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24-05-2012 05:21 Dreadsquad & Lady Chann - "Money ah dem god" taken from the album "The Riddim Machine" (Superfly Studio 2012) Directed by: Marek Bogda?ski Filmed by: Adam Roso?owski Animated by: Marek Bogda?ski, Kasia Wilk Edited by: Adam Roso?owski, Marek Bogda?ski Graphics by: Merek Bogda?ski, Ewelina Pokora more info about the album: Artist: Dreadsquad Title: The Riddim Machine Format: CD / 12" / Digital download Genre: Reggae / Digital / Dancehall / Dubstep / Ska / Rocksteady Label: Superfly Studio Cat. No.: SF012 Release Date: 10.03.2012 Illustrations: Kasia Wilk / Artwork: Superfly Design Dreadsquad's output has been prolific but always full of quality. To date, they have released four mixtapes and two albums, in 2005 and 2009, and nine singles between 2009 and 2012, covering an array of genres through both the original tracks and the remixes, cooperating with Reggae and Hip Hop artists from all over the World. As well as performing hundreds of gigs in Poland, they have also played all around Europe and North America. Early 2012 kicks off with yet a new release, delivering nothing but top quality with 16 tunes as varied as they come! Indeed, The Riddim Machine is as colorful as you may expect it from the lineup of the featured artistes: True blue Jamaicans such as the "Deejay Daddy" U Brown, Ward 21, Perfect Giddimani and Scarra Mucci are as well representing as Germany's Ska and Dancehall veteran Dr. Ring ...

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24-05-2012 14:35 BEATPORT: // ITUNES: A-Trak is a DJ hero, scratching his way through the world's biggest festivals, sold out club shows, and even stadiums both solo and as half of disco house titans Duck Sauce. Along with his acclaimed remixes and original productions, he's also co-founder of Fool's Gold, the trendsetting independent record label. Dillon Francis is one of dance music's boldest young guns, dropping the bass on high-profile remixes for the likes of Calvin Harris and Flux Pavillion, not to mention his own signature tracks on Mad Decent and OWSLA. These two club kings have teamed up for the first time on "Money Makin," an irresistible summer jam out May 22nd via Fool's Gold. Get the pool party started...

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24-05-2012 20:22 Young Money 101 - 3 Days Directed, Shot & Edited Peter G Booth Digital Pimpin Media 2012

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By Cain Burdeau, The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS - The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions seven days a week and instead plans to offer three printed issues a week starting in the fall. The change means New Orleans would become the largest metro area in the nation without a daily newspaper in the digital age.

The changes announced Thursday were combined with similar moves at three major Alabama daily newspapers also owned by the Newhouse family group's Advance Publications. The Birmingham News, the Press-Register in Mobile and The Huntsville Times will switch to publishing three days a week as part of a new focus on online news. At all four papers, there will be unspecified staff cuts. All four papers will continue to publish continuously on their websites, and online access will remain free.

Newspapers have struggled in recent years as consumers increasingly get their news online. Print advertising declined as the economy went into recession, and newspapers have yet to learn how to make online advertising as profitable as its printed counterpart.

"For us, this isn't about print versus digital, this is about creating a very successful multi-platform media company that addresses the ever-changing needs of our readers, our online users and our advertisers," said Advance Publications' president of local digital strategy, Randy Siegel, in an interview with The Associated Press. "This change is not easy, but it's essential for us to remain relevant."

Siegel didn't say how much money the reduced print runs in Louisiana and Alabama would save, nor how many staff members would be laid off or hired in the new online units.

"To get good quality information is not cheap," said Jennifer Greer, chair of the journalism department at the University of Alabama. "What you are seeing is people trying to figure out a business model that works in a digital age."

The decision was met with sadness by some residents in New Orleans, where The Times-Picayune won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Staffers continued reporting despite being forced out of the newspaper's offices amid widespread flooding and power outages.

The storm drove away thousands of residents, some of whom never came back. The city and its newspaper struggled to recover in the years since.

The paper was a lifeline for the Southern, working-class city, providing government announcements, obituaries, Carnival and scoops on local corruption, said Cheron Brylski, a 53-year-old New Orleans-based political consultant. Not having the paper every day is like losing a sports team, she said.

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by: Rev. Rich Lang

A guy came up to me on the street, begging. He was a young guy and appeared to be physically healthy, although living on the streets can both break down your physical and mental health rather quickly. He wanted some spare change. So rather than just reach in my pocket for coins, I chatted with him a bit. One of my standard lines is to call attention to Real Change as a quick way to start making some money so that one can have a positive springboard to get back into life. But he didnt want to sell papers, he just wanted some money. So I asked him his age and he began to tell me bits about his hard-living, hard-knocks life.

Thats certainly a pattern. After all, kids dont grow up wanting to be homeless and beg spare change for a living. As we proceeded to chat, we talked about shelter options and employment options. Admittedly, all the options were slim pickings, but he really wasnt too invested in trying. He was defeated, discouraged, and really all he wanted was some spare change. That was his life now. We the people were ATM machines from which he hoped he could score just enough coinage to suck some beers down his throat and maybe find a place to lay his head.

And yes, I gave him some spare change. I find that if I simply look away, dont bother communicating, never take the homeless beggar seriously, then its easy to simply say no and walk away. But once I engage, actually chat a bit, its a lot harder to send another away with nothing but the words good luck or God bless.

Poverty never quits. Its bad enough to be born in a family and environment of hard living and hard knocks, and its increasingly bad to try to get work when there isnt much, to try to rent a room when there arent any, and, for a guy, to try to get a girl when youve got little but your increasingly banged-up looks to offer. Poverty of material goes hand-in-hand with poverty of spiritual means. Its increasingly difficult to maintain ones dignity as a bearer of Gods image when folks look at you like a worm. Its hard to believe that the sun will rise

tomorrow when everything in your vision is dusk or dark. Its almost impossible to believe that life is good when every moment is a struggle to survive, a struggle to escape violence and a struggle simply to eat, sleep and sit in safety. Beer helps, but its also addictive and diminishes ones capacity to hope.

Which is worse: poverty of stuff or poverty of spirit? Actually its a nonsensical question because they are two sides of the same coin. What we need are new coins that offer better options.

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When you look carefully at panhandling, there’s another side to the coin