COREY TODD DEBUTS YAAD STOUT, DRINK TO BE PROMOTED BY AIDONIA & BEENIE MAN

Successful American businessman, Corey Todd has struck gold again this summer with the impending debut of his latest product, Yaad Stout. The new drink comes two months after Todd unveiled his new rum brand, Yaad Swag, featuring endorsements by self-proclaimed, King of The Dancehall, Beenie Man of said product.

Yaad Stouts marketing campaign will be centered on Todds newest business partner & J.O.P deejay, Aidonia who signed a management deal with the American entrepreneur last month. Aidonia expressed his pleasure regarding the quality of the Yaad Stout brand; telling the Jamaica STAR, Its a quality product. Mi nah just seh dat cause I am a part of it. Yesterday the whole day we a drink it. It kinda taste good, sweet taste, nuh too bitter.

Additionally, the Summer Sun deejay intimated that this new endorsement deal will help take his career to new heights. It means a lot cause over the years we been in the business and the first we a get dem kinda endorsement deal ya so is a good look for Aidonia as a brand, not just as an artiste. Right now a just one positive movement and thought toward the business side of the thing.

Aidonia, whos not known to be a commercialized artiste, will be promoting Yaad Stout in upcoming songs & ads and has supreme confidence in his ability to endorse Todds new drink. Over the years dem always seh Aidonia have a strong underground market which is the streets. So wi know seh di yute dem rate wi and wi have it lock inna di street, so wi know seh we ago do good there so cause is a street product at the end of the day. But we ago tek it pon the commercial side also. So while me get bigger commercially a so di product a get bigger too. We ago do good man cause the yute dem a wait pon it, Aidonia implied.

Meanwhile, Corey Todd explained that Yaad Stout is an extension of the Yaad brand & suggests that having Aidonia & Beenie Man on board to promote these drinks will help to cover different target markets in order to expand their product outreach. Beenie Man is the King of the Dancehall and Aidonia is the most promising deejay right now out of Jamaica. He has the younger fans, so its only right. I have the King of Dancehall here and he covers a big fan base and we have the future here with Aidonia, Todd suggested. Furthermore, Todd intimated that different faces will appear on the Yaad Stout cover to bring variety to the brand.

Todd has high expectations for Yaad Stout & its possible impact on the Dancehall genre. We plan to do a lot of exports and this is an easier product to export instead of rum, and Yaad Swag is about to begin export outside of Jamaica. Its just a good look for dancehall, a product that will be giving back to dancehall artistes and giving back to the industry as well, Todd stated. Yaad Stout will debut on Jamaican shelves next week while talks are ongoing regarding international expansion of the brand; exporting the drink to different countries.

In the meantime, Aidonia is planning to revive his J.O.P clothing line & claimed he would be starting off with Bad People t-shirts for men & women. The Jackhammer lyricist claims hes excited with the direction his career is headed as attempts to elevate his status within Dancehalls ranks. Its great. Over the years we always had the talent and we always had the songs but we just never had the right network to push the songs out there. So since the recent movement, whole heap a people a jump on board. Mi know seh great things ago happen. Mi ago just work hard in the studio and mek the management handle the rest. Just mek the people dem look out cause we a come hard at dem. Musical vitamin mi seh, one a day. The take ova it name enuh cause the people dem seh it want a makeover, Aidonia told the STAR.

Aidonia has released a slew of summer hit singles such as Summer Sun, Caribbean Girl, & Miss Your Touch. Videos for Caribbean Girl & Miss Your Touch, are coming soon according to the deejay.

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In a rare footage of Corey Todd, the rising dancehall mogul take a few jabs at Vybz Kartel, more popularly known as the bleacher.

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Dance moves in Jamaica are getting crazier by the day.iriewaiters learned that a new dance Daggering Wrestling is the new craze.

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VP records' A&R was shot last night.

Joel Chin, long-time A&R manager for VP records, was shot and killed at his Stony Hill home last night, Tuesday, August 16^th. Details are still sketchy and a motive for his murder has not yet been determined. The thirty five year old Chin was the grandson of Vincent & Pat Chin, co founders of VP Records. Chin had relocated to Jamaica some two years ago after spending several years working out of VPs Queens, New York office.

As A & R manager of VP Records he was integrally involved in the release of some of their biggest hits including the Reggae Gold and Strictly the Best series, 'Parables' and 'Contagious' by Tarrus Riley, 'No Holding Back' by Wayne Wonder, 'Moment in Time' by Beres Hammond and many more. He was well entrenched in the VP Records organization and made a strong contribution that helped elevate several young artistes to the next level in their music careers. He has been credited for signing Sean Paul to the VP which album turned out to be a tremendous success for the company selling over 7 million units. He will be sadly missed.

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THEY are anything but subtle, the group of about 30 males who gather regularly by the side of the road in the heart of New Kingston on Friday and Saturday nights, their voices as loud as their thick make-up, wigs, tight jeans, 'belly-skin' baby tees and body suits.

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US base producer Dre Skull, the brain behind Vybz Kartel latest LP Kingston Story, has opened up about working with the Portmore Empire boss and producing dancehall beats.

In a recent interview with MTViggy, Skull said his first single with the self proclaim WorlBoss was done in 2009 on his Mixpak records label.

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THE push by the gay lobby Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) to air a public service announcement (PSA) encouraging families to embrace homosexual members may not see the light of day.

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Platinum-selling rapper Eminem is finally getting some well deserved respect in the rap game after he crowned King of Hip-Hop by Rolling Stone magazine.

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Dancehall diva Macka Diamonds car was unfortunately broken into and vandalize while she performed at the Louise Bennett theatre in Kingston on Sunday (Aug 14).

According to the deejay, whose real name is Charmaine Munroe, several important documents as well as bank cards was inside the vehicle.

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As aid groups increase food delivery to Somalia refugees fleeing the famine are streaming into neighbouring Kenya, where they tell heartbreaking tales.

Almost 12 million people are affected by the drought in the Horn of Africa.

While delivery of food aid to famine-torn Somalia is gaining momentum, little is getting to those in the worst-affected areas.

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DARPAs (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Falcon Hypersonic Technology 

An unmanned military plane billed as the "fastest aircraft ever built" crashed into the Pacific Ocean today (Aug. 11) after a malfunction caused it to stop sending signals while flying at more than 20 times the speed of sound, military officials said.

The flying prototype, called the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2), plunged into the ocean after shifting into a mode that allows it to fly Mach 20, or about 13,000 mph, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which oversaw the test flight.

The rocket-launched vehicle is part of an advanced weapons program, called Conventional Prompt Global Strike, which is working to develop systems of reaching an enemy target anywhere in the world within one hour. It blasted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:45 a.m. PDT (1445 GMT). [Photos: DARPA Hypersonic Glider's Mach 20 Test]

"More than nine minutes of data was collected before an anomaly caused loss of signal," DARPA officials explained in a statement. "Initial indications are that the aircraft impacted the Pacific Ocean along the planned flight path."

The update means that today's Falcon HTV-2 test flight, the second performed by DARPA, lasted longer than the project's first flight in April 2010. That first flight lasted nine minutes and ended when an earlier hypersonic vehicle detected an anomaly and also crashed itself into the ocean.

"Here's what we know," said Air Force Maj. Chris Schulz, DARPA HTV-2 program manager, in a statement. "We know how to boost the aircraft to near space. We know how to insert the aircraft into atmospheric hypersonic flight." [10 Military Aircraft that Never Made it Past the Test Phase]

DARPA officials said that according to telemetry from today's HTV-2 flight, the hypersonic vehicle separated from its Minotaur 4 rocket booster as planned, then shifted into the proper configuration for Mach 20 flight a major feat.

What happens next, though, is a mystery.

"We do not yet know how to achieve the desired control during the aerodynamic phase of flight," Schulz said. "It's vexing; I'm confident there is a solution. We have to find it."

The Falcon HTV-2 aircraft is a wedge-shaped plane equipped with thrusters and aerosurfaces designed to provide control during hypersonic flight. It is built to withstand extreme heating since the flying at Mach 20 can subject it to temperatures of up to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit, according to DARPA officials, who called it the fastest flying vehicle ever constructed.

"To address these obstacles, DARPA has assembled a team of experts that will analyze the flight data collected during today's test flight, expanding our technical understanding of this incredibly harsh flight regime," Schulz said. "As today's flight indicates, high-Mach flight in the atmosphere is virtually uncharted territory."

To reach hypersonic speeds, the HTV-2 launched into suborbital space atop a Minotaur rocket. The vehicle then popped free of the booster and re-entered Earth's atmosphere.

During today's test flight, DARPA scientists expected the HTV-2 aircraft to use small rocket thrusters to control its re-entry, then pitch itself up to increase altitude and control. After that, the vehicle was expected to enter a long glide phase in order to perform a set of preprogrammed maneuvering tests while flying at about 13,000 mph.

Once those tests were complete, the vehicle was expected to crash itself into the ocean to end the mission. But during the actual flight, ground stations lost contact with the HTV-2 vehicle earlier than planned.

An engineering review board to analyze that data in order to help shape future global strike programs, DARPA officials said.

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Nicki Minaj took her lap dance out of retirement just for Drake on the weekend.

After pleading to Nicki Minaj for some attention last week, Drake got what he asked for this weekend during Britney Spears Femme Fatale tour stop in his hometown of Toronto on Saturday (Aug. 13).

While it seems Nicki Minaj sealed the deal with a kiss, she took to Twitter shortly  after to discredit any misconceptions.

And NO. We did NOT kiss, she tweeted.

Do you believe Nicki Minaj and Drake was not kissing?

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Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Yuh dis real, no yuh self nuh mek vanity put on d wrong road, people wah fast money dont b one of dem, cause d end of d day a ur life dont fock it up

  So my question is in all this fluffy new age thinking; how are we possibly going to change the way of the world where money is the motivation of everything?

VYBZ KARTEL SPEAKS HIS MIND ABOUT NOTNICE & COREY TODD NEW TAKEOVER RIDDIM VIA BBM

August 15th, 2011

Vybz Kartel has once again has spoken his mind; taking shots at former business partner, Corey Todd and some of the artistes who voiced on the recently released Takeover Riddim.

The Takeover Riddim, produced by Notnice Records in collaboration with Corey Todd Records features some of Kartels biggest rivals; namely Aidonia & Beenie Man who joined forces with Todd for promotional amongst other purposes. Just hours after the Riddim was released on Friday, the self-proclaimed World Boss, took to Blackberry Messenger to share his feelings on the new Riddim and Todds newly formed alliances.

Via Broadcast Message, Kartel intimated, When me and Corey did a link, dem artiste deh did a bun out me AND COREY. When me and Corey stop link, dem same artiste deh run in gone sign up and line up. Man we f**k dem fi likes and riches cause dem a some shameless b****es. Das why people haffi rate me all when dem hate me cause me always be me VYBZ KARTEL(#real talk). Vybz Kartel & Todd severed ties this past May following allegation Todd made that Kartel made threats on the American businessmans life.

Meanwhile, the Takeover Riddim produced by former Portmore Empire producer, Ainsley Notnice Morris; featuring songs from a plethora of premiere Dancehall artistes including Khago with Takeover, Aidonia with Miss Yuh Touch, & former Empire artistes such as Rynos Sick, Jahvincis Caah Kill Mi, & Lisa Hypers Stick A Pin. Beenie Mans single on the Riddim entitled Young Bud, caused quite a stir as he fires lyrical shots at selector turned deejay, Tony Matterhorn who addressed Beenie in his controversial, Dancehall Duppy single.

By Jodee Brown
Jamaican Pop Culture Examiner

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HIGH light bills have proved the death of one popular Kingston business.

Jo Jos Farm Market on Waterloo Road in Kingston is being forced to clear its counters and stalls, unplug its refrigerators and and shut its doors because of what its operators say has been a horrific series of electricity bills over the past few months amounting to over $2.5 million.

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A Week Upside Down

Monday 8th August 2011. 

This could not have been a more contrasting day, as we left Bellever Youth Hostel to the call of the swallows, and crossed the granite bridge of a softly flowing River Dart, making our way to Shallowford for the last time; and at the end of the day arrived at Clapham Junction amid the sound of police sirens, rampant youths attacking shops, and worried people gingerly finding a way home.

At the farm, the last activity arranged for the girls was a walk with a local naturalist along the river to see what could be seen and to stimulate their curiosity. To their surprise they found a lizard warming in the sun, a large frog in the mud and disturbed a g**** snake under a log, and identified a host of butterflies. 

We left the farm after lunch, the girls having made a good impression on the farm, and the farm on the girls, all eager to be home, and eager to return again. 

At around 5pm, having sent a text giving our eta, I received a message to warn me that, according to social network information, riots would begin at Clapham Junction around 8pm; a short while later a call from Providence advised me to avoid Clapham Junction as there was trouble. Taking a back way through Wandsworth, we arrived on Plough Road to see a herd of youths marching furiously, and then attacking the shuttered store front of a local shop. There were girls among them, but no faces that I recognised. Apparently this same group had gathered in the park where our guys were earlier conducting a football coaching session. Passing the back of Clapham Junction, we noticed the police cars, and sensed the uncertainty; traffic was almost at a standstill as we turned the corner to Providence House. 

Providence car park was full of spectators and club members apparently the gang I had seen a few minutes earlier had congregated for a while near our building before moving on into the estate. Apparently they did not attempt to enter, but our guys said they were ready if they had! A couple of the girls parents said we should have stayed on the farm.

Eventually we closed the youth club, and I, the last to leave, got into the minibus to go home. Clapham Junction itself seemed very crowded, so I elected to take the slip road past Asda to Lavender Hill; the odd police car was strategically placed, while groups of people gathered, and many hooded and bandanared young men moved along the road. There seemed little point in hanging around, and I was weary from a long journey. En route home I avoided London Road towards Thornton Heath, having heard on the news that there was trouble towards West Croydon. As we neared our house, I asked Rosie if the columns of black clouds were smoke or the threat of dark rain; later I learned that it was the pall of smoke from Reeves Corner, burning into the night. The furniture business at Reeves Corner we had known as children, and apparently the Reeves family had started it in Victorian times; it was a landmark everyone knew.

While we ate and watched the continuous television news, we learned of the extent of the troubles in Croydon and also at Clapham Junction, with graphic pictures of looting in St Johns Road and Lavender Hill. So I went back to Providence, and sat for a few minutes in the car park. The building was secure. I watched some youths looking through their trophies by the side of the road, and then one of them, dressed in red from tip to toe came over to me, and asked if I was police; no, Im just making sure my youth club is safe. Then he looked from behind his red bandana with a sort of recognition: I used to come here as a kid, no-one will trouble this building. His companion called my name and wandered off. Perhaps there is some twisted comfort there.

Across the road, the corner shop had been broken into, shutters forced open, and the shop now turned into a self service store. Trusting the security of our building to God and to some youth villains moral code, we drove slowly round the estate, and then up to Clapham Junction. By now the police seemed to have secured St Johns Road, though I heard that later it came under renewed attack. Up Lavender Hill, various shops were smashed, including the bible bookshop. Large crowds hovered, many just watching, tourists to a new curiosity, others masked or with hidden faces roaming menacingly. Effectively the whole shopping precinct was smashed with large scale looting; later on the Party Shop was ablaze, allegedly through helium canisters being ignited. 

Not needing to be a part of the spectacle, nor wishing to be caught up inadvertently in it, Rosie, my daughter, and I made our way back across south London. Balham and Streatham seemed unaffected, though I later heard the cash and carry shop was broken into. In Norbury, the amusement arcade was smashed up, and the computer store, and as we turned into our road, saw the police arresting a man outside Tescos, which too had suffered damage. 

The sounds of the night were not those of the wind in the trees, the cackle of the ****erel, the cry of a sheep in the breeze. This was indeed far away from the farm.

  Tuesday 9th August

As soon as I was up, Rosie and I drove to Clapham Junction, and found to our relief that Providence House was secure. Only the corner shop had been looted, and a failed attempt at the store next to it, but the rest of our parade was untouched, the Red Cross, the cafes, the hairdressers, the undertakers and the motor bike spare parts shop. But Clapham Junction was sealed off, and policemen manned the barriers of tape cordons, and almost like a border crossing there was a continuous traffic of people coming to the boundary trying to have a look. I met one young man, who regretted he had not been there the night before, and had missed a once in a lifetime experience!

All morning the forensic teams conducted their meticulous inspections, and the great and the good put in an appearance, Mayor Boris, Teresa May the Home Secretary; by the afternoon the broom brigade of volunteers came in and swept away the glass and debris but not the memories.

At Providence House, we are in the middle of a daytime holiday youth club, and a trickle of young people and visitors came in and out all day. We opened, too, for the evening junior club, but not a single person came, parents clearly reluctant to let their children out of their sight. The local shops also closed early and let down the shutters with renewed security. But in truth, like a storm that has moved on, there was little likelihood that the lust for looting would return for a second night of all night shopping.

This was a day of talking, and hearing eye witness accounts, but also imaginary tales, for example, how that MacDonalds was broken into and the rioters started to cook the chips! I was told of a lady who opened her suitcase on the floor and sent her children into the shop to fill it up with looted goods. Every age of person seems to have joined in the lust for goods. Several people who came to talk with me had been there as spectators, as the audience to a spectacle enacted before them, of theft, of aggression, of destruction, and until later in the evening of the police impotent to intervene, until the reinforcements came and armoured cars slowly entered the scene. 

This was a day, too, of opinions, of every shade of thought, of every theory. All day long we kept the television on in Providence House, and heard the dismal picture of Londons turmoil, growing more gloomy by the hour, and then the fresh reports of trouble in Manchester and elsewhere in the evening.

There is a new kind of tourism, and I confess that I succumbed to it. I walked to the Junction late in the day, and joined the crowds wandering around, cameras in hand, as if surveying the ruins of a Roman city. Lavender Hill was cordoned off, but elsewhere we were free to walk among the myriad of glaziers and carpenters boarding up. In a weird way it was a peaceful and friendly scene, workmen efficiently going about their business, and the procession of the curious ambling along, pausing to take a photograph, chatting with strangers. 

The first place you pass at the end of Falcon Road is the gym, and there a sign stands boldly: Fitness First Our Goal?  - Achieving Yours. I was sure there was some irony there as I passed onto the high street, and saw shop after shop smashed. Hardly a store escaped along St Johns Road; Waterstones was untouched perhaps the looters dont read; so too was Rymans perhaps they dont write either. Up Lavender Hill, from the Junction to the last shop before the library, the eat all you can Chinese Restaurant, every shop had a smashed window, none were spared in an orgy of destruction. There was one other exception: Dub Vendor the record shop. Most sombre of all, however, was the dark empty shell of the burnt out party shop.

Leaving that scene, I took the minibus to drive home, but decided to go on further into Croydon and have a look at Reeves Corner. A line of cars were parked on the freeway, as lookers got out to see this sight. It was a gaunt spectacle, a blackened skeleton of a building burnt beyond repair, waiting only for its final demolition on Wednesday. Further up the road, West Croydon was still a mess, still littered from the previous nights mayhem, with shut off roads and police everywhere. Back through Thornton Heath the long line of late night stores were shuttered and silent, and as I turned into our road, I saw that our local Tesco Express had remained closed, with shattered window panes not yet replaced. 

As I finally arrived home, there was no space to park the van, as the neighbours were having a garden party. Music boomed out from across the fence, accompanied by the click of dominoes and vibrant Jamaican accents. Our cats were nowhere to be seen. I guess they dont like reggae music.

Wednesday 10th August

My daily bible reading on Tuesday morning was from Psalm 108 which includes the words, give us help from trouble for the help of man is useless. That was clear enough on Monday night. There were the wreckers, a manic and relentless force. There were the watchers, who neither would nor could do anything about the pillage. There were the police, or perhaps there were not the police in sufficient numbers to restrain this excess of havoc, certainly at Clapham Junction. Late in the day, or rather late in the night the situation was eventually under control, or perhaps the fury of looting and mayhem had run out of steam for that night. 

The BBC website has posted a discussion, 10 explanations for the riots, from moral decay to excessive consumerism. Leaving aside for now this debate, it seems to clear to me that the shooting last week of Mark Duggan in Tottenham and the subsequent outrage provided the spark that ignited the riots, and the self organised gangs of young people descending on the town centres to cause trouble fanned and carried the fire of disorder, that subsequently drew into its path all sorts of disruptive and malevolent opportunity. Without the Tottenham incident there would have been no riots; without the gangs of youths creating the momentum there would have been no widespread destruction.

Having said that, I dont think enough attention has been given to the broad spectrum of criminal behaviour. I learned today that a local Primary School was broken into and copper stripped from the building; indeed whoever did it seemed to have time to drag their booty into the adjoining park to take off what they wanted, leaving the debris on the g****. That was not the work of a feverish gang of young people. I noticed an art gallery with smashed windows on Battersea Rise, and I doubt that was of real interest to youth criminals, especially as adjacent shops seemed unharmed.  Monday in Battersea and south London was a day with a good chance of getting away with a crime, out of the spotlight of the main streets.

We opened the club as usual today, and as well as our regular young people, others dropped by. One young man came in, who it is said was among the marauding gang on Monday, but I did not see him. He is about twenty, and over the years has played football with us, been to the farm with his family, and joined in with many things over the years. The first thing he said when he entered was, where are the old photos, havent you got any picture of me up at the moment? I paused and then said, lets hope that they are the only photographs of you that will be on public display at this time.

I had a call from the Recipease restaurant at the Junction to say that despite all the troubles our group of girls should still come for their cooking workshop; and so they did, and in the slightly unreal atmosphere of working in a semi-boarded up shop front they enjoyed their lesson. Business as usual.

There is a kind of what if feeling about the place; no-one thinks there will be more trouble, but what if... Consequently people are alert, cautious, not going out so much in the evening. The Metropolitan Police are keeping 16,000 officers on duty in London until after the weekend. I attended a meeting of Battersea youth workers, to discuss whether an event in the park, planned for this Friday, should go ahead. It was decided to postpone it for two weeks on the what if... basis.

There is also, I think, a north and south of the railway tracks feel to Clapham Junction. Almost as if out of the estates north of the railway came the barbarous hordes, and out of the housing south of the tracks came the broom army to reclaim the streets and clean up the mess. It is not as simple as that, but I discern a sort of feeling from talking with some people.

I spoke with another twenty year old man today, who had been present during the lootings, and his comment was that what the looters didnt stop to think about in their frenzy of theft was that when some of these High Street stores are forced to close, and the Junction declines as a business concern, it will be their mum, or aunt or brother who no longer has a job.

Back to Psalm 108, the context of the words quoted above is that the people are in trouble: who can lead us? Is it not you, O God, you who have cast us off? Give us help.... Some of the phrases of this Psalm are identical to Psalm 60, whose words seem apposite to our situation. You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking. You have shown your people desperate times ... Give us your aid, for the help of man is worthless. It may have been Clapham Junction, and other places, that have been fractured, maybe something in the social fabric that has been breached, but there is a deeper ruin here. Maybe all the 10 explanations in the website debate are valid the culture of social entitlement, social exclusion, lack of fathers, spending cuts, weak policing, racism, gangsta rap and culture, consumerism, opportunism, technology and social networking. Maybe they all played a part, but all the time we fail to see that prior to any of this there is a spiritual breakdown. We avoid exploring our social relationships in the context of God, of his word, of his ways, of a deeper foundation, both personal and social.

Thursday 11th August 2011.

Things are getting back to normal today. I took a minibus load of young people swimming and ice skating, and the riots were hardly mentioned; though one girl did say that she hoped they would not start again at the weekend. I said that the momentum had passed.

Things are getting back to normal today. England seems to be comfortably winning in the cricket against India, with both the bat and the ball; but just in case the Spurs Premier League game is postponed this weekend.

Things are getting back to normal at the Junction, at least as normal as can be expected. Traffic is flowing, trains are running, and people are on the move. Some shops are carrying on with trading despite unrepaired windows and wooden boarding, some shops are busy refitting, some shops appear to be silent, one or two shops will be silent forever.

Things are getting back to normal, but the helicopters still hover overhead from time to time, and each time you hear a police siren you ask whats up. Police minibuses still slowly patrol the area, and of course the courts are queuing with hundreds of cases following the growing number of arrests around the country.

Things are getting back to normal. A full moon shines with an uncertain light through silver clouds this evening as I drive home through south London.

Friday 12th August 2011.

It has been announced that another man has died from the riots, an elderly man beaten up for trying to put out a fire in some bins; this in addition to the man shot in Croydon on the first night, and the three men mowed down by a car on Wednesday. There was one fatality in Battersea, though police are saying it is not connected to the recent disorder. A man was killed by falling masonry as he sat outside a bar in Battersea Rise. The building is now boarded up, with notices of condolence and a bright array of flowers. In its way it is an epitaph to the troubles, as is the message board at the Junction that many people have written on, including in other languages, including with some appropriate bible texts.

This afternoon, I agreed that Providence House could host a forum for young peoples views about the riots; local youth leaders brought along a handful of members, and it was led by the locality Youth Service manager. Maybe forty young people were there, almost half of whom had walked down the road from the mosque. Clearly they had not participated in the lootings and some of these young Muslims spoke very eloquently, expressing coherent views on justice. Equally clear was that one or two of the young people present had been there on Monday night, and may have been more than bystanders, and clear too that they had not grasped the moral enormity of what had happened. Overall the views expressed in that brief hour predictably mirrored the broad sweep of public opinion echoed on every phone-in radio programme every day this week, and touched on the weakness of the police and the good work of the police, on the undeniable wrongness of the looting and the broader social perspective. Nothing defining was achieved that afternoon, but perhaps it gave opportunity to let some views out, and was an indicator to me that in the future we should be holding more of our own forums with young people.

The Prime Minister has spoken: We will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. And we will do whatever it takes to restore law and order and to rebuild our communities. The bishops are now speaking: "I hope there'll be at least some recognition of the serious and relentless erosion of public values, including those whose roots are in the rich heritage of religion. The result of their disappearing is a moral deficit in private and public life that has spawned acquisitiveness and dishonesty."

The riots were said to be copycat after the initial outburst. There are many copycat instances in broader society of what the bishop calls spawning acquisitiveness, in expenses scandals, over inflated celebrity and sports wages, the disappearing trillions in the banking sector, and now this copycat greed without mercy at street level, almost a re-enactment of some violent play station game, only this time the points scored at each level being booty taken, crimes committed, destruction and damaged lives. In addition, the destructiveness of the looting is plain to see; less plain to see is the self destructiveness, that the looters have looted something of themselves, something within is being lost, if not already lost. 

Thirty years ago, almost to the weekend, there were riots in Battersea, two nights of them, as part of another wave of urban lawlessness. I can distinctly recall three features among rioters, deliberate confrontation with the police, and underlying resentment against police and authority and that was the night to bring it out, and of course the chance to loot. Perhaps it is a sign how things have moved on that it is the latter that is most prominent, accompanied by a greater crescendo of violence. A friend reported to me overhearing a couple of looters in a side road off Clapham Junction, having stopped in the street with their goods, and one saying to the other that he had left his shooter in the shop, and must go back for it.

Legislation will be hurried through in the coming weeks, as it was in the last generation, and improvements to security, policing, and maybe to social justice and cohesion; but you cannot legislate the heart. Even the call for improved education and training can only smooth things until the next time. As unfashionable as it seems, I believe it is the inner man that needs transformation. I find it very interesting in the gospel, that on one dark night a politician came to see Jesus to try and get his head around the phenomenon of Jesus impact upon ordinary people, and Jesus said to him, you must be born again. You cannot bring it about by legislation, any more than you can catch the wind. There must be an inner transformation. Over and over again Jesus did something good for someones physical or social or domestic situation, but beyond that he did something transformative in that persons life. It is the beyond that that we need today.

On Saturday night I drove from Providence House through Clapham Junction at around 10pm. The bar on the corner was throbbing to the sound of music, people had overflowed onto the street. The Junction was thronging with people, criss crossing the road, many, many groups of people. I almost needed to take as much care driving through the gauntlet of pedestrians, as it had been the previous Monday, only this time there was no fear, only noisy enjoyment. The same was true of Battersea Rise, and then Balham, and Streatham and onto Norbury such a contrast from the ghost town of earlier in the week. It was like all the bad dream of a few days before could be drunk away, or eaten away in a restaurant, or laughed away and forgotten. Is this what the Prime Minister called reclaiming our High Streets, or is it trying to forget that we face more than repairs and renovation, more than crime and punishment.

I drove on listening to the sound of Bruce Springsteen groaning out his song:

The sky was falling and streaked with *la*hd, I heard you calling then you disappeared into dust.

May your strength give us strength

May your faith give us faith

May your love give us love

May your hope give us hope

Robert Musgrave

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Just over a decade ago, reggae singer Jah Cure career almost ended even before his journey began. The lovers rock reggae singer, who hails from Hanover, was sentence to 13 years in prison after being convicted on rape charge. He served 7 years before he was released in 2007 with the help of public outcry for his freedom.

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THIS BREDA TALKS DI TINGS..... THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP AND FAMILY STILL LIVE

Summertime on the Rock is usually replete with a smorgasbord of parties and hot-ticket events. These social events, however, would be utterly dull without the sounds of talented disc jockeys. Their musical styling and energy infuse these festivities with the right touch that keeps your feet and body moving. With the Global Party just a few weeks away, SO rounded up seven of the hottest jocks in the biz who have been bringing heat to the clubs, your stereo and the beach parties we oh so love. And where else would we assemble them but Jamaica's official club for the Global Party Club Privilege?

Often called the 'baby girl' of the wheels of steel, DJ Naz has been working hard to cement her name in the biz. Born of musical greats Joy White and Don Taylor, the deejay created history by becoming the only female to have entered the Heineken Green Synergy competition, in which she placed third. Since then, she has been requested to play at a number of events.

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We aint saying there shouldnt be fashion trends, but is this the new swag in Jamaica.

One of our female readers, Stacy, send us these pics and she said she is worried about her Jamaican guys. I find this trend scary, we girls soon cant find no cloth because guys buying them all, just like we already cant find real guys. SMH.

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Jamaican Youtube sensation Clifton Clif-Twang Brown was arrested last week following a summons to court for child support.

According to the summons, Brown has not been paying child maintenance to his baby mother. The entertainer, known for his famous Twanging, had his bail extended until August 23 when he will report to court.

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Liverpool have completed the signing of Newcastle defender Jose Enrique after the left-back put the finishing touches to a long-term deal at Anfield.

Negotiations were concluded swiftly after the 25-year-old travelled from the north-east to have a medical at the club's Melwood training ground yesterday.

The Spaniard is believed to have cost the Reds in the region of £6million.

"This is one of the happiest days of my life," he told liverpoolfc.tv.

"I have come to one of the biggest clubs not just in England, but in the world. I am really, really happy."

Enrique becomes Liverpool's fifth signing of the summer, following Stewart Downing, Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson and Alexander Doni.

If all the paperwork on the transfer is cleared by the Premier League by noon then the player would technically be available for tomorrow's opening league match at home to Sunderland, although whether manager Kenny Dalglish would throw him in after just one training session remains to be seen.

Enrique admits he is keen to seize his first chance at a "big club".

"They have won a lot of things including the Champions League," said the defender, who joined Newcastle from Villarreal in 2007 for £6.3million.

"They have amazing players and I hope to win things here.

"In Spain there is a saying 'When the train comes in, you have to take it.'

"This is the first time a big club has come in for me and I had to take it (the opportunity). I am really happy.

"Everybody speaks about the fans here and they are amazing. I am looking forward to it. I am looking forward to playing in front of the Kop. I hope it will be this weekend, but if not I can wait."

Enrique added: "If the manager needs me, I am ready to play.

"I have already played for Newcastle in pre-season, not every game but two or three games and I am fit and if the manager needs me, I am ready to play.

"My ambition is to win everything with Liverpool. This year we won't play in the Champions League, so the most important thing is to try to win the league."

The Spaniard will link up at Anfield with former Newcastle team-mate Andy Carroll, who moved in January, and the defender said he and Dalglish's other signings were a significant factor in deciding to follow the same path.

"I am excited - it shows Liverpool's ambition," he added.

"They spent a lot of money in January on Andy and Luis Suarez and this summer they've spent a lot of money on other players.

"You can see they have big ambitions and that's why I came here - because I want to win things and I think I can do that here."

Source: Mirror Football 

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Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign the teenage Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku.

The 18-year-old will join the Premier League side, subject to passing a medical and agreeing personal terms.

Anderlecht announced the sale of Lukaku on their website, but did not reveal the fee. Chelsea reportedly had an £18m bid turned down last month.

"He's an interesting young prospect," said boss Andre Villas-Boas after Chelsea's win over Rangers on Saturday.

"The situation is now that we have to position ourselves to maybe get this kind of talent."

Lukaku became a household name in Belgium when he was top scorer in the domestic league in the 2009-2010 season aged 16.

"It's a shame we have to let go of Romelu, who was scouted and trained by Anderlecht, but the transfer is a win-win situation for the player and the club," said Anderlecht manager Herman van Holsbeeck.

It comes as winger Yury Zhirkov, 27, left Chelsea for Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala.

No details have been released on the Zhirkov transfer fee either but reports in Russian suggest it will be £13.2m.

The 27-year-old, who joined Chelsea from CSKA Moscow two years ago, has signed a four-year contract with Anzhi.

Zhirkov, who joined Chelsea for £18m and has made 49 appearances for the club, was presented to the crowd before Anzhi's home league match against Tom Tomsk on Saturday.

"I'm very happy to be here in Makhachkala," he told supporters.

"I hope to make my Anzhi debut in our next game against Spartak Moscow [next Sunday]."

But despite the presentation, Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas said the deal was not yet complete.

He said: "Yury is in between reaching a full agreement, between club and player, with Anzhi and in the end it was mostly his decision.

"It is a great financial offer for him, it is a return home and I think he has decided to part company."

Source: BBC Sport 

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This is how a cartoon artiste depicted how JPS ( Jamaica Public Service ) gains from Jamaicans of all classes .

Jamaicans over the years has come to realize that they are been robed by this electricity company , and surprisingly even the Government can attested.

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I-Octane's management demands apology from Capleton

I-Octane's management responded to Capleton's interview on Irie FM last Wednesday, where the deejay, dubbed 'the Fireman', accused I-Octane of being unfair.

According to Capleton, he performed at I-Octane's stage show for free and now I-Octane was asking for $400,000 to appear on the annual St Mary Mi Come From charity show.
The management for I-Octane have, however, disagreed with Capleton's account and contacted THE STAR to clear the air. According to Ray Alexander, I-Octane's manager, Capleton is not telling both sides of the story.
The seemingly upset manager said that I-Octane had another show in Montego Bay that was paying a substantial amount of money, and that information was communicated to Capleton's team.
He further stated that if Capleton and his team had been more professional they would have gone through negotiations like a regular promoter until a reasonable agreement was settled, rather than going to the media to defame I-Octane's character.
"It's like Capleton a try get St Mary people fi view the young artiste in a negative light," he said.
Ray Alexander said that Capleton deliberately omitted some of the truth from his statement on the radio because he wanted I-Octane to look like the culprit.
"I-Octane performed at the show free on two occasions for Capleton and he is yet to mention that," he said.
The manager also mentioned that I-Octane's stage show is a free event, unlike Capleton's event that collects from patrons, the businessman outlined that since revenue is being collected from the event, and if Capleton wants to pay the artistes he can do so.
"We believe in charity and we support charity, so it's not like we are against giving back," he said.
According to Alexander he is a businessman, and Capleton is acting in the capacity of a promoter, so business should be dealt with as such. "wi a Rasta and wi live Rasta, but this is also a business," he said
The manager also demanded an apology from Capleton on the issue which he said was harmful to I-Octane's image.
"I think he needs to apologise and speak both sides of the story, tell the people that I-Octane did two free shows for you, tell them about the negotiations," he said.
He did not rule out the possibility of I-Octane making an appearance at the show. However, he maintained that a final decision would have go through the business process of negotiations.
Efforts to contact Capleton's management team was unsuccessful as the phone calls went unanswered.

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Beyonce knew exactly what she was saying when she said girls rule the world.

Beyonce set a new record for concert sales this week after a series of her NYC concert sold out in nearly 20 seconds.

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Rihanna lays Man Down in Barbados during her coming home mega concert on Saturday (Aug 5th).

One lucky concert goer that turned out to be a 60 years old man got a lap dance from RiRi. Thank goodness he never had a heart condition or else. Nevertheless, the concert was a hit, as thousands of Bajans and Caribbean natives from all over the region packed the Kensington Oval to get a glimpse of the flawless popstar.

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Rap moguls Jay-Z and Diddy continues their reign on Forbes annual Hip Hop Cash Kings List.

Forbes release their 2011 list for top earners in Hip Hop music, which saw some newcomers including Nicki Minaj, Drake and Wiz Khalifa. Rap rivals 50 Cent and Maybach Music boss Rick Ross tied for their gross earnings for the last year.

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ioctane all hug up di man , mi nuh trust octane , mi feel seh him stay like kartel dem lol what you think ?

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One of the hottest topics in dancehall in recent weeks is the flop performance from Vybz Kartel at this years Reggae Sumfest.

We cant deny that Vybz Kartel is a great artists and a good performer. But his Sumfest performance may be the worse of his career, and we just dont know why, perhaps the sun was too hot according to Ity and Fancy Cat.

In a backstage interview with Robbo Ranx, Vybz Kartel said he and his Portmore Empire clan took the show.

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Karamantis track entitled the tribute song has been added to the Rebel Vibez Top Ten Canadian Reggae Chart. The song will go up against other reggae songs that are currently doing well in Canada. To vote for Karamantis the tribute song, email her name or the name of the song to rebelvibez@chry.fm

The Top Ten Canadian Reggae Chart airs on CHRY 105.5 fm (in Toronto) on Mondays between 10am and 12pm (Eastern time). Persons may listen live at http://www.chry.fm

Listen to the tribute song here: