea
king
on
the
phon
e -
show
ing
love
?
Ever
yone
nee
ds h
uman
inte
ract
ion
and
wha
teve
r it
isyo
u ar
e hi
ding
from
,beh
ind
the
text
,the
em
ail o
r th
ech
at r
oom
,one
day
you
hav
e to
com
e ou
t fro
m b
ehin
dth
e sm
oke
scre
en a
nd r
evea
l you
r tr
ue s
elf
and
wha
tyo
u ar
e fe
elin
g.
I sa
y br
ing
back
the
pho
ne c
onve
rsat
ions
,bri
ng b
ack
the
soci
al g
athe
ring
s,br
ing
back
the
chi
t-ch
ats,
brin
gba
ck t
he i
mpr
ompt
u/su
rpri
se h
ome
visi
ts,b
ring
bac
kth
e hu
man
hug
s an
d ki
sses
,bri
ng b
ack
pape
r bi
rthd
ayca
rds
and
hand
wri
tten
lett
ers;
brin
g ba
ck t
he la
ught
er,
the
fun
and
the
muc
king
aro
und.
Brin
g ba
ck t
he t
ime
it ta
kes
to s
how
love
!
T
he E
dito
r.1
VANI
TYCA
N GE
T YO
U SC
AMME
D!!
I was
alm
ost v
ictim
of a
scam
, the
deta
ils o
f whic
h I a
m pu
b-lis
hing
to to
pro
tect o
ther u
nsus
pecti
ng vi
ctims
.
I was
appr
oach
ed vi
a inte
rnet
to the
effec
t that
my ph
otogr
aph
(left)
had
bee
n ch
osen
for
the N
ivea
billbo
ard
at Ga
twick
Airp
ort.
I wou
ld be
paid
£12
,000
for th
e de
al. I
would
rece
ivean
initia
l pay
ment
of £5
,700,
but w
ould
need
to g
ive 8
0% to
the m
odell
ing a
gent
via W
ester
n Un
ion. I
wou
ld ke
ep £
1,500
being
the
initia
l dow
npay
ment
and
the b
alanc
e of
£6,30
0wo
uld fo
llow.
I had
no re
ason
to do
ubt th
e auth
entic
ity of
the
bec
ause
I fel
t the
pho
to co
uld g
enuin
ely r
epre
sent
Nive
a.I a
gree
d to
being
a N
ivea
Mode
l and
I re
ceive
d the
cheq
ue fo
r £5,7
00 w
ithin
two
days
! It
would
hav
e be
en e
asy
for m
e to
depo
sit th
e ch
eque
for £
5,700
and
send
off
£4,20
0to
the ag
ent s
pecif
ied, a
fter a
ll I w
ould
have
been
paid
£1,50
0up
fron
t eve
n if
they
didn’t
use
the
photo
, but
the c
hequ
eca
me to
o quic
kly in
a pla
in en
velop
e and
with
out th
e con
tract.
“You
get
a ch
eque
in yo
ur n
ame
for £
5,700
and
you
are
sus-
piciou
s? I
wou
ld be
dow
n the
ban
k if it
was
me”
I wa
s told
.
Have
you
hear
d of
the sa
ying:
“Any
thing
too
good
to b
e tru
eus
ually
is?”
Well
that
is wh
at ca
me to
mind
. Gett
ing a
cheq
uefor
£5,7
00 w
as o
ne th
ing, b
ut pa
ying
80%
out
of it
to a
third
party
in ca
sh, w
as a
nothe
r! I
knew
adv
ertis
ing o
n bil
lboar
dspa
id a
lot o
f mon
ey b
ut Ih
ad to
find
out m
ore
beca
use
I had
neve
r bee
n a
mode
l befo
re.
I wro
te to
‘And
rew’
who w
as th
e per
son I
had b
een c
orre
spon
-din
g by e
mail w
ith, a
nd as
ked w
hy a
contr
act h
ad no
t acc
om-
panie
d the
cheq
ue?
I was
told
to de
posit
the c
hequ
e firs
t and
the c
ontra
ct wo
uld c
ome
after
ward
s. I
starte
d thi
nking
sup
-po
sing
there
was
som
ething
in th
e co
ntrac
t I d
idn’t
agre
ewi
th? I
wan
ted to
see
the
contr
act f
irst s
o I s
hare
d my
con
-ce
rn w
ith A
ndre
w wh
o pr
omise
d to
send
out
the c
ontra
ct to
me th
e ne
xt da
y. It
came
a co
uple
of we
eks l
ater.
I exa
mine
d the
con
tract
(comi
ng fr
om a
lega
l bac
kgro
und)
,the
amou
nts w
ere w
rong
, my n
ame w
asn’t
on it
but th
ere w
asa
NIVE
Asta
mp o
n the
contr
act.
I had
rece
ived
two
calls
onc
e the
contr
act w
as d
espa
tched
-on
e ins
tructi
ng m
e to
depo
sit th
e ch
eque
and
the
othe
r ask
-ing
me
when
I wa
s go
ing to
dep
osit
it, wh
ich I
thoug
ht wa
sstr
ange
. I t
old th
e ca
ller I
wou
ld de
posit
the
cheq
ue o
nce
Ire
ceive
d the
corre
ct co
ntrac
t.
The
call w
as fr
om a
with
held
numb
er w
hich
exac
erba
ted m
ysu
spici
ons.
I the
refor
e sp
oke
to the
ban
k an
d as
ked
them
how
long
would
I ha
ve to
wait
for a
che
que
to ful
ly cle
ar if
Ide
posit
ed it
in to
my b
ack a
ccou
nt the
day
I wa
s spe
aking
tothe
m. T
hey t
old m
e an
ywhe
re b
etwee
n 3
days
- 6
month
s!
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ckbr
ight
New
sT
he T
otal
Qua
lity,
Info
rmat
ion-
Base
d Pu
blic
atio
n th
at
Stim
ulat
es,E
duca
tes,
Mot
ivat
es &
Ele
vate
sT
he C
ultu
ral L
earn
ing
Mag
azin
e de
velo
ped
to r
edre
ss in
accu
rate
per
cept
ions
!
Stud
io 5
7 S
ayw
ell R
oad
Lut
on
LU2
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ail:
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pace
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r: M
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No.
1751
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is a
n O
nlin
e P
ublic
atio
n O
nly
2
The
agen
t wan
ted h
is mo
ney w
ithin
3 da
ys!
I rec
eived
a fo
l-low
up
call
askin
g if
I dep
osite
d the
che
que
and
I told
the
calle
r tha
t Itho
ught
it mi
ght b
e a
scam
. He
ass
ured
me
itwa
sn’t b
ut the
n trie
d to
initim
idate
me ci
ting
all th
e wo
rk tha
tha
d be
en p
ut int
o the
tran
sacti
on.
I dec
ided
not t
o pu
t the
cheq
ue in
, and
left
it on
one
of my
shelv
es. I
didn
’t hea
r fro
mthe
m ag
ain.
Aco
uple
of we
eks
ago,
I was
tidy
ing u
p an
d I f
ound
the
cheq
ue. It
s 3 m
onth
expir
y per
iod ha
d not
elaps
ed so
I dec
id-ed
to de
posit
it to
see i
f it w
as fr
audu
lent.
Sure
enou
gh, w
ith-
in 3
days
I ha
d no
tifica
tion
that t
he ch
eque
was
a co
unter
feit.
I call
ed m
y ban
k who
confi
rmed
it wa
s obv
iously
a sc
am a
ndas
ked
if I h
ad p
arted
with
any
mon
ey o
r give
n ou
t any
of m
yba
nk de
tails.
I had
not.
He to
ld me
I sho
uld in
form
the po
lice,
which
I did
.
If f I
had
dep
osite
d the
cheq
ue im
media
tely a
nd p
aid o
ut the
£4,20
0 to
the ‘a
gent’
by W
ester
n Un
ion a
s ins
tructe
d, I w
ould
have
bee
n re
spon
sible
for re
payin
g the
who
le £5
,700
even
thoug
h I w
ould
only
have
rece
ived
£1,5
00 o
ut of
it - S
cary!
.
Luck
ily fo
r me,
I didn
’t dep
osit t
he ch
eque
stra
ight a
way,
nor
did I
give
away
80%
of a
n am
ount
that w
as n
ot mi
ne to
give
,or
else
I wo
uld h
ave
been
roya
lly sc
amme
d. Y
es, a
dmitte
dly,
I had
visio
ns o
f see
ing m
y fac
e on
the
the N
ivea
Billb
oard
at
Gatw
ick, b
ut va
nity h
as its
pric
e - o
ne I
could
n’t a
fford
!
It is
impo
rtant
to un
derst
and
the le
ngths
peo
ple w
ill go
to g
etmo
ney
out o
f you
. Yo
u wo
uld n
ot no
rmall
y ex
pect
some
one
to giv
e yo
u mo
ney,
you
would
exp
ect
them
to as
k yo
u for
mone
y, wh
ich w
ould
caus
e you
to dr
op yo
ur gu
ard.
So,
if you
are o
ffere
d a la
rge c
hequ
e for
servi
ces:
1) Te
ll the
m yo
u pre
-fer
BAC
S dir
ect i
nto y
our a
ccou
nt; 2
) Che
ck th
e co
mpan
y’sau
thenti
city
via C
ompa
nies
Hous
e &
3) L
ook
for fu
ll con
tact
detai
ls - t
hese
3 ca
n pro
tect y
ou fr
om be
ing ro
yally
scam
med!!
Brok
en S
ilenc
e is
a UK
youth
led
char
itable
org
anisa
tion
found
edin
2005
by fo
ur te
enag
ers w
ith S
ickle
Cell D
iseas
e (SC
D) in
mem
-or
y of L
eona
Deh
aney
, who
sadly
died
from
comp
licati
ons r
elatin
gto
the d
iseas
e. W
e ca
mpaig
n for
the
rights
of (
mainl
y yo
ung)
peo
ple w
ith S
ickle
Cell
Dise
ase.
Amon
g oth
er a
ctivit
ies, p
rodu
ces
an a
nnua
l tale
ntsh
ow fo
r dan
cers,
sing
ers
and
grou
p ac
ts to
raise
awa
rene
ss o
fSC
D.Br
oken
Sile
nce
has
the s
uppo
rt of
patro
ns K
wame
Kwe
i-Arm
ahan
d Ri
char
d Ca
mpbe
ll alo
ngsid
e Lib
eral
Demo
crat L
ord
Trev
orSm
ith.
We
are
trying
to a
chiev
e:Eq
ualit
y:Pe
ople
living
with
SCD
are
give
n eq
ual m
edica
l and
finan
cial s
uppo
rt as
peop
le liv
ing w
ith di
abete
s. Th
ere a
re ap
prox
-im
ately
15,00
0 pe
ople
living
with
SCD
in th
e UK
.Aw
aren
ess:
The
major
ity o
f th
e UK
pop
ulatio
n (e
spec
ially
emplo
yers)
are
not
awar
e of
SCD
and
the sp
ecific
nee
ds o
f peo
-ple
living
with
it, le
ading
to d
iscrim
inatio
n.Ed
ucat
ion:
Peop
le liv
ing w
ith S
CD ar
e mad
e awa
re of
their
rights
(Disa
bility
Disc
rimina
tion A
ct) a
nd a
re p
rovid
ed a
dequ
ate su
ppor
t. Br
oken
Sile
nce T
alent
show
Ever
y yea
r we h
old a
talen
t sho
w to
raise
awar
enes
s and
edu-
cate
peop
le ab
out S
ickle
Cell D
iseas
e. Th
e ac
ts ar
e jud
ged
by in
dustr
y pro
fessio
nals
and
celeb
rities
that h
ave
includ
ed: S
inger
s Sh
ola a
nd S
adie
Ama,
regg
aear
tist T
ippa
Irie,
reno
wned
cho
reog
raph
er A
icha
McKe
nzie
and
Rach
el Ya
nkey
(Eng
land
& Ar
sena
l Lad
ies F
C). W
ithin
the a
udien
ce w
e ha
ve h
ad s
uppo
rt fro
m co
mmun
ity le
ader
ssu
ch a
s; Br
ent m
ajor C
ounc
illor B
ertha
Jos
eph,
MPDa
wnBu
tler a
nd C
ounc
illor J
ames
Allie
.Ov
er th
e pa
st thr
ee ye
ars,
we’ve
ente
rtaine
d ov
er 1
,800
peo-
ple an
d rais
ed ov
er £1
1,000
. The
mon
ey ha
s pro
vided
a co
m-me
mora
tive
plaqu
e for
Leo
na D
ehan
ey’s
grav
e, Ni
ntend
oW
iis fo
r chil
dren
’s’wa
rds o
f two L
ondo
n hos
pitals
, and
a DV
Dpla
yer
and
mone
y tow
ards
a b
lood
exch
ange
pum
p for
Centr
al Mi
ddles
ex H
ospit
al’s d
ayca
re U
nit.
Bro
ken
Sile
nc
e
3
Our c
omm
ercia
l spo
nsor
s hav
e inc
lude
d:Ch
oice
FM,
Nova
rtis,
Gene
sis C
ommu
nity,
Grac
e Fo
ods,
Tama
ra D
esign
s, Ja
ck P
etche
y Fou
ndati
on, H
awke
ye R
ecor
ds,
Harle
sden
and
Ston
ebrid
ge R
egen
erati
on a
nd R
enew
al, E
UTEn
tertai
nmen
t, Ov
erton
es S
tudio,
inn
ercit
ylife.
co.uk
, AM
CKDa
nce A
genc
y and
socia
l web
site
Need
APl
ace
To G
o.“…
We
were
ver
y im
pres
sed
with
the s
how
they
deliv
ered
and
would
high
ly re
comm
end
them
to an
y fun
der.
They
repr
esen
tan
d ma
ke co
mmen
ded
effor
ts for
a ve
ry wo
rthy c
ause
.”
Vito
lina S
amu,
Gra
nts
Offic
er, G
enes
is Co
mm
unity
.Se
curin
g go
vern
men
t sup
port
Wor
king w
ith a
politi
cal lo
bbyin
g con
sulta
ncy,
we ha
ve se
cure
dthe
supp
ort o
f Lor
d Tre
vor S
mith
who i
n 200
8 ask
ed a
ques
tion
relat
ing to
stok
es in
Sick
le Ce
ll chil
dren
in th
e Ho
use
of Lo
rds.
Lond
on M
ayor,
Bor
is Jo
hnso
n ha
s also
sent
his su
ppor
t of o
uraim
s;“It
’s a
testam
ent t
o the
you
th of
Lond
on th
at Br
oken
Sile
nce
rose
from
the
tragic
loss
of t
heir
friend
. I tip
my h
at to
them.
”Mo
ving
forwa
rd, w
e’re
aiming
to p
ersu
ade
the g
over
nmen
t to
publi
sh e
mploy
er g
uideli
nes
highli
ghtin
g the
spe
cific
need
s of
peop
le liv
ing w
ith S
CD to
help
decre
ase d
iscrim
inatio
n thr
ough
educ
ation
.
Scho
ol o
utre
ach
prog
ram
me
Memb
ers
of Br
oken
Sile
nce
tour s
choo
ls to
help
raise
awa
re-
ness
of S
CD w
ithin
teena
ge ch
ildre
n.
By le
ading
disc
ussio
ns a
s par
t of a
ssem
blies
, we
prov
ide va
lu-ab
le ins
ight i
nto th
e ca
use
and
effec
ts of
SCD
to stu
dents
acro
ss th
e UK
.
DID
YOU
KNOW
that w
hen y
ou pu
rchase
avin
yl rec
ord,
tape o
r CD,
you
only
can
use
that
recor
d for
dom
estic
pur-
poses
. You
do no
t acq
uire
any
rights
to
copy
tha
trec
ord,
or to
play
that
recor
d in p
ublic
??
I tho
ught
I wo
uld s
hare
this
info
rmat
ion
with
oth
er D
Js.
Appa
rently
you i
f you
are a
DJ in
the U
K yo
u ne
ed a
Digi
tal D
JLic
ence
bec
ause
unde
r UK
law it
is ne
cessa
ry to
obtai
n the
per-
missi
on of
the o
wner
of co
pyrig
ht in
a sou
nd re
cord
ing if
you c
opy
that s
ound
reco
rding
.
If a c
opy o
f a so
und r
ecor
ding i
s mad
e in o
rder
to pla
y tha
t sou
ndrec
ordin
g in p
ublic
, PPL
contr
ols th
e rele
vant
copy
ing ri
ghts
and
so ca
n gran
t you
a lic
ence
to en
sure
that y
our c
opies
comp
ly wi
ththe
law.
Why
do
you
need
an
extr
a lic
ence
ifyo
u ha
ve o
btai
ned
the
trac
ks la
wful
ly?
When
you
purch
ase a
vinyl
recor
d, tap
e or C
D yo
u on
ly ca
n us
etha
t rec
ord f
or do
mesti
c pur
poses
. You
do no
t acq
uire a
ny ri
ghts
to co
py th
at rec
ord,
or to
play
that
recor
d in p
ublic
. So i
f you
wan
tto
copy
a so
und r
ecor
ding o
n tha
t rec
ord o
nto yo
ur co
mpute
r, you
must
obtai
n the
perm
ission
of th
e own
er of
the co
pyrig
ht in
that
soun
d rec
ordin
g
Sim
ilarly
, w
hen
Mar
gare
t M
oran
M
P
for
Luto
n(a
bove
) go
t ca
ught
cla
imin
g £2
2,50
0 fo
r tw
o pr
op-
ertie
s s
he d
elib
erat
ely
clai
med
exp
ense
s fo
r, s
hew
as a
llow
ed t
o pa
y th
e m
oney
bac
k.
The
re i
s no
thin
g in
the
Min
iste
rials
Sal
arie
s A
ct19
91, t
hat s
peci
fies
that
the
allo
wan
ce is
onl
y to
be
paid
to
min
iste
rs w
hose
mai
n re
side
nce
is o
utsi
deLo
ndon
” th
at B
aron
ess
Sco
tland
is a
llege
dly
guilt
yof
co
ntra
veni
ng,
alth
ough
th
ey
are
now
sa
ying
ther
e w
ere
upda
tes!
Bar
ones
s S
cotla
nd c
laim
s sh
ene
ver
told
any
one
that
her
mai
n re
side
nce
was
outs
ide
Lond
on s
o th
ey a
re g
ettin
g he
r on
ano
ther
tech
nica
lity
- em
ploy
ing
an i
llega
l im
mig
rant
as
acl
eane
r!! B
aron
ess
Sco
tland
err
oneo
usly
ass
umed
that
bec
ause
her
cle
aner
had
mar
ried
a B
ritis
hla
wye
r, t
hat
her
wor
king
pap
ers
wer
e in
ord
er a
nddi
dn’t
chec
k. S
he is
now
in c
ivil
brea
ch o
f the
law
,an
d it
is fo
r th
is s
econ
d re
ason
why
she
was
bei
ngas
ked
to r
esig
n!
Dur
ing
this
pro
gram
me,
Bar
ones
s S
cotla
nd w
asbe
ing
mor
ally
lync
hed
for
her
impe
rfec
tions
. S
hew
as h
eld
to r
idic
ule,
and
cou
ld h
ave
pote
ntia
lly lo
stev
eryt
hing
she
has
wor
ked
hard
for
over
the
year
s.S
he c
ould
hav
e be
en p
ublic
ly d
isgr
aced
like
eve
ryot
her
blac
k pe
rson
in th
e hi
gh-in
com
e br
acke
t who
has
dare
d to
mak
e a
mis
take
, if t
he P
rime
Min
iste
rha
dn’t
supp
orte
d he
r !
All
I ca
n sa
y is
tha
t if
you
are
blac
k, B
ritis
h an
d ar
e pr
ivile
dged
eno
ugh
to b
ein
th
e hi
gh-in
com
e br
acke
t, yo
u ha
d be
tter
besq
ueak
y cl
ean,
bec
ause
it y
ou a
re n
ot, y
ou w
ill n
otbe
par
done
d fo
r hu
man
fra
ilty!
Ano
n,Lu
ton
4
Bla
ck &
Fam
ous?
You
had
bette
r be
Perf
ect!
I w
as a
t ho
me,
and
tur
ned
on m
y T
V t
o se
e if
my
favo
urite
pro
gram
me
was
on
– A
gath
a C
hris
ties
Poi
rot w
ith D
avid
Suc
het.
How
ever
, my
conc
entr
a-tio
n w
as i
nter
rupt
ed b
y t
he D
aily
Pol
itics
Spe
cial
with
And
rew
Nel
l who
was
in B
ourn
emou
th f
or t
heLi
bera
l D
emoc
rat’s
ann
ual
conf
eren
ce.
Nel
l w
asin
sist
ing
that
B
aron
ess
Sco
tland
re
sign
, sa
ying
she
brea
ched
the
law
s sh
e ha
d m
ade
and
I w
on-
dere
d w
hy h
e fe
lt so
str
ongl
y ab
out i
t. W
hen
I saw
the
p
ho
tog
rap
h
of
Ba
ron
ess
S
cotla
nd
o
n
the
scre
en, I
rea
lised
why
he
was
so
adam
ant a
bout
it.
Ba
ron
ess
S
cotla
nd
w
as
bo
rn
in
Do
min
ica
o
fA
ntig
ua
n
an
d
Do
min
ica
n
pa
ren
ts,
an
d
is
the
Atto
rney
G
ener
al
of
Eng
land
&
W
ales
ea
rnin
g£
11
3,0
00
a
ye
ar
(Bro
wn
H
on
ey
with
m
on
ey)
Bar
ones
s S
cotla
nd i
s ac
tual
ly P
atric
ia S
cotla
ndan
d no
t th
e B
aron
ess
of S
cotla
nd a
s so
me
may
belie
ve.
The
firs
t th
ough
t th
at c
ame
to m
ind
was
the
sla
n-de
rous
beh
avio
ur o
f R
usse
ll B
rand
and
Jon
atha
nR
oss
who
ar
e ea
rnin
g £6
m
aye
ar,
re
spe
ctiv
ely
, th
e
latt
er
bein
g gi
ven
a 3-
year
con
tact
of
£18m
!!
I he
ard
Nel
l re
fer
to h
er “
who
p-p
ing
sa
lary
” w
he
n
dis
cuss
ing
Bar
ones
s S
cotla
nd.
I w
onde
r if
he f
elt
the
sam
e ab
out
the
leve
lof
Bra
nd &
Ros
s’ s
alar
y?
Rus
sell
& J
onat
han
wer
e bo
thgi
ven
a sl
ap o
n th
e w
rist
and
have
bot
h ke
pt t
heir
gain
ful
high
-pay
ing
jobs
, de
spite
bre
achi
ng c
ivil
duty
and
bei
ng r
ecom
men
ded
to r
esig
n.
I w
onde
rif
Bar
ones
s S
cotla
nd w
ill b
e gi
ven
an e
qual
ly g
en-
erou
s co
nsid
erat
ion!
DDiidd
YYoouu
KKnnooww
.........
you
shou
ld n
ot b
uy o
nlin
e un
less
you
see
http
s://.
..in
the
bro
wse
r ba
r an
d a
padl
ock
whe
n yo
u go
to th
e ch
eck
out.
The
‘s’a
t the
end
of h
ttp is
ver
y im
porta
nt a
nd in
dica
tes
the
auth
entic
iy o
f a w
ebsi
te.
The
oth
er d
ay I
boug
ht s
ome
phys
iolo
gica
l tra
iner
s,re
duce
d fr
om £
360
to £
72 -
wha
t a
barg
ain!
I u
sual
-ly
alw
ays
chec
k th
at “h
ttps
” is
in th
e br
owse
r ba
r,bu
tI w
as h
urry
ing
and
bes
ides
,the
com
pany
was
cal
led
the
trad
emar
k,so
I w
as n
ot c
once
rned
.I
orde
red
the
trai
ners
but
the
y di
d no
t ar
rive
whe
n ex
pect
ed.
I wen
t to
the
web
site
and
pre
tend
ed I
was
re-
orde
r-in
g an
d no
ticed
onl
y ht
tp:i
n th
e br
owse
r,no
pho
nenu
mbe
r,no
add
ress
.I p
anic
ked
I lo
dged
a d
ispu
te a
nd P
ayPa
l in
terc
epte
d.I
hadn
’tre
alis
ed t
he c
ompa
ny w
as i
n Ja
pan
whi
ch i
s w
hyth
ere
was
a d
elay
.I r
ecei
ved
an e
mai
l 2
days
afte
rfr
om t
he s
elle
r w
ith t
he t
rack
ing
deta
ils,s
o lu
ckily
Igo
t m
y tr
aine
rs.Y
ou m
ight
not
be
so lu
cky!
5
All
child
ren
need
love
and
pro
per
care
Man
y ch
ildre
n ha
ve b
eing
abu
sed
thro
ugho
ut th
e w
orld
.M
any
child
ren
have
bec
ome
vict
ims
of v
iole
nt c
rime.
Man
y ch
ildre
n ar
e liv
ing
a lif
e w
ithou
t hop
e.A
lot o
f chi
ldre
n ar
e liv
ing
thei
r liv
es in
fear
.Th
e ch
ildre
n th
ey d
o ne
ed o
ur lo
ve a
nd c
are.
We
need
to te
ach
them
pos
itive
thin
gs, s
o th
at a
pos
i-tiv
e lif
e th
ey a
ll w
ill li
ve.
Mot
ivat
iona
l wor
ds
we
shou
ld a
lway
s pl
ace
in th
eir m
inds
.A
nd th
e th
ings
that
we
do to
them
sh
ould
alw
ays
be s
o fr
iend
ly a
nd k
ind.
With
out t
he c
hild
ren
we
don’
t hav
e a
futu
re.
We
as a
dults
are
the
ones
that
they
look
up
to.
Rem
embe
r chi
ldre
n liv
e w
hat t
hey
lear
n;
wor
ds c
onta
in a
lot o
f pow
er a
nd s
treng
th.
And
in a
ll ca
ses,
use
wor
ds th
at w
ill g
ive
them
upl
iftm
ent a
nd h
elp.
For a
ll th
e ch
ildre
n w
ho a
re p
rese
ntly
livi
ng in
des
pair.
On
your
beh
alf,
I rea
lly c
are.
Plea
se d
on’t
kill,
hur
t, ne
glec
t, ab
use
or il
l tre
at
any
mor
e of
our
chi
ldre
n.B
ecau
se w
hen
we
hurt
and
abus
e th
em.
Who
will
be
ther
e to
love
and
pro
tect
them
?
Wri
tten:
by
Paul
Gre
enpa
ulgr
eent
hepo
et@
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o.co
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Terry
Boz
zio o
n Gr
avat
t:Th
e firs
t tim
e I
saw
Eric
play
was
at the
Key
stone
Cor
ner
in Sa
nFr
ancis
co, a
nd s
eeing
him
play
cha
nged
my
life. T
here
isn’t
— a
ndma
ybe
neve
r will
be —
any
one
who
plays
dru
ms w
ith th
at mu
ch in
tensi-
ty. I
neve
r fail
to m
entio
n Er
ic at
my cl
inics
.
I was
gre
atly d
rawn
to h
is au
ra b
ehind
the
kit. A
nd I
tried
to lea
rn e
very-
thing
that
Eric
playe
d. Hi
s app
roac
h co
mes t
hrou
gh in
my p
laying
to th
isda
y — m
ore
than
anyo
ne e
lse’s.
Way
ne S
horte
r on
Grav
att:
“Eric
was
the
one.
Miles
wan
ted h
im, b
ut he
cam
e wi
th us
in W
eathe
rRe
port.
Eric
is te
achin
g now
, and
he is
still
explo
sive w
hen h
e spe
aks.
Heha
d bo
unce
in h
is rh
ythm
that w
ould
boun
ce o
ff the
floo
r and
car
ry the
music
up to
the c
eiling
. He h
ad th
is eth
nic so
und -
the c
ontin
ent o
f Afric
a- b
ut wi
th gr
ace.
He h
as a
dign
ity a
nd th
e fla
vor o
f Afric
a, an
d of
metro
-po
litan
cities
, all w
ith th
e ele
ment
of su
rpris
e.”Bi
ll Col
e on
Grav
att:
Eric
was o
utstan
ding.
Like a
nothe
r gre
at yo
ung d
rumm
er, To
ny W
illiam
s,Gr
avatt
has
the
savv
y to
listen
to w
hat t
he s
oloist
is p
laying
and
toac
comp
any h
im in
a m
anne
r tha
t will
put t
he fir
e an
d dr
ive in
to the
solo
impr
ovisa
tion.
He a
lso d
evelo
ps w
hat C
liffor
d Th
orton
call
s a
“circl
e of
soun
d,” p
oly-rh
ythms
and
thing
s goin
g wi
th ea
ch lim
b. Gr
avatt
also
play
ed o
nly o
ne so
lo an
d it w
as fa
scina
tingly
org
anize
d. He
built
the so
lo lik
e Fra
nk Ll
oyd W
right
would
build
a ho
use,
orga
nicall
y. It’s
very
diffic
ult fo
r som
eone
who
does
n’t pl
ay th
e dru
ms to
unde
rstan
d how
a dr
umme
r coo
rdina
tes h
imse
lf - h
ow h
e’ s a
ble to
get
his le
gs a
nd h
isar
ms g
oing
in a
differ
ent d
irecti
on. T
he le
ft ha
nd sp
inning
, the
one
stick
switc
hing
from
snar
e to
high-
hat,
the ri
ght f
oot h
itting
the
other
sna
restr
aight
on. T
he le
ft foo
t hitti
ng th
e ba
ss w
ith s
till a
nothe
r tim
e an
d the
right
smas
hing
down
on
the c
ymba
l with
a g
ood
mixe
d tim
e. An
d wh
enyo
u’re
reall
y goo
d lik
e Gr
avatt
, it’s
shee
r mag
ic.W
WW
.DRU
MMER
WOR
LD.C
OM
Edwa
rd K
amau
Bra
thwa
ite
born
11
May
1930
, is
one
of the
majo
rvo
ices
in the
Car
ibbea
n lite
rary
cano
n.Br
athw
aite
is th
e 20
06 I
nter
natio
nal
Winn
er of
the G
riffin
Poetr
y Priz
e, for
his
volum
e of
poetr
y, Bo
rn to
Slow
Hor
ses.
Aho
lder o
f a P
h.D. f
rom
the U
niver
sity
of Su
ssex
and
co-
foun
der
of t
he C
aribb
ean
Artis
ts M
ovem
ent
(CAM
),Br
athwa
ite’s
name
is s
emina
l for
a lit
erar
y cri
tic, s
chola
r, or
stude
nt co
ncer
ned
with
Carib
bean
Lite
ratur
e, Hi
story
and
Cultu
re. H
e has
rece
ived b
oth th
e Gug
genh
eim an
d Fulb
right
Fello
wship
s, to
cite
only
two
of ma
ny o
ther n
otable
fello
w-6
ships
. W
inner
of
the
Neus
tadt
Int
erna
tiona
l Pr
ize f
orLit
eratu
re, th
e Bus
sa Aw
ard,
the C
asa d
e las
Amé
ricas
Priz
e,an
d the
Cha
rity R
anda
ll Priz
e for
Per
forma
nce
and
Writt
enPo
etry,
Brath
waite
has
pain
stakin
gly e
stabli
shed
him
self
asa
tour-d
e-for
ce in
not
only
the lit
erar
y arts
are
na b
ut als
o in
the a
rena
of h
istor
ical a
nd cu
ltura
l stud
ies.
Brath
waite
is n
oted
for h
is stu
dies o
f Blac
k cult
ural
life b
othin
Afric
a and
thro
ugho
ut the
Afric
an di
aspo
ras o
f the w
orld
inwo
rks s
uch
as F
olk C
ultur
e of
the S
laves
in J
amaic
a; Th
eDe
velop
ment
of Cr
eole
Socie
ty in
Jama
ica,
1770
-182
0;Co
ntrad
ictor
y Om
ens;
After
noon
of t
he S
tatus
Cro
w; a
ndHi
story
of the
Voic
e
In 19
83 B
rathw
aite
was
appo
inted
pro
fesso
r of s
ocial
and
cultu
ral h
istor
y at th
e Univ
ersit
y of th
e Wes
t Indie
s, wh
ere h
ewo
rked u
ntil 1
991.
After
retiri
ng he
spen
t som
e tim
e as a
vis-
iting p
rofes
sor in
Ame
rica,
and i
n 199
3 he b
ecam
e pro
fesso
rof
comp
arati
ve li
teratu
re a
t Ne
w Yo
rk Un
iversi
ty. A
mong
Brath
waite
’s se
vera
l awa
rds
are
the C
holm
onde
ly Aw
ard
in19
70, G
ugge
nheim
and
Fulb
right
fellow
ships
in 1
983,
and
the N
eusta
dt Pr
ize fr
om 1
994.
In his
poe
try B
rathw
aite
has
infus
ed E
urop
ean
and
Afric
aninf
luenc
es. H
e co
mbine
s sp
oken
wor
d wi
th mo
dern
ist te
ch-
nique
s, an
d ne
w sp
elling
s, an
d us
es rh
ythms
from
jazz
and
folk
music
. But
in Br
athwa
ite, p
lay w
ith w
ords
and
lingu
istic
inven
tions
are
not
a ma
nifes
tation
of s
elf-a
bsor
bed
indivi
du-
alism
or p
ostm
oder
n iro
nic a
ttitud
e tow
ard
aesth
etic
prac
-tic
es.
His
poetr
y is
a pa
rt of
the c
ollec
tive
sear
ch o
fCa
ribbe
an id
entity
and
racia
l who
lenes
s. Fe
eling
s of
root-
lessn
ess
emer
ge o
ften
from
Brath
waite
’s po
ems,
and
in an
inter
view
he ha
s con
fesse
d tha
t his
trave
ls ha
ve gi
ven h
im a
sens
e of
move
ment
and
restl
essn
ess.
(Sou
rce: w
ikipe
dia)
KAMA
U RE
GGAE
SIN
GER
– FR
ONT
COVE
R
Apr
olific
song
write
r and
a m
elodio
us si
nger,
aptl
y des
cribe
sKa
mau
whos
e de
but C
D, S
ight U
p, un
dersc
ores
his
music
alpr
owes
s. Bo
rn
Hora
ceMo
rgan
, the
sing
er w
hoha
ils
from
Na
nnyv
illeGa
rden
s, Ki
ngsto
nJa
maica
, too
k un
to him
-se
lf an A
frican
iden
tity w
ithth
e so
briqu
et,
Kam
auwh
ich
mea
ns
“Quie
tW
arrio
r”.
“My m
usic
is a m
ixtur
e. It’s
regg
ae a
t the
roo
t, bu
t Ith
ink b
ecau
se I
’m i
nflu-
ence
d by
so
many
othe
rmu
sical
genr
es, i
t has
an
identi
ty of
its o
wn. I
t has
a b
it of
ever
ything
. Dep
endin
g on
the
song
, you
’ll he
ar L
atin
soun
d,yo
u’ll h
ear r
eal A
frican
rhyth
m, a
little
pop
flav
our,
but a
ll in
7
all th
e co
re o
f it is
roots
rock
regg
ae”.
In ter
ms o
f his
appr
oach
to h
is mu
sic in
gen
eral
and
the ly
ri-ca
l con
tent in
par
ticula
r, he
reve
als th
at his
aim
is to
mak
e it
posit
ive a
nd a
s int
erna
tiona
lly c
ompe
titive
as
poss
ible.
“Firs
tan
d for
emos
t, my
mus
ic is
alway
s go
ing to
por
tray
posit
ive-
ness
, that
is the
first
criter
ia wh
en I s
it to w
rite. It
mus
t give
joy
and
inspir
ation
, tha
t is w
here
my h
ead
is. I
want
my m
usic
tobe
on
the w
orld
stage
, I w
ant it
to b
e of
a un
iversa
l stan
dard
so th
at it c
an h
ave
an a
ppea
l in E
urop
e, Ja
pan,
Afric
a an
d all
acro
ss th
e wo
rld. S
o I r
eally
write
on
that l
evel”
. Kam
au h
asgr
aced
the
stage
s of
major
regg
ae s
hows
loca
lly s
uch
asRe
bel S
alute
and
Wes
tern
Cons
cious
ness
, the
two
leadin
gro
ots
rock
fes
tivals
held
in
Jama
ica a
nnua
lly,
Regg
aeSu
nspla
sh a
nd R
egga
e Su
mfes
t, tw
o of
the b
igges
t reg
gae
festi
vals
in th
e Ca
ribbe
an,
wher
e he
pe
rform
ed
onInt
erna
tiona
l Nigh
t. Si
ght
Up,
the 1
2-tra
ck C
D wi
th thr
eebo
nus
cuts,
featu
res
Kama
u on
all l
ead
voca
ls, p
rodu
ced
byGl
en B
rown
e un
der
the
ausp
ices
of B
rown
e’s G
RRPr
oduc
tions
Com
pany
. One
of re
ggae
’s mo
st re
spec
ted m
usi-
cians
/prod
ucer
on
whos
e Isl
and
Trea
sure
Lab
el the
albu
mwa
s re
lease
d, Br
owne
exp
ress
es t
otal
confi
denc
e in
thear
tiste
and
the p
rodu
ct. “I
’ve a
sked
the A
lmigh
ty to
show
me
a tal
ent t
hat I
could
wor
k with
and
dev
elop
into
a go
od a
rtiste
that c
ould
make
a me
aning
ful co
ntribu
tion t
o the
indu
stry a
ndthe
cultu
re of
regg
ae, a
nd I s
aw th
e mak
ing of
such
an ar
tiste
in Ka
mau.
He un
derst
ands
his c
raft,
he kn
ows w
hat to
do an
dho
w to
do it.
As t
he pr
oduc
er fo
r the
albu
m Si
ght u
p, I c
an sa
ytha
t Kam
au ap
proa
ched
this
proje
ct as
a pr
ofess
ional,
and h
ede
liver
ed”.
KAMA
U KE
NYAT
TA
Pian
ist, s
axop
honis
t Kam
au K
enya
tta cu
rrentl
y res
ides i
n San
Dieg
o, CA
wher
e he
is
a lec
turer
at
the U
niver
sity
ofCa
liforn
ia’s J
azz S
tudies
Dep
artm
ent.
Orig
inally
from
Detr
oit,
his ve
rsatili
ty co
mes f
rom
his ea
rly ex
posu
re to
a va
st ar
ray o
fmu
sical
styles
. This
talen
ted p
erfor
mer-c
ompo
ser-a
rrang
er-
prod
ucer
has
wor
ked
with
jazz
grea
ts su
ch a
s Hu
bert
Laws
,Ea
rl Kl
ugh,
and
Patti
Austi
n. W
orld
tours
have
take
n Ka
mau
to ov
er 2
0 co
untrie
s an
d inc
lude
stints
with
Don
ald B
yrd,
Jesu
s Chr
ist S
uper
stars’
Carl A
nder
son,
The S
upre
mes,
New
Kids
On
The
Bloc
k an
d 90
’s hip
-hop
gro
ups
Silk
and
SWV.
Kama
u ha
s also
colla
bora
ted w
ith H
uber
t Law
s in
writin
g the
scor
e for
“Sma
ll Step
s, Bi
g St
rides
” a F
ox n
etwor
k doc
umen
-tar
y co
ncer
ning
the h
istor
y of
Afric
an-A
meric
an fi
lm. H
e ha
sals
o writt
en an
d sup
ervis
ed m
usic
for “T
he D
awn A
t My B
ack,”
a Su
ndan
ce F
ilm F
estiv
al aw
ard-
winn
ing in
terac
tive
DVD-
ROM
memo
ir.
His
most
proje
ct “C
elebr
ating
Ner
uda,”
inter
twine
s da
nce,
Latin
Ame
rican
mus
ic, a
nd th
e po
etry
of the
Chil
ean
geniu
s,Pa
blo N
erud
a.
SSSS uuuupppp
aaaatttt eeee
cccc hhhhRRRR
eeee ccccoooo
rrrr ddddssss
The
Sup
atec
h H
isto
ry
My
nam
e is
Jun
ior
Pow
ell
(abo
ve)
aka
Juni
or-P
born
May
196
3 Lo
ndon
.
I ha
d an
inte
rest
in m
usic
at
a ve
ry e
arly
age
.W
hen
I w
as in
prim
ary
scho
ol,
I w
as c
onst
ruct
ing
spea
ker
boxe
s.
Ski
lls a
nd t
ools
wer
e lim
ited,
so
I us
ed m
y in
genu
ity t
o ac
hiev
e m
y co
nstr
uctio
ns.
I ad
vanc
ed t
o pu
lling
ele
ctric
al i
tem
s ap
art
and
lear
ned
the
basi
cs o
f fa
ult
findi
ng.
My
spea
ker
boxe
s w
ere
used
on
my
(Sco
rpio
n)so
und,
and
I w
ould
buy
rec
ords
with
my
pock
etm
oney
(I u
se to
driv
e m
y pa
rent
s m
ad w
ith n
oise
).I
used
to
ask
my
pare
nts
why
the
y pl
ayed
Sam
Coo
ke,
Mar
vin
Gay
e, E
lla F
itzge
rald
and
so
on,
they
rep
lied
” W
hen
you
get
olde
r, y
ou w
ill u
nder
-st
and”
and
the
y w
ere
right
.
In m
y te
enag
e ye
ars
(14)
I s
tart
ed w
orki
ng w
ithso
unds
suc
h as
Gen
eral
Dee
, T
ishi
on H
i F
i, an
dm
any
othe
r sou
nds,
in y
outh
clu
bs a
nd p
artie
s et
c.
I w
as a
DJ/
Sin
ger
and
Sou
nd E
ngin
eer.
I to
ok a
bre
ak f
rom
the
sou
nd s
yste
m c
ircui
t, an
dre
turn
ed in
200
2 w
ith “
Sup
atec
h S
ound
” bu
ilt a
ndow
ned
by m
e.
My
inte
rest
in
mus
ic t
echn
olog
y as
sist
ed m
e to
cons
truc
t R
egga
e R
iddi
ms.
My
insp
iratio
n to
mak
em
usi
c ca
me
fr
om
wa
tch
ing
m
y co
usi
nN
evi
lle
Gri
ffith
s p
lay
keyb
oard
s an
d gu
itar.
In
the
su
mm
er
ho
li-da
ys,
I w
ould
sta
y at
my
Au
nt’s
h
ou
se,
wh
ere
N
evi
lle
wo
uld
prac
tice;
I t
ook
note
of
ever
y no
te h
e pl
ayed
, an
d w
ould
pra
ctic
e w
hat
Iha
d se
en h
im p
lay
whe
n he
was
not
usi
ng h
is k
ey-
boar
d.
On
a vi
sit
to D
addy
Ern
ies
(Kla
ssiq
ue)
reco
rdsh
op
in
Wem
bley
20
03,
I m
et
Mr.
E
mm
anue
l(R
ud
e)
Da
vie
s (a
ka
Mu
n
Mu
n
Inte
rna
tion
al
Rec
ords
).
I en
light
ened
Rud
e th
at I
wan
ted
tole
arn
mor
e ab
out
prod
ucin
g re
cord
s.
Rud
e ca
lled
me,
and
inv
ited
me
to c
ome
and
atte
nd a
rec
ordi
ng s
essi
on @
Stin
gray
Rec
ordi
ngS
tudi
o, w
ere
I w
as in
trod
uced
to
Stin
gray
sta
ff.W
e be
cam
e go
od f
riend
s an
d in
Jan
uary
200
4R
ude
gave
me
a co
py o
f hi
s re
cord
ing
of t
he “
I’mJu
st a
Guy
Rid
dim
” on
2 i
nch
reel
to
brin
g to
Jam
aica
to
wor
k w
ith.
On
the
“I’m
Jus
t a G
uy R
iddi
m”
I rec
orde
d G
eorg
eN
ooks
“Lo
ve i
s th
e so
lutio
n” w
hich
was
my
first
prof
essi
onal
rec
ordi
ng i
n K
ings
ton
Jam
aica
, w
ithth
e he
lp o
f Mar
k (T
op S
ecre
t) A
insw
orth
. O
n th
istr
ip I
als
o re
cord
ed s
ome
Rid
dim
’s w
ith M
ark.
T
his
was
the
beg
inni
ng o
f S
upat
ech
Rec
ords
.
I ha
ve
cont
inue
d to
w
ork
with
R
ude
over
th
eye
ars,
as
he is
a g
ood
frie
nd a
nd m
ento
r, a
nd h
een
cour
aged
me
to b
uild
Sup
atec
h S
tudi
o.
It w
as b
y ch
ance
tha
t I
bum
ped
into
Leo
n Le
iffer
,th
e fo
unde
r m
embe
r of
The
Bla
ckst
one’
s, i
n th
eW
est E
nd L
ondo
n ea
rly 2
007.
We
got t
alki
ng a
ndI
told
Leo
n th
at I
was
on
my
way
to
deliv
er s
ome
8
ne
w
Su
pa
tech
7
in
ch
pre
re
lea
se
(Ce
em
aR
iddi
m),
Jam
aica
n pr
ess
to P
ecki
ngs
reco
rd s
hop
in A
cton
, Le
on w
as o
n hi
s w
ay t
o m
eet
Ton
yP
hilli
ps (
Ruf
f C
ut B
and
Gui
taris
t/Pro
duce
r) t
o di
s-cu
ss h
is f
orth
com
ing
albu
m f
or J
etst
ar “
100%
Nic
enes
s”,
in H
arle
sden
.
I of
fere
d Le
on a
lift
, an
d du
ring
the
jour
ney
we
arra
nged
to
do
a
reco
rdin
g in
m
y S
upat
ech
Stu
dio.
The
Bla
ckst
one’
s w
as h
appy
with
the
out
com
e of
that
1st
reco
rdin
g, a
nd w
e ha
ve n
ot s
topp
ed w
ork-
ing
toge
ther
sin
ce.
The
aim
of
Juni
or-P
aka
Sup
atec
h R
ecor
ds i
s to
“Pro
duce
mus
ic t
hat
stan
ds t
he t
est
of t
ime”
.
Sup
atec
h R
ecor
ds r
evam
p of
the
Tre
asur
e Is
lecl
assi
c “B
reak
up
to m
ake
up”
(Hep
tone
s), i
s co
v-er
ed b
y th
e U
Ks
Tre
vor
Wal
ters
’ (a
bove
) Le
advo
cals
feat
urin
g th
e Le
gend
ry T
he B
lack
ston
eson
Har
mon
ies
JC L
odge
(bel
ow) u
tilis
es th
e B
reak
up
to m
ake
uprid
dim
with
a n
ew s
ong
“You
r S
mile
”
Bot
h T
rack
s av
aila
ble
on 7
inch
45
and
also
dow
n-lo
ad (
Juno
dow
nloa
d)9
The
se h
arm
onio
us t
rack
s ar
eU
K L
over
s R
ock
styl
e,
wh
ile
still
m
ain
tain
ing
th
e
au
the
ntic
Jam
aica
non
e dr
op r
egga
em
omen
tum
.
The
ses
trac
ks a
re a
mus
t to
hav
e in
you
r re
ggae
reco
rd c
olle
ctio
n.
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du
ced
b
y Ju
nio
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ka
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pa
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atec
h P
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M(If
you’v
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hone
who
co-
wro
te th
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72 c
lass
ic, ‘
The
Har
der T
hey
Com
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es. R
hone
wor
ked
with
dire
c-to
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rry
Hen
zell
to te
ll th
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ory
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nger
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or R
hone
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now
it a
t the
tim
e, b
ut h
e w
asa
lot l
ike
Bob
Mar
ley.
Alth
ough
he
neve
r enc
hant
edcr
owds
with
son
gs o
f fr
eedo
m a
nd r
edem
ptio
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epl
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usic
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ates
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res
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ld.
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g M
iller
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ley.c
om
10
If o
nly
I wa
s W
hite
!
by M
iche
lle B
alac
h-Ali
Oh,
Ifon
ly I
was
whi
teO
h,if
only
I w
as w
hite
Hav
e no
wor
ries o
r frig
ht
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chi
ld,f
ly a
kite
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e fa
vour
,tak
e fli
ght
Oh,
ifon
ly I
was
whi
teM
y ha
ir’s j
ust t
oo ti
ght
Just
thin
k of
my
plig
ht“G
et o
ut o
fm
y sig
ht!”
*
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ifon
ly I
was
whi
teSo
me
days
and
at n
ight
Whe
n cr
ime’s
at a
heig
htBl
ame
for m
urde
rs -
from
figh
t*
Oh,
ifon
ly I
was
whi
teI k
now
it’s
not r
ight
And
yes
,I wwaass
brig
htBu
t hea
r thi
s,“.
..er
nnoott
quite
...”
*
Oh,
ifon
ly I
was
whi
teFr
om E
ve’s
appl
e,no
bite
I wou
ld sa
ve u
s fro
m sm
iteRi
se u
p to
it,n
ot,“
mig
ht”.
*
Wh
o w
as
really t
he
Fir
st P
resi
den
t o
f th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes?
Acc
ordi
ng t
o an
ano
nym
ous
sour
ce,
Geo
rge
Was
hing
ton
was
not
the
first
Pre
side
nt o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es. I
n fa
ct, t
hefir
st P
resi
dent
of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es w
as o
ne J
ohn
Han
son.
Ano
n st
ates
: “D
on’t
go c
heck
ing
the
ency
clop
aedi
a fo
r th
isgu
y’s
nam
e - h
e is
one
of t
hose
gre
at m
en th
at a
re lo
st to
his
-to
ry. I
f you
’re e
xtre
mel
y lu
cky,
you
may
act
ually
find
a b
rief
men
tion
of h
is n
ame”
The
new
cou
ntry
was
act
ually
form
ed o
n 1
Mar
ch 1
781
with
the
adop
tion
of T
he A
rticl
es o
f C
onfe
dera
tion.
This
doc
u-m
ent w
as a
ctua
lly p
ropo
sed
on 1
1 Ju
ne 1
776,
but
not
agr
eed
upon
by
C
ongr
ess
until
15
N
ovem
ber
1777
.M
aryl
and
refu
sed
to
sign
th
is
docu
men
t un
til
Virg
inia
an
d N
ew Y
ork
cede
d th
eir
wes
tern
land
s (M
aryl
and
was
afra
idth
at th
ese
stat
es w
ould
gai
n to
o m
uch
pow
er in
the
new
gov
-er
nmen
t fro
m s
uch
larg
e am
ount
s of
land
).
Onc
e th
e si
gnin
g to
ok p
lace
in 1
781,
a P
resi
dent
was
nee
d-ed
to ru
n th
e co
untry
.Jo
hn H
anso
n w
as c
hose
n un
anim
ous-
ly b
y C
ongr
ess
(whi
ch in
clud
ed G
eorg
e W
ashi
ngto
n). I
n fa
ct,
all t
he o
ther
pot
entia
l can
dida
tes
refu
sed
to ru
n ag
ains
t him
,as
he
was
a m
ajor
pla
yer i
n th
e re
volu
tion
and
an e
xtre
mel
yin
fluen
tial m
embe
r of C
ongr
ess.
As
the
first
Pre
side
nt, H
anso
n ha
d qu
ite th
e sh
oes
to fi
ll. N
oon
e ha
d ev
er b
een
Pre
side
nt a
nd t
he r
ole
was
poo
rlyde
fined
. H
is a
ctio
ns i
n of
fice
wou
ld s
et p
rece
dent
for
all
futu
re P
resi
dent
s.H
e to
ok o
ffice
just
as
the
Rev
olut
iona
ryW
ar e
nded
. Alm
ost i
mm
edia
tely,
the
troop
s de
man
ded
to b
epa
id. A
s w
ould
be
expe
cted
afte
r any
long
war
, the
re w
ere
nofu
nds
to
mee
t th
e sa
larie
s. A
s a
resu
lt,
the
sold
iers
th
reat
ened
to
ov
erth
row
th
e ne
w
gove
rnm
ent
and
put
Was
hing
ton
on th
e th
rone
as
a m
onar
ch.
Han
son
appa
rent
ly s
ent 8
00 p
ound
s of
ste
rling
sili
ver b
y hi
sbr
othe
r Sam
uel H
anso
n to
Geo
rge
Was
ingt
on to
pro
vide
the
troop
s w
ith s
hoes
. H
anso
n, a
s P
resi
dent
, ord
ered
all
fore
ign
troop
s of
f Am
eric
an s
oil,
as w
ell a
s th
e re
mov
al o
f all
fore
ign
flags
. It i
s cl
aim
ed th
at H
anso
n es
tabl
ishe
d th
e G
reat
Sea
l of
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es,
whi
ch a
ll P
resi
dent
s ha
ve s
ince
bee
nre
quire
d to
use
on
all o
ffici
al d
ocum
ents
.P
resi
dent
Han
son
also
est
ablis
hed
the
first
Tre
asur
y D
epar
tmen
t, th
e fir
stS
ecre
tary
of
War
, an
d th
e fir
st F
orei
gn A
ffairs
Dep
artm
ent.
Last
ly,
he
decl
ared
th
at
the
four
th
Thur
sday
of
ev
ery
FFoosstt
eerriinn
gg iiss
nnoott
ffoorr tt
hhee ffaa
iinntt--hh
eeaarrtt
eeddW
hils
t ou
t sh
oppi
ng i
n m
y lo
cal
supe
rmar
ket,
my
eye
was
capt
ivat
ed,b
y a
youn
g bl
ack
girl
bei
ng r
athe
r un
ruly,
this
gir
lin
my
opin
ion
coul
d on
ly b
een
aged
aro
und
5 or
6,h
owev
erw
hat
stru
ck m
e ev
en m
ore
was
tha
t sh
e w
as a
ddre
ssin
g th
ead
ults
who
wer
e w
ith h
er,a
s m
othe
r an
d fa
ther
,but
wha
tw
as u
niqu
e w
as th
at th
e pe
ople
she
was
add
ress
ing
as m
oth-
er a
nd fa
ther
wer
e w
hite
,so
I ass
umed
the
y w
ere
her
fost
eror
her
ado
ptiv
e pa
rent
s.I n
ever
rea
lly t
houg
ht m
uch
abou
t it,
until
I sp
oke
to a
frie
ndfr
om t
he c
ity in
whi
ch I
gre
w u
p.T
his
frie
nd li
ke m
ysel
f is
blac
k,an
d he
was
als
o ad
opte
d by
a w
hite
fam
ily,a
lthou
gh h
epr
aise
d th
e w
ay h
e w
as b
roug
ht u
p he
wou
ld o
ften
conf
ide
in m
e th
e pr
oble
ms
he w
ould
hav
e in
adu
lt lif
e in
rel
atin
g to
othe
r bl
ack
peop
le a
nd a
lso
belie
ving
the
ste
reot
ypes
and
labe
ls t
hat
are
ofte
n at
trib
uted
qui
te u
nfai
rly
to m
any
of u
s.A
lthou
gh I
do n
ot w
ant
to u
nder
min
e th
e cr
edib
ility
of p
eo-
ple
bein
g pa
rent
s,I
thin
k I
can
iden
tify
the
issu
es a
nd t
heba
ckbo
ne t
o hi
s pr
oble
ms.
I sa
y w
e ne
ed t
o lo
ok a
t ou
r-se
lves
as
blac
k pe
ople
and
the
issu
e of
the
lack
of s
uffii
cent
blac
k pe
ople
com
ing
forw
ard
to b
e ad
optiv
e or
fost
er p
ar-
ents
.A
s st
ated
in t
he p
revi
ous
para
grap
h w
e m
ust
not
unde
rest
i-m
ate
the
cred
ibili
ty o
f pe
ople
bei
ng r
espo
nsib
le p
aren
ts,
how
ever
,wha
t I
mus
t qu
estio
n is
how
the
se c
hild
ren
are
deve
lopi
ng w
ithin
a m
oder
n Br
itish
Soc
iety
.H
owev
er i
nm
akin
g th
is s
tate
men
t is
im
port
ant
that
we
reco
gnis
e th
eim
port
ance
of
look
ing
at o
urse
lves
and
to
anal
yse
how
we
are
faili
ng o
ur o
wn.
All
too
ofte
n is
the
cas
e is
man
y pe
ople
who
cho
ose
to fo
s-te
r or
ado
pt y
oung
ster
s ar
e of
ten
from
whi
te m
iddl
e cl
ass
subu
rban
Bri
tain
,and
ofte
n is
the
cas
e,th
at t
hese
com
mun
i-tie
s do
not
int
erac
t w
ith m
ulti-
cultu
ral
Brita
in,a
nd i
n th
epr
oces
s le
avin
g th
ese
child
ren
with
the
lack
of i
dent
ity t
hat
is n
eede
d.A
que
stio
n I o
ften
ask
mys
elf i
s,w
ho p
repa
res
thes
e yo
ung-
ster
s w
ho a
re r
aise
d by
whi
te g
uard
ians
for
the
raci
sm t
hat
exis
ts n
ot o
nly
with
in t
he s
ocie
ty w
e liv
e in
,but
als
o th
ew
orld
at
larg
e?.
Who
will
und
erst
and
thes
e ch
ildre
n w
hen
they
con
fron
t is
sues
suc
h as
rac
ial
abus
e or
exc
lusi
on,o
rof
ten
the
isol
atio
n w
e fe
el in
som
e se
gmen
ts o
f the
soc
iety
that
we
live
in?
Who
tea
ches
the
se c
hild
ren
of t
he h
isto
ryof
bla
ck p
eopl
e as
I a
m n
ot c
onvi
nced
tha
t th
ey w
ill b
eta
ught
the
se is
sues
in s
choo
ls.
I,ha
ving
bee
n bo
rn i
n Ja
mai
ca a
nd r
aise
d in
Bri
tain
,ne
ver
cam
e ac
ross
a s
ituat
ion
in w
hich
I w
as t
augh
t ab
out
blac
kcu
lture
in s
choo
l or
colle
ge,o
r he
ard
of w
here
bla
ck c
ultu
reis
a p
art o
f the
edu
catio
n cu
rric
ulum
in m
oder
n Br
itish
soc
i-et
y.A
n is
sue
that
cau
sed
cont
rove
rsy
in o
ur m
edia
mos
t re
cent
-ly
was
pop
ido
l,M
adon
na,
adop
ting
a ch
ild f
rom
Mal
awi.
How
ever
,al
thou
gh
we
have
to
co
mm
end
her
for
the
cour
age
in d
oing
this
,we
mus
t ask
cer
tain
que
stio
ns,s
uch
as,
how
man
y bl
ack
peop
le d
oes
Mad
onna
hav
e co
min
g to
her
hous
e?
How
can
she
pre
pare
the
se c
hild
ren
for
the
issu
esth
at t
hey
will
hav
e to
fac
e as
the
y de
velo
p in
to a
dulth
ood
and
as s
tate
d in
a p
revi
ous
para
grap
h,ho
w d
oes
she
expl
ain
whe
n th
ese
child
ren
com
e ac
ross
issu
es o
f rac
ial a
buse
and
prej
udic
es t
hat
sadl
y st
ill e
xist
?I
can
rela
te t
o is
sues
of
ster
eoty
ping
and
lab
ellin
g,ha
ving
bein
g ed
ucat
ed i
n bo
ardi
ng s
choo
ls,
due
to d
iffic
ultie
s in
child
hood
.A
lthou
gh I
spen
t tim
e w
ith t
he fa
mily
on
wee
k-en
ds a
nd h
olid
ays,
my
prob
lem
s ar
ose
whe
n I l
eft
scho
ol a
tth
e ag
e of
16.
I,w
as n
ot a
ble
to r
elat
e to
cer
tain
situ
atio
ns,
not
only
in t
he w
hite
com
mun
ity,b
ut a
lso
in t
he b
lack
com
-m
unity
,and
was
ofte
n le
ft w
ith a
sen
se o
f not
bel
ongi
ng a
ny-
whe
re.
How
ever
,I d
o no
t cr
itici
ze t
he w
ay I
was
edu
cate
d,as
I ha
ve o
ften
thou
ght
that
it h
as le
ft m
e cu
ltura
lly d
iver
se,
with
an
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
tw
o cu
lture
s.A
s fo
r bl
ack
peop
le f
oste
ring
or
adop
ting
whi
te c
hild
ren,
Iam
con
fiden
t in
say
ing
that
we
are
wel
l equ
ippe
d to
do
that
,an
d th
is c
an b
e pu
t do
wn
to t
he lo
ng h
isto
ry o
f col
onia
lism
that
man
y of
us
have
com
e fr
om.
I ofte
n sa
y as
muc
h in
the
man
y de
bate
s th
at I
have
had
.M
any
of u
s ar
e cu
ltura
lly r
ich-
11
er t
han
we
care
to
thin
k,as
peo
ple
thro
ugho
ut t
he w
orld
will
kno
w e
very
thin
g th
ere
is t
oo k
now
abo
ut B
rita
in,h
ow-
ever
we
ofte
n fin
d th
at n
ativ
e Br
itain
doe
s no
t un
ders
tand
or i
n so
me
inst
ance
s w
ill n
ot m
ake
the
effo
rt t
oo u
nder
-st
and
the
peop
le o
f di
ffere
nt c
ultu
res,
even
tho
se w
ho li
veam
ongs
t th
em.
In o
ur o
wn
coun
trie
s w
e ar
e fo
rced
to
unde
rsta
nd t
he li
fest
yles
of o
ther
soc
ietie
s ju
st t
o su
rviv
e.T
he p
robl
em li
es w
ith u
s as
Bri
tons
.W
hate
ver
the
reas
ons
are
for
our
child
ren
bein
g pu
t in
the
se s
ituat
ions
,we
have
are
spon
sibi
lity
to p
rese
rve
our
iden
tity
and
inte
grity
with
inou
r cu
lture
.W
e ar
e a
cari
ng p
eopl
e,no
mat
ter
wha
t bac
kgro
und
we
have
com
e fr
om,a
nd i
t is
im
port
ant
that
we
find
mor
e pe
ople
from
our
bac
kgro
und
to ta
ke o
n th
e ro
les
of fo
ster
or
adop
-tiv
e pa
rent
s.W
e ne
ed t
o st
art
cari
ng a
bout
eac
h ot
her
and
not
only
our
ow
n bi
olog
ical
chi
ldre
n,bu
t al
l ou
r ch
ildre
n.W
e al
so n
eed
to b
e ed
ucat
ing
our
yout
h on
the
pra
ctic
e of
safe
sex
and
con
trac
eptio
n,as
we
do h
ave
a ve
ry lo
ng h
isto
-ry
of
teen
age
preg
nanc
ies
and
in s
ome
case
s cr
eatin
g an
unw
ante
d ge
nera
tion
who
will
fin
d th
emse
lves
,la
ckin
g in
iden
tity
and
cultu
re.
The
cha
lleng
es f
aced
by
man
ybl
ack
peop
le c
omin
g fo
rwar
dto
do
fost
erin
g an
d ad
optiv
e,co
uld
be t
hat
they
do
not
feel
able
to
go t
hrou
gh t
he s
trin
-ge
nt a
nd a
rduo
us p
roce
sses
,fr
om
bein
g in
vest
igat
ed
toco
mpl
ying
with
all
the
othe
rpr
oced
ures
th
at
ever
yone
who
ch
oose
s to
fo
ster
or
adop
t ha
ve t
o en
dure
.I
have
to a
gree
with
a l
ot o
f th
ese
proc
edur
es,a
s an
ybod
y w
ho is
put
in a
pos
ition
whe
re t
hey
have
to
be c
ared
for
,mus
t al
so b
e pr
otec
ted
and
we
as a
soci
ety
mus
t alw
ays
prot
ect o
ur v
ulne
rabl
e,ho
wev
er,w
e ha
spe
ople
who
com
e a
long
his
tory
of c
olon
ialis
m a
lso
have
adu
ty t
o m
aint
ain
the
inte
grity
and
sta
ndar
ds t
hat
we
have
mai
ntai
ned
with
in o
ur c
ultu
re f
or s
o lo
ng,a
nd t
hat
mus
tst
art
with
our
you
ng p
eopl
e.
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ston
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ker
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d a Co
py?
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U K
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..?
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We
subj
ect
ours
elve
s to
‘ac
oust
ic s
tart
le r
espo
nse’
each
mor
ning
we’
re r
ouse
d by
the
unp
leas
ant
soun
ds f
rom
an
alar
m c
lock
. Th
is a
buse
can
, in
the
lon
g ru
n, i
nduc
e ca
r-di
ovas
cula
r an
d di
gest
ive
dist
ress
.
We
also
bec
ome
men
tally
com
bati
ve w
hen
we’
re p
um-
mel
ed w
ith
nois
e, s
uch
that
the
Wor
ld H
ealt
h O
rgan
izat
ion
note
s ag
gres
sive
ness
as
a he
alth
ris
k of
noi
se.
Addi
tion
ally
,ot
her
cogn
itiv
e fu
ncti
ons
are
sacr
ific
ed i
n th
e pr
esen
ce o
fno
ise-
indu
ced
ange
r.
Psyc
holo
gist
Arl
ine
Bron
zaft
’s r
esea
rch
has
show
n th
at,
inth
e ca
se o
f a
scho
ol l
ocat
ed n
ext
to a
tra
in t
rack
, st
u-de
nts’
perf
orm
ance
is
ham
pere
d by
noi
se.
On
the
quie
ter
side
of
the
scho
ol,
stud
ents
per
form
ed a
t a
read
ing
leve
lhi
gher
tha
n th
e st
uden
ts o
n th
e tr
ain
side
. W
hen
mea
sure
sw
ere
take
n to
ins
ulat
e th
e no
ise-
affe
cted
stu
dent
s, t
heir
perf
orm
ance
eve
ned
out.
Beyo
nd t
his,
str
oke
vict
ims
have
als
o be
en r
epor
ted
toha
ve i
ncre
ased
vis
ual
awar
enes
s w
hen
liste
ning
to
pre-
ferr
ed m
usic
, an
d su
rger
y pa
tien
ts h
ave
repo
rted
less
pai
nw
hile
lis
teni
ng t
o na
ture
sou
nds.
The
take
away
? T
ake
mea
sure
s to
cal
m y
our
min
d an
d bo
dyby
usi
ng m
ore
soot
hing
sou
nds
to w
ake
you
up in
the
mor
n-in
g. A
nd w
hene
ver
poss
ible
, tr
y dr
owni
ng o
ut n
oise
by
lis-
teni
ng t
o so
met
hing
ple
asan
t. Y
our
brai
n w
ill t
hank
you
!
The
Voic
e of
Hea
lth
DO
YO
U H
AVE
ALL
YOU
R C
OPI
ES?
(Ext
ract
ed) B
y: F
loyd
O. W
ilson
(S
epte
mbe
r, 20
09)
Ane
w d
ay a
noth
er b
arrie
r is
bro
ken.
The
Ste
rn S
choo
l of
Bus
ines
s at
New
Yor
k U
nive
rsity
, on
e of
the
pre
mie
r bu
si-
ness
sch
ools
in th
e na
tion,
has
turn
ed to
an
econ
omic
s pr
o-fe
ssor
at
Stan
ford
Uni
vers
ity,
who
is a
lso
blac
k, a
s its
new
dean
.
Pet
er B
lair
Hen
ry, a
Jam
aica
-bor
n R
hode
s S
chol
ar, m
oves
toN
YU
in
Janu
ary
2010
fro
m S
tanf
ord,
whe
re h
e’s
curr
ently
hold
ing
the
post
of
K
onos
uke
Mat
sush
ita
Pro
fess
or
ofE
cono
mic
s. H
e’ll
be N
YU
’s fi
rst b
lack
bus
ines
s sc
hool
dea
n.
Hen
ry ta
kes
over
at t
he s
choo
l with
5,7
00 s
tude
nts
at a
diff
i-cu
lt tim
e, w
ith m
any
peop
le q
uest
ioni
ng th
e m
issi
on o
f bus
i-ne
ss s
choo
ls a
fter
last
yea
r’s f
inan
cial
cra
sh,
whi
ch m
any
now
bel
ieve
was
cau
sed
in p
art
by g
reed
am
ong
busi
ness
lead
ers.
Hen
ry jo
ined
Sta
nfor
d as
an
assi
stan
t pro
fess
or o
f eco
nom
-ic
s in
199
7. B
etw
een
2000
and
200
1 he
was
a N
atio
nal
Fello
w a
t the
Hoo
ver I
nstit
utio
n, a
nd in
200
1-20
06 h
e he
ld a
nE
arly
C
AR
EE
R
Dev
elop
men
t Aw
ard
from
th
e N
atio
nal
Sci
ence
Fou
ndat
ion.
Mos
t re
cent
ly, h
e w
as a
ppoi
nted
by
Pre
side
nt O
bam
a to
the
Pre
side
ntia
l Com
mis
sion
on
Whi
teH
ouse
Fel
low
s.
An
auth
or o
f num
erou
s ar
ticle
s an
d bo
ok c
hapt
ers,
Hen
ry is
best
kno
wn
for
a se
ries
of p
ublic
atio
ns in
the
thre
e fla
gshi
pjo
urna
ls o
f the
Am
eric
an E
cono
mic
Ass
ocia
tion
that
ove
rturn
conv
entio
nal w
isdo
m o
n th
e to
pics
of d
ebt r
elie
f, in
tern
atio
n-al
cap
ital
flow
s, a
nd t
he r
ole
of i
nstit
utio
ns i
n ec
onom
icgr
owth
. He
is c
urre
ntly
writ
ing
a bo
ok fo
r O
xfor
d U
nive
rsity
Pre
ss.
Bor
n in
Jam
aica
, Pet
er b
ecam
e a
U.S
. citi
zen
in 1
986.
His
wife
, Li
sa J
. N
elso
n, r
ecei
ved
her
BA
and
MD
fro
m Y
ale
Uni
vers
ity. S
he is
a c
hild
psy
chia
trist
. The
y ha
ve fo
ur s
ons:
Chr
istia
n B
lair,
Lan
gsto
n A
lexa
nder
, H
ayde
n M
ontg
omer
y,an
d H
arris
on E
lber
t.13
US B
usin
ess
Scho
olUS
Bus
ines
s Sc
hool
Gets
1st
Bla
ck D
ean
Gets
1st
Bla
ck D
ean
THE
PEA
CE
DEL
USI
ON
(Alit
tle b
it of
hist
ory b
y MKh
umbu
lani)
Ther
e is
nothi
ng o
f sub
stanc
e or
ig-ina
l abo
ut Ge
orge
W. B
ush
II, the
Pres
ident
of the
Unit
ed S
tates
Of
Amer
ica v
ia th
e U.
S. S
upre
meCo
urt.
In 19
47, R
ussia
’s Zh
adan
ovlai
d do
wn th
e pr
incipl
e tha
t “Al
l thos
e wh
o ar
e no
t with
us a
reag
ainst
us”,
which
ush
ered
in th
e inf
amou
s Co
ld W
ar th
enbe
twee
n Ea
st an
d W
est.
One
of t
he im
pend
ing fa
ctors
in the
Midd
le Ea
st of
1947
betw
een t
he U
nited
Stat
es an
d the
Sov
ietUn
ion w
as th
e esta
blish
ment
of a J
ewish
Stat
e in P
alesti
ne by
partit
ion, w
hich i
nitial
ly wa
s not
favou
red b
y Gre
at Br
itain.
The
Britis
h Go
vern
ment
rese
nted
the A
meric
ans
aggr
essiv
enes
san
d inf
luenc
e in
the
Midd
le Ea
st.
The
Britis
h Hi
ghCo
mmiss
ion c
losed
its
door
imme
diatel
y an
d ev
acua
ted it
stro
ops i
n 19
48.
In its
mov
e of a
id, th
e U.S
. Gov
ernm
ent, t
hrou
gh an
oper
ation
of the
Ban
k of W
ashin
gton E
xpor
t-Imp
ort, g
rante
d a lo
ng-te
rmloa
n of
US$
100m
to th
e ne
wly c
reate
d Je
wish
Stat
e. D
uring
the 19
50-5
2 Midd
le Ea
st wr
angli
ng fo
r sup
rema
cy, B
en G
urion
made
his b
ed w
ith th
e Unit
ed S
tates
Gov
ernm
ent.
He of
fered
milita
ry all
iance
whic
h wo
uld g
ive th
em a
key
inter
est i
n the
exist
ence
of
Israe
l. T
he U
nited
Stat
es w
ere
given
car
tebla
nche
whic
h gu
aran
teed
Israe
l tota
l pro
tectio
n fro
m all
its
Arab
neig
hbou
rs. S
ince
then,
coun
tless
war
s and
incu
rsion
sha
ve ha
ppen
ed be
twee
n Isra
el an
d all t
he A
rabs
arou
nd th
em.
The e
arlie
st rig
ht-wi
ng ex
tremi
st Je
wish
Irgu
n and
Lehi
grou
psca
rried
out
nume
rous
dea
dly a
ttack
s on
Syri
a, Le
bano
n,Eg
ypt,
and
Jord
an.
Ther
e wa
s on
e ins
tance
whe
n an
Isra
elico
mman
do p
arty
syste
matic
ally
mass
acre
d all
254
men
,wo
men,
and
child
ren
in an
Ara
b vil
lage
of De
ir Yas
sin w
ith fu
llkn
owled
ge of
the U
nited
Nati
ons a
fter t
he fa
ct. O
ver t
he ye
ars
the A
rabs
hav
e sh
own
cons
isten
cy o
f inc
ohes
ivene
ss a
s to
what
their
colle
ctive
goa
ls an
d ob
jectiv
es a
re fo
r pea
ce a
ndpr
ospe
rity a
mong
st the
mselv
es, b
efore
they
can
coex
ist w
iththe
ir Zio
nist n
eighb
ours.
Wha
t the
Unit
ed S
tates
and
the
rest
of the
wor
ld sh
ould
unde
rstan
d, is
that a
Zion
ist S
tate
cann
otex
ist to
tality
with
out t
he e
xisten
ce o
f a P
alesti
nian
State
with
its o
wn e
lected
gov
ernm
ent a
nd a
ssur
ed a
utono
my.
The
name
“Zion
ism” h
as a
cquir
ed a
neg
ative
mea
ning
for th
eAr
abs
throu
ghou
t the
Midd
le Ea
st, w
hich
in its
elf e
mana
tesco
lonial
ism do
mina
tion.
Isra
el is
seen
as an
aggr
essiv
e mod
-er
n da
y co
nque
ror w
ith a
n ev
il eye
for A
rab
lands
. Ho
w ca
nyo
u pu
rsue
peac
e wi
th the
Pale
stinia
ns b
y un
derm
ining
their
electe
d Par
liame
nt, as
sass
inatio
n of le
ader
s, wa
nton k
illing
ofPa
lestin
ian c
hildr
en u
nder
the
prete
xt of
self-p
rese
rvatio
n?Ya
sser
Ara
fat w
as v
ilified
by
succ
essiv
e Isr
aeli g
over
nmen
tsan
d ba
cked
by t
he U
nited
Stat
es a
s a h
indra
nce
to me
aning
-ful
pea
ce n
egoti
ation
s. W
ell a
fter A
rafat
, it is
now
the
Hama
s
14
who
are
a gr
eater
thre
at to
Israe
l sec
urity
and
stab
ility
in the
regio
n. Th
is sla
te-of-
hand
game
by th
e Isra
eli ca
n foo
l no s
en-
sible
onloo
ker a
s to
exac
tly w
hat is
their
real
inten
tion,
but t
ose
t the
mselv
es u
p as
a s
upre
me ru
ler o
ver t
he e
ntire
Ara
bwo
rld.
Their
com
atose
Arie
l Sha
ron,
whos
e inf
amou
s “U
nit10
1”
killed
cou
ntles
s Ar
abs
on th
epr
etex
t of
re
prisa
ls ag
ainst
Pales
tinian
atta
cks
inside
Isra
el se
t-tle
ments
, beli
ed th
e rea
l und
erbe
lly of
his r
uthles
snes
s. S
haro
n, the
co-
found
er o
f the
Righ
twing
Liku
d Pa
rtywi
th the
late
Mena
chem
Beg
in (le
ft),
also s
hare
d Beg
in’s v
ision
of a
biblic
alow
nersh
ip by
Isra
el of
both
sides
of t
he Jo
rdan
rive
r.
The i
ntens
ity of
Jewi
sh se
ttleme
nt un
der S
haro
n’s re
gime,
and
now
unde
r its
curre
nt lea
ders
will
neve
r acc
ommo
date
any
real
peac
e an
d se
lf-go
vern
men
t fo
r th
e Pa
lestin
ians.
Shar
on’s
last ‘W
ill an
d Te
stame
nt’wi
ll ser
ve a
ll futu
re p
olicie
sby
the Z
ionist
Stat
e in f
ulfilli
ng to
tal co
ntrol
of Pa
lestin
e by a
nyme
ans
nece
ssar
y. Is
rael’
s o
utrag
e of
Arab
free
dom
fighte
rsbe
ing c
alled
terro
rist,
is a
delus
ion o
f the
ir pa
st an
d pr
esen
tco
vert
actio
ns.
It ha
s be
en d
ocum
ented
that
Israe
l for
yea
rsthr
ough
its S
ecre
t Ser
vice,
killed
activ
istan
d off
icials
of t
he P
alesti
nians
as
farba
ck a
s 19
72.
Exp
losive
s pla
ced
inGh
assa
n Ka
nafan
i’s ca
r kille
d bo
th him
(left)
and h
is yo
ung n
iece i
n July
1972
inBe
irut.
Will
the Is
raeli
s ad
mit t
o the
intro
ducti
on o
f lett
er b
ombs
and
dea
dlypo
ison t
hey u
sed o
ver t
he ye
ars a
gains
tthe
se p
eople
?
Whe
neve
r the
Pale
stinia
ns re
taliat
e the
y ar
e sh
own
to the
world
as t
erro
rists
throu
gh th
e ey
es o
f the
Unit
ed S
tates
. It
iscle
ar a
s pu
re c
rystal
wate
r tha
t the
Isra
eli o
ccup
ation
of t
heW
est B
ank
and
Gaza
Strip
is a
con
tentio
n tha
t will
not g
oaw
ay. W
ashin
gton’s
amb
ivalen
ce o
nly e
ncou
rage
s Isr
ael t
ocir
cumv
ent a
ll ave
nues
for a
peac
eful s
olutio
n. A
bsen
tee A
rab
land
owne
rs of
vast
hecta
res
of lan
ds s
ince
the 1
967
Arab
-Isr
aeli
war w
hose
nam
es a
re o
n Zio
nist P
olice
regis
ters
are
prev
ented
from
retur
ning
to the
ir rig
htful
prop
erty.
The
Isra
eliha
ve i
nstitu
ted
colon
isatio
n of
fice
in th
e W
est
Bank
,Je
rusa
lem, G
olan
Heigh
ts, G
aza
Strip
, Rafa
h, an
d Si
nai.
For
deca
des
Pales
tinian
s ha
ve b
een
scatt
ered
in re
fugee
cam
psall
over
the M
iddle
East
unab
le to
retur
n to t
heir r
ightfu
l hom
e,un
der h
orrib
le co
nditio
ns a
nd th
e Un
ited
Natio
n se
em to
be
emas
culat
ed on
the i
ssue
, inclu
ding t
he H
uman
Righ
ts wa
tch-
dog.
I am
full
y co
nvinc
ed t
hat
this
beha
viour
by
all t
he k
ey w
hite
coun
tries o
f this
pea
ce in
itiativ
e is
to c
onsp
ire a
gains
t all
eth
nicra
ces
outsi
de t
he A
nglo-
Saxo
n
cultu
re.
The
Arab
s an
d the
Afric
ans
shar
e a
comm
on g
ene,
we m
istru
st ou
rselve
s an
d o
ur le
ader
ship
has
alway
s be
ende
struc
tive
to the
peo
ple w
ho g
ave
them
powe
r. Ju
st pe
ekins
ide a
ll Afric
an le
ader
ship
and
you
will d
iscov
er th
e un
der-
belly
of c
entur
ies fie
ld sla
ve vs
hou
se sl
aves
men
tality
.
Harry
S. T
ruma
n, the
33r
dPr
eside
nt of
the U
nited
Stat
es in
a19
47 d
iary
that w
as d
iscov
ered
in h
is pr
eside
ntial
libra
ry,wr
ote th
at the
Jews
often
expe
ct ‘sp
ecial
trea
tmen
t’and
do no
tca
re h
ow m
any
other
ethn
ic gr
oups
get
killed
or m
istre
ated.
Quite
fran
kly th
ere
is tre
mend
ous
accu
racy
to th
is re
cord
edob
serva
tion
since
esta
blish
ment
of thi
s Zio
nist
State
. The
Wes
t has
certa
inly g
iven t
he Is
raeli
ever
y pos
sible
reso
urce
tosu
bject
the A
rabs
to s
ub-h
uman
and
repr
essiv
e inc
ursio
n on
territo
rial r
ights.
The
truth
that
is no
t kn
own
to mo
st fun
da-
menta
list d
iscipl
es of
the K
ing Ja
mes B
ible,
is tha
t the J
ews o
fPa
lestin
e re
sorte
d to
extre
me a
cts o
f ter
roris
m to
drive
the
Britis
h ou
t of t
he M
iddle
East.
It
is ab
solut
ely il
logica
l and
twist
ed re
ason
ing w
hen t
he Is
raeli
Arm
y mur
dere
d Pale
stinia
nciv
ilians
, esp
ecial
ly ch
ildre
n an
d sa
y it
is se
lf-defe
nse
and
pres
erva
tion
of a
biblic
al ch
osen
peo
ple.
Chos
en b
y who
m?
Wha
t abo
ut the
othe
r ethn
ic ra
ces o
f this
plane
t who
se fe
ature
s ar
e no
t whit
e. S
tereo
typed
judg
ment
have
bee
n lev
eled
at na
tions
of d
arke
r co
lor, n
amely
the
Afric
ans
and
Arab
s wh
o by
hist
orica
l gen
eric
eman
ated
from
the sa
me or
igins
. Arg
umen
ts su
ch as
care
lessn
ess,
lazine
ss,
inabil
ity to
gov
ern,
a pr
open
sity
to ca
nniba
lise
each
othe
rthr
ough
gen
ocide
. Ch
ristia
ndom
love
d to
expr
ess t
he T
welve
Tribe
s of J
acob
and c
onve
nientl
y ign
ored
the T
welve
Pric
es of
Ishma
el wh
ose d
esce
ndan
ts ow
n a va
st am
ount
of the
wor
ld’s
oil.
Bibli
cal t
each
ings
spok
e of
the d
esce
ndan
ts of
Isaac
enter
ed in
to Ca
naan
(Ara
bia),
the la
nd fl
owing
with
“milk
and
hone
y”.
Can
those
Ang
lo-Sa
xons
who
pre
sentl
y oc
cupie
d the
Unit
eSt
ates
say
it is
their
land
by a
bibl
ical p
romi
sed
by J
ehov
ah.
Spain
, Fra
nce,
Portu
gal,
Grea
t Brita
in, a
nd R
ome
used
todiv
ide th
e Res
t of T
he W
orld
as th
eir pe
rsona
l real
estat
e. Th
etra
ding
of hu
man
carg
oes b
etwee
n the
se p
ower
s was
stric
tlyfor
com
merci
al ga
in.
The
pres
ent o
rches
tratio
n by
pre
sent
days
Sup
erpo
wers
is de
finite
ly to
main-
tain
their
grip
on th
e re
st of
the w
orld’
sre
sour
ces.
Ser
fdom
is be
ing re
pack
-ag
ed a
nd m
arke
ted
by t
he W
orld
Trad
e Or
ganis
ation
(WTO
) to
cre
ate
etern
al sw
eat
shop
s for
Thir
d W
orld
econ
omies
. Th
ese
manip
ulator
s are
so cl
ever
that
they h
ave
recru
ited
memb
ers
with
an A
frican
face
and
plac
e the
m in
pres
tigiou
s pos
ts wi
thout
any r
eal p
ower
simi
lar to
the d
ays o
fan
ove
rseer
on
the p
lantat
ion d
uring
Slav
ery.
Khum
bulan
i59@
yaho
o.com
(by M
.Khu
mbula
ni)Th
is ar
ticle
was s
ubmi
tted
by a
n ind
epen
dent
write
r and
doe
s not
nece
ssar
ilyre
pres
ent t
he th
ough
ts, id
eolog
y or v
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