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Chamillionaire - Mixtape Messiah 2 News/Preview
411: Chamillionaire travels to Europe almost as often as a suburban New Yorker goes to Harlem or Brooklyn. They love him over there, and Cham is trying to strike while he's hot. So instead of staying at home and recording his new album, Cham is on tour ... and recording his new album. The Ultimate Victory is due March 27.
"The label is asking the same question," he answered when asked how he's finding time to record his sophomore major-label effort amid the tour. "But I've recorded part of the album in London. ... It's a studio everywhere on the planet. You don't have to be in Houston."
Cham has proven his point by not only recording a bulk of The Ultimate Victory, but also tracking his next street CD, Mixtape Messiah 2. You remember that the first one came out almost three years ago? Well, Cham apologizes to the fans for taking so long — but he's been well, you know, busy going platinum with his major-label debut, The Sound of Revenge; winning VMAs and BET Hip-Hop Awards; and guest-appearing on songs with people like Ciara and Tupac. (Cham's also been busy with his Chamillitary label, to which he just signed San Antonio rapper MC Famous — formerly Lil' Ken.)
"They can't blame it on the mind, they have to blame it on the grind," Cham said. "When you have your own company and you're having success, it's a lot that gets thrown on your plate. I respect the whole mixtape circuit — I'll never turn away from it. But all the things that were coming up in my life were taking me away from it. I just figured out a way I could still feed the audience and do what I'm doing."
Although Cham fully expects bootleggers to be selling his mixtape to a mom-and-pop store or on the street near you, he's releasing it for free via his Web site, Chamillionaire.com, on Christmas Eve morning.
"I could make a million dollars off that mixtape, but I'mma give it to them for free," Cham said. "I know the fans will appreciate it when it drops. ... The fans have been waiting for a while. I want the fans just to have it. I'm not saying I'm always gonna do that, but this time, yeah."
You know how we do around these parts. No way in the world we're going to holla at Chamillionaire and not have him give his mixtape a preview. Keep reading.
Joints To Check For:
"Answering Machine Part 2." "I did the 'Answering Machine' interlude on the first mixtape," he said. "So many people responded to it and were putting it on their actual answering machines. 'Part 2' is basically [saying,] 'I got answering-machine messages from people.' People leave messages on my phone and be talking crazy to me. I have a lot of them and I save them even if I don't call the people back."
"Untitled Freestyle." "I [run] into some fans and they say, 'You don't rap like how you used to rap,' " he said. " 'You used to give them all the punch lines and everything.' I know over the years I graduated and grew into more types of artists. I kind of took it back a little bit and gave them some of the witty punch lines. When it comes to making songs, sometimes it's not all what it's about. I'm just going back to the mixtape roots where you be like, 'I can't believe he said that.'
"I kind of accept that criticism," he added about people saying they want to hear more punch lines from him. "I'm not mad at them for saying that. I understand. 'Turn It Up' is definitely different from the mixtape stuff. Some of the stuff I did on the mixtape may have lyrically surpassed the stuff I did on [The Sound of Revenge]. I know that. But it wasn't about that at first. I had to get in there first. I didn't want to lose people. Back in the day people used to say me and Paul Wall used to only talk about ballin' and materialistic stuff. Then when we started changing, then they wanted to complain again. It's all about proving people wrong. I know where I can go lyrically. I want to show people a little bit."
"Hip-Hop Is Dead" freestyle. "A lot of people are waiting for me to put out a mixtape with new beats, but that would be considered an album," Cham explained. "I can't have people taking them records and doing too much with them. It's supposed to be in the streets. I'm jacking every [beat] that's hot and rippin' it. [With] the mixtapes, I voice my opinion to the streets. It's a lot of freestyles on there. No dissin'. I tried to show them creativity."
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Chea, If you heard MM 1, you awwready know it's goin' down. It's gunna be available on his new website on Christmas Eve.
EVERYONE should pick this up... If you're still sleepin' on Cham, it's time to wake up.
Comin out in less than 7 hours!
"The label is asking the same question," he answered when asked how he's finding time to record his sophomore major-label effort amid the tour. "But I've recorded part of the album in London. ... It's a studio everywhere on the planet. You don't have to be in Houston."
Cham has proven his point by not only recording a bulk of The Ultimate Victory, but also tracking his next street CD, Mixtape Messiah 2. You remember that the first one came out almost three years ago? Well, Cham apologizes to the fans for taking so long — but he's been well, you know, busy going platinum with his major-label debut, The Sound of Revenge; winning VMAs and BET Hip-Hop Awards; and guest-appearing on songs with people like Ciara and Tupac. (Cham's also been busy with his Chamillitary label, to which he just signed San Antonio rapper MC Famous — formerly Lil' Ken.)
"They can't blame it on the mind, they have to blame it on the grind," Cham said. "When you have your own company and you're having success, it's a lot that gets thrown on your plate. I respect the whole mixtape circuit — I'll never turn away from it. But all the things that were coming up in my life were taking me away from it. I just figured out a way I could still feed the audience and do what I'm doing."
Although Cham fully expects bootleggers to be selling his mixtape to a mom-and-pop store or on the street near you, he's releasing it for free via his Web site, Chamillionaire.com, on Christmas Eve morning.
"I could make a million dollars off that mixtape, but I'mma give it to them for free," Cham said. "I know the fans will appreciate it when it drops. ... The fans have been waiting for a while. I want the fans just to have it. I'm not saying I'm always gonna do that, but this time, yeah."
You know how we do around these parts. No way in the world we're going to holla at Chamillionaire and not have him give his mixtape a preview. Keep reading.
Joints To Check For:
"Answering Machine Part 2." "I did the 'Answering Machine' interlude on the first mixtape," he said. "So many people responded to it and were putting it on their actual answering machines. 'Part 2' is basically [saying,] 'I got answering-machine messages from people.' People leave messages on my phone and be talking crazy to me. I have a lot of them and I save them even if I don't call the people back."
"Untitled Freestyle." "I [run] into some fans and they say, 'You don't rap like how you used to rap,' " he said. " 'You used to give them all the punch lines and everything.' I know over the years I graduated and grew into more types of artists. I kind of took it back a little bit and gave them some of the witty punch lines. When it comes to making songs, sometimes it's not all what it's about. I'm just going back to the mixtape roots where you be like, 'I can't believe he said that.'
"I kind of accept that criticism," he added about people saying they want to hear more punch lines from him. "I'm not mad at them for saying that. I understand. 'Turn It Up' is definitely different from the mixtape stuff. Some of the stuff I did on the mixtape may have lyrically surpassed the stuff I did on [The Sound of Revenge]. I know that. But it wasn't about that at first. I had to get in there first. I didn't want to lose people. Back in the day people used to say me and Paul Wall used to only talk about ballin' and materialistic stuff. Then when we started changing, then they wanted to complain again. It's all about proving people wrong. I know where I can go lyrically. I want to show people a little bit."
"Hip-Hop Is Dead" freestyle. "A lot of people are waiting for me to put out a mixtape with new beats, but that would be considered an album," Cham explained. "I can't have people taking them records and doing too much with them. It's supposed to be in the streets. I'm jacking every [beat] that's hot and rippin' it. [With] the mixtapes, I voice my opinion to the streets. It's a lot of freestyles on there. No dissin'. I tried to show them creativity."
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Chea, If you heard MM 1, you awwready know it's goin' down. It's gunna be available on his new website on Christmas Eve.
EVERYONE should pick this up... If you're still sleepin' on Cham, it's time to wake up.
Comin out in less than 7 hours!
2 officers shot in Long Beach ,Cali
LONG BEACH - A rookie police officer was shot four times in the throat and his training partner was shot in the head in a Friday afternoon gunbattle following a traffic stop on a bustling downtown street.
An army of Long Beach police officers descended on the area at Long Beach Boulevard between Sixth Street and Broadway looking for a suspect in an SUV after the shots were fired at about 1:20 p.m.
The search continued late Friday, with officers locating the suspect's vehicle outside an apartment complex in the 300 block of Elm Avenue at about 8:30 p.m., said Lt. David Cannan.
SWAT officers were preparing to enter the complex and were evacuating residents in and around the building at 9:45 p.m., he said.
Just before midnight, SWAT was still staging and waiting for the command to enter the building, Cannan said.
Officer Jason Evans said Saturday morning that, as of 7:45 a.m., the wounded officers were still stable and the suspect was still outstanding.
More than 100 officers searched a grid from Seventh Street to Ocean Boulevard and from Long Beach Boulevard to Atlantic Avenue before the vehicle was found.
The shooting erupted on the busy Friday afternoon before Christmas
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as many residents were shopping at a nearby Wal-Mart and the Farmer's Market was buzzing with activity.
Within minutes of the shooting, police were cordoning off stretches of Long Beach Boulevard while rumors floated amid a milling crowd.
An Amber alert was issued at 4 p.m. for a white 1998 Nissan Pathfinder with the license plate 4AVN056 believed to be involved in the shooting.
Police described the suspect as a male Hispanic or Filipino in his late 20s or early 30s, 5
foot 7 inches to 5 foot 9 inches tall and 210 to 230 pounds. He was also described as having short hair or a shaved head, and tattoos on both arms.
"This is a tough day for Long Beach," Mayor Bob Foster said at an evening news conference.
The injured officers, whose names police asked be withheld until they could notify all of the relatives, some of whom live out-of-state, were taken by fellow officers to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. They were listed in critical condition. As the afternoon wore on, however, family and friends received some good news.
The rookie, who graduated three weeks ago from the Police Academy, survived a two-hour-plus surgery and doctors upgraded his prognosis, giving him a 60 to 70 percent chance of survival, police said.
The young officer crashed twice while in surgery and flat-lined for a full minute but was brought back from the brink of death by the hospital's emergency team, police said.
An army of Long Beach police officers descended on the area at Long Beach Boulevard between Sixth Street and Broadway looking for a suspect in an SUV after the shots were fired at about 1:20 p.m.
The search continued late Friday, with officers locating the suspect's vehicle outside an apartment complex in the 300 block of Elm Avenue at about 8:30 p.m., said Lt. David Cannan.
SWAT officers were preparing to enter the complex and were evacuating residents in and around the building at 9:45 p.m., he said.
Just before midnight, SWAT was still staging and waiting for the command to enter the building, Cannan said.
Officer Jason Evans said Saturday morning that, as of 7:45 a.m., the wounded officers were still stable and the suspect was still outstanding.
More than 100 officers searched a grid from Seventh Street to Ocean Boulevard and from Long Beach Boulevard to Atlantic Avenue before the vehicle was found.
The shooting erupted on the busy Friday afternoon before Christmas
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as many residents were shopping at a nearby Wal-Mart and the Farmer's Market was buzzing with activity.
Within minutes of the shooting, police were cordoning off stretches of Long Beach Boulevard while rumors floated amid a milling crowd.
An Amber alert was issued at 4 p.m. for a white 1998 Nissan Pathfinder with the license plate 4AVN056 believed to be involved in the shooting.
Police described the suspect as a male Hispanic or Filipino in his late 20s or early 30s, 5
foot 7 inches to 5 foot 9 inches tall and 210 to 230 pounds. He was also described as having short hair or a shaved head, and tattoos on both arms.
"This is a tough day for Long Beach," Mayor Bob Foster said at an evening news conference.
The injured officers, whose names police asked be withheld until they could notify all of the relatives, some of whom live out-of-state, were taken by fellow officers to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. They were listed in critical condition. As the afternoon wore on, however, family and friends received some good news.
The rookie, who graduated three weeks ago from the Police Academy, survived a two-hour-plus surgery and doctors upgraded his prognosis, giving him a 60 to 70 percent chance of survival, police said.
The young officer crashed twice while in surgery and flat-lined for a full minute but was brought back from the brink of death by the hospital's emergency team, police said.
Runaway maid gang-raped by 17 men MALES ARE REAL DOGS AT TIMES!!
A RUNAWAY Philippine maid in the Gulf emirate of Kuwait was abducted and gang-raped by 17 men in desert camps, a newspaper reported today, adding that 14 suspects were in custody.
Four men found the the Filipino woman after she fled her employer's house and took her to a desert camp where they raped her, the Al-Watan daily said, citing a security source.
They then offered the maid to six of their friends who raped her at a second camp before delivering her to seven others who gang-raped her at a third camp.
She was taken to hospital by Philippine consular officials, the paper said. The embassy was not immediately available for comment.
Police have detained 14 suspects so far - 13 Kuwaitis and one Iraqi, Al-Watan said. A manhunt is continuing for three other Kuwaitis.
More than 70,000 Filipinos live and work in oil-rich Kuwait, many of them as domestic servants.
Four men found the the Filipino woman after she fled her employer's house and took her to a desert camp where they raped her, the Al-Watan daily said, citing a security source.
They then offered the maid to six of their friends who raped her at a second camp before delivering her to seven others who gang-raped her at a third camp.
She was taken to hospital by Philippine consular officials, the paper said. The embassy was not immediately available for comment.
Police have detained 14 suspects so far - 13 Kuwaitis and one Iraqi, Al-Watan said. A manhunt is continuing for three other Kuwaitis.
More than 70,000 Filipinos live and work in oil-rich Kuwait, many of them as domestic servants.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Man Jailed For Murder, Tracks Down Real Killer Behind Bars
Jailed for murder, he tracked down real killer from behind prison bars
James Bone in New York
# Cleared by new DNA evidence
# Awaiting release after 16 years
A convicted murderer proved his innocence by investigating his own case from behind bars at a maximum-security prison and identifying the real killer. Roy Brown appeared before a judge last night to ask for a pardon after 16 years in jail for a crime he had proved conclusively that he did not commit.
Brown had always protested his innocence, denying that he stabbed and strangled a female social worker to death at a farmhouse in upstate New York in 1991, and he managed to investigate and solve the crime from his prison cell. Five days after he wrote a letter to the local fireman he had identified as the real murderer, the man killed himself by lying in front of an oncoming train.
“Witnesses can commit perjury, judges can be fooled and juries can make mistakes,” wrote Brown. “When it comes to DNA testing, there’s no mistakes. DNA is God’s creation and God makes no mistakes.”
Yesterday he petitioned a judge for his freedom after DNA taken from bite marks on the victim’s night shirt confirmed his theory of the crime.
The judge, Peter Corning, who presided over the original trial and retires on December 31, last night delayed his decision until a full hearing on January 22.
Lawyers from the Innocence Project, a university-based law centre that argued his case, were pushing for his immediate release. He is suffering from a liver disease and awaiting a transplant.
“Roy wrote to us, like thousands do every year,” said Eric Ferrero, of the Innocence Project, which has overturned 188 convictions with DNA evidence. “What is unusual is somebody sitting in his prison cell solving the case. This is the first time we have seen that.”
The naked body of Sabina Kulakowski was found across the road from her home in the town of Aurelius in the early hours of May 23, 1991, when firemen responded to an arson blaze at the farmhouse.
The wounds — including bite marks on her red nightshirt found nearby — suggested that Ms Kulakowski, 49, had put up a struggle. The murder appeared highly personal because there was no evidence of rape or burglary.
Two days later Brown, who made a living selling magazine subscriptions in Syracuse, 30 miles away, was charged with her murder. He had been released from prison six days before the crime after serving an eight-month sentence for making threatening calls to a social worker, whose agency he blamed for ordering his daughter, aged 17, into foster care.
He was convicted of the killing on the basis of expert testimony linking him to bite marks on Ms Kulakowski’s body, even though they showed indentations from six upper teeth and Brown had only four.
Sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in jail, it took Brown 13 years and three failed appeals to uncover evidence pointing to the true murderer — and then only because of another fire. When his trial records were destroyed at a blaze at his stepfather’s house in 2003, he filed a freedom of information request for copies.
Among the documents were statements that he had not seen before, implicating a local volunteer fireman, Barry Bench. Unlike Brown, Bench knew Ms Kulakowski well because his older brother, Ronald, had dated her for 17 years. He and Ms Kulakowski had lived together at the farmhouse and relatives said that Barry Bench resented that she stayed there after the couple separated in 1991.
Among the four sworn affidavits released to Brown was a statement by Tamara Eckstadt, Bench’s long-time girlfriend and the mother of his child. She told police that Bench, already subject to a domestic protection order, got into violent row with her at about 5pm on the evening before the murder and went to a local bar. He returned home drunk between 1.30am and 1.45am — more than an hour after leaving the bar. He washed his face and arms and then turned off his fire monitor before going to bed, something he seldom did.
He was roused and summoned to fight the fire at the farmhouse by repeated calls to his home phone. At the scene, he wandered in the direction of where the body was found.
After his suicide, Bench’s 19-year-old daughter, Katherine Eckstadt, provided a private investigator with a DNA sample. It showed with 99.9 per cent certainty that her father’s saliva was on the bite marks on Ms Kulakowski’s night shirt. “I had to know the truth,” Ms Eckstadt told the New York Times. “How was I supposed to live knowing that I could have helped Roy Brown, yet I let him rot in prison?”
Lost decades
# In 1973, the 17-year-old Stephen Downing was convicted of murdering a secretary in a Derbyshire churchyard. The local paper campaigned for his release, which eventually came in 2002, when his conviction was ruled to be unsafe
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Paul Blackburn, of Cheshire, served 25 years for the attempted murder of a nine-year-old boy before having his conviction overturned last year
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Mirza-Tahir Hussain spent 18 years on death row for murder in Pakistan before being pardoned last month
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Wilbert Rideau, of Louisiana, was released after 43 years in prison after his fourth trial for the same murder, when the judge ruled that he had committed manslaughter and had served a long enough sentence
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Rubin Carter, below, was found guilty of three murders in 1966. He was freed in 1985 after his second appeal led to the overturning of his conviction. His campaign brought him to the attention of Bob Dylan, who wrote the song Hurricane about it
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Lindy Chamberlain was convicted in 1982 of murdering her baby daughter, whom she claimed had been taken by a dingo in the Australian Outback. She was acquitted in 1988
James Bone in New York
# Cleared by new DNA evidence
# Awaiting release after 16 years
A convicted murderer proved his innocence by investigating his own case from behind bars at a maximum-security prison and identifying the real killer. Roy Brown appeared before a judge last night to ask for a pardon after 16 years in jail for a crime he had proved conclusively that he did not commit.
Brown had always protested his innocence, denying that he stabbed and strangled a female social worker to death at a farmhouse in upstate New York in 1991, and he managed to investigate and solve the crime from his prison cell. Five days after he wrote a letter to the local fireman he had identified as the real murderer, the man killed himself by lying in front of an oncoming train.
“Witnesses can commit perjury, judges can be fooled and juries can make mistakes,” wrote Brown. “When it comes to DNA testing, there’s no mistakes. DNA is God’s creation and God makes no mistakes.”
Yesterday he petitioned a judge for his freedom after DNA taken from bite marks on the victim’s night shirt confirmed his theory of the crime.
The judge, Peter Corning, who presided over the original trial and retires on December 31, last night delayed his decision until a full hearing on January 22.
Lawyers from the Innocence Project, a university-based law centre that argued his case, were pushing for his immediate release. He is suffering from a liver disease and awaiting a transplant.
“Roy wrote to us, like thousands do every year,” said Eric Ferrero, of the Innocence Project, which has overturned 188 convictions with DNA evidence. “What is unusual is somebody sitting in his prison cell solving the case. This is the first time we have seen that.”
The naked body of Sabina Kulakowski was found across the road from her home in the town of Aurelius in the early hours of May 23, 1991, when firemen responded to an arson blaze at the farmhouse.
The wounds — including bite marks on her red nightshirt found nearby — suggested that Ms Kulakowski, 49, had put up a struggle. The murder appeared highly personal because there was no evidence of rape or burglary.
Two days later Brown, who made a living selling magazine subscriptions in Syracuse, 30 miles away, was charged with her murder. He had been released from prison six days before the crime after serving an eight-month sentence for making threatening calls to a social worker, whose agency he blamed for ordering his daughter, aged 17, into foster care.
He was convicted of the killing on the basis of expert testimony linking him to bite marks on Ms Kulakowski’s body, even though they showed indentations from six upper teeth and Brown had only four.
Sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in jail, it took Brown 13 years and three failed appeals to uncover evidence pointing to the true murderer — and then only because of another fire. When his trial records were destroyed at a blaze at his stepfather’s house in 2003, he filed a freedom of information request for copies.
Among the documents were statements that he had not seen before, implicating a local volunteer fireman, Barry Bench. Unlike Brown, Bench knew Ms Kulakowski well because his older brother, Ronald, had dated her for 17 years. He and Ms Kulakowski had lived together at the farmhouse and relatives said that Barry Bench resented that she stayed there after the couple separated in 1991.
Among the four sworn affidavits released to Brown was a statement by Tamara Eckstadt, Bench’s long-time girlfriend and the mother of his child. She told police that Bench, already subject to a domestic protection order, got into violent row with her at about 5pm on the evening before the murder and went to a local bar. He returned home drunk between 1.30am and 1.45am — more than an hour after leaving the bar. He washed his face and arms and then turned off his fire monitor before going to bed, something he seldom did.
He was roused and summoned to fight the fire at the farmhouse by repeated calls to his home phone. At the scene, he wandered in the direction of where the body was found.
After his suicide, Bench’s 19-year-old daughter, Katherine Eckstadt, provided a private investigator with a DNA sample. It showed with 99.9 per cent certainty that her father’s saliva was on the bite marks on Ms Kulakowski’s night shirt. “I had to know the truth,” Ms Eckstadt told the New York Times. “How was I supposed to live knowing that I could have helped Roy Brown, yet I let him rot in prison?”
Lost decades
# In 1973, the 17-year-old Stephen Downing was convicted of murdering a secretary in a Derbyshire churchyard. The local paper campaigned for his release, which eventually came in 2002, when his conviction was ruled to be unsafe
#
Paul Blackburn, of Cheshire, served 25 years for the attempted murder of a nine-year-old boy before having his conviction overturned last year
#
Mirza-Tahir Hussain spent 18 years on death row for murder in Pakistan before being pardoned last month
#
Wilbert Rideau, of Louisiana, was released after 43 years in prison after his fourth trial for the same murder, when the judge ruled that he had committed manslaughter and had served a long enough sentence
#
Rubin Carter, below, was found guilty of three murders in 1966. He was freed in 1985 after his second appeal led to the overturning of his conviction. His campaign brought him to the attention of Bob Dylan, who wrote the song Hurricane about it
#
Lindy Chamberlain was convicted in 1982 of murdering her baby daughter, whom she claimed had been taken by a dingo in the Australian Outback. She was acquitted in 1988
Nas Reunites With AZ,Foxy Brown & Cormega As The Firm Tonight At Concert
SOHH has learned that Nas will be reuniting The Firm for an exclusive performance during one of his two concerts in New York City tonight (December 22).
The Firm was initially comprised of Foxy Brown, AZ, Cormega and Nas. Prior to recording of The Firm's only self titled album, Cormega was kicked out of the group and replaced by Nature.
According to a source close to SOHH, it has been confirmed that Cormega, AZ and Foxy Brown will take the stage with Nas. There is a possibility that Nature may also perform.
As SOHH previously reported, Nas will perform back to back shows at New York's Nokia Theatre in Times Square today (December 22) at 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. He will then hit the Electric Factory stage in Philly on Saturday (December 23).
Nas released his Def Jam debut, Hip Hop Is Dead, on Tuesday (December 19). The album features appearances from Jay-Z, The Game, Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. Production on the CD was supplied by Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, among others.
The Firm was initially comprised of Foxy Brown, AZ, Cormega and Nas. Prior to recording of The Firm's only self titled album, Cormega was kicked out of the group and replaced by Nature.
According to a source close to SOHH, it has been confirmed that Cormega, AZ and Foxy Brown will take the stage with Nas. There is a possibility that Nature may also perform.
As SOHH previously reported, Nas will perform back to back shows at New York's Nokia Theatre in Times Square today (December 22) at 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. He will then hit the Electric Factory stage in Philly on Saturday (December 23).
Nas released his Def Jam debut, Hip Hop Is Dead, on Tuesday (December 19). The album features appearances from Jay-Z, The Game, Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. Production on the CD was supplied by Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, among others.
Teens turn to cough syrup to get high, feds say.....
Prescription abuse rising; alcohol, illegal drug use down, government finds
WASHINGTON - Teens increasingly are getting high with legal drugs like painkillers and mood stimulants, and they’re turning to cough syrup as well, says a government survey released Thursday.
The annual study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, conducted by the University of Michigan, showed mixed results in the nation’s longtime campaign against teen drug abuse.
It found that while fewer teens overall drank alcohol or used illegal drugs in the last year, a small but growing number were popping prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin and stimulants like Ritalin.
As many as one in every 14 high school seniors said they used cold medicine “fairly recently” to get high, the study found.
It was the first year that the government tracked the frequency of teens who reported getting high from over-the-counter medicine for coughs and colds.
“It’s bad that kids are buying cough syrup and using it this way — it’s not good for them,” said John P. Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
WASHINGTON - Teens increasingly are getting high with legal drugs like painkillers and mood stimulants, and they’re turning to cough syrup as well, says a government survey released Thursday.
The annual study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, conducted by the University of Michigan, showed mixed results in the nation’s longtime campaign against teen drug abuse.
It found that while fewer teens overall drank alcohol or used illegal drugs in the last year, a small but growing number were popping prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin and stimulants like Ritalin.
As many as one in every 14 high school seniors said they used cold medicine “fairly recently” to get high, the study found.
It was the first year that the government tracked the frequency of teens who reported getting high from over-the-counter medicine for coughs and colds.
“It’s bad that kids are buying cough syrup and using it this way — it’s not good for them,” said John P. Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
The man with over 2 Million car parts on his property attempting to sell them all for 1.5million!
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"It's Official," Wu Tang Clan Sign Album Deal With SRC
SRC Records CEO Steve Rifkind recently announced that he has reunited with the Wu-Tang Clan for a new album.
Wu-Tang, who first came to prominence via Rifkind's now-defunct Loud Records, have not released a group album since 2001. During their six-year hiatus, all nine members of the New York rap collective have released solo albums.
The group's most infamous member, ODB (born Russell Tyrone Jones), died in 2004 from an accidental overdose while recording his third solo project.
"I just got off the phone with Divine and RZA from Wu-Tang, we are coming back, we are joining forces for one album, coming up in 2007," said Rifkind via a video on his blog, thelabel.blog.com. "I don't know what the name of the album is but we are back, its official. Wu-Tang and Steve Rifkind are back together."
/SOHH
Rifkind is also credited for breaking rap acts like Mobb Deep, Big Pun and Xzibit, among others. His current SRC roster includes Akon, Remy Ma, Pharoahe Monch and Remy Ma.
Wu-Tang, who first came to prominence via Rifkind's now-defunct Loud Records, have not released a group album since 2001. During their six-year hiatus, all nine members of the New York rap collective have released solo albums.
The group's most infamous member, ODB (born Russell Tyrone Jones), died in 2004 from an accidental overdose while recording his third solo project.
"I just got off the phone with Divine and RZA from Wu-Tang, we are coming back, we are joining forces for one album, coming up in 2007," said Rifkind via a video on his blog, thelabel.blog.com. "I don't know what the name of the album is but we are back, its official. Wu-Tang and Steve Rifkind are back together."
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Rifkind is also credited for breaking rap acts like Mobb Deep, Big Pun and Xzibit, among others. His current SRC roster includes Akon, Remy Ma, Pharoahe Monch and Remy Ma.
Britney Spears Cheated on Kevin Federline,before split
Britney Spears may have been cheating on Kevin Federline before she filed for divorce.Friends of the “Toxic” singer told America’s Star magazine she was “fooling around” with music producer J.R. Rotem before she officially split from Kevin last month.
A source said: “J.R. worked with Kevin on his album and something started going on between him and Britney before she filed for divorce.”
But another source refuted the allegations, telling the magazine: “There was definite chemistry between them but Britney waited until after she had split from Kevin.”
Britney - who has two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, with Kevin - is now dating J.R. as well as working with him on her comeback album.
The music producer could also be the reason the “Oops!…I Did It Again” singer has cooled her friendship with Paris Hilton, as the hotel heiress also dated J.R.
The source said: “It was nothing serious, just a few hook-ups. I bet a million dollars that J.R. tried to keep that a secret from Britney. She would probably flip out if she knew that he’d romanced Paris first.”
It has also been reported that Britney has been taunting Kevin about her fling with J.R. and the lavish lifestyle he is missing out on since the split.
A source told In Touch Weekly magazine: “Britney called Kevin and asked if he’d seen the pictures of her kissing J.R. Then she started bragging about the great sex she’d had.”
“It was really bad. He didn’t even know whether to believe her, but she just started pushing his buttons. He got mad and started screaming at her.”
Kevin is reportedly gathering evidence of Britney’s wild partying to use against her in a custody battle over their sons.
Source: BANG Showbiz
A source said: “J.R. worked with Kevin on his album and something started going on between him and Britney before she filed for divorce.”
But another source refuted the allegations, telling the magazine: “There was definite chemistry between them but Britney waited until after she had split from Kevin.”
Britney - who has two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, with Kevin - is now dating J.R. as well as working with him on her comeback album.
The music producer could also be the reason the “Oops!…I Did It Again” singer has cooled her friendship with Paris Hilton, as the hotel heiress also dated J.R.
The source said: “It was nothing serious, just a few hook-ups. I bet a million dollars that J.R. tried to keep that a secret from Britney. She would probably flip out if she knew that he’d romanced Paris first.”
It has also been reported that Britney has been taunting Kevin about her fling with J.R. and the lavish lifestyle he is missing out on since the split.
A source told In Touch Weekly magazine: “Britney called Kevin and asked if he’d seen the pictures of her kissing J.R. Then she started bragging about the great sex she’d had.”
“It was really bad. He didn’t even know whether to believe her, but she just started pushing his buttons. He got mad and started screaming at her.”
Kevin is reportedly gathering evidence of Britney’s wild partying to use against her in a custody battle over their sons.
Source: BANG Showbiz
Guy cought a slug 2 the head, cops want 2 use it as evidence.
In the middle of Joshua Bush's forehead, two inches above his eyes, lies the evidence that prosecutors say could send the teenager to prison for attempted murder: a 9 mm bullet, lodged just under the skin.
Prosecutors say it will prove that Bush, 17, tried to kill the owner of a used-car lot after a robbery in July. And they have obtained a search warrant to extract the slug.
But Bush and his lawyer are fighting the removal, in a legal and medical oddity that raises questions about patient privacy and how far the government can go to solve crimes without running afoul of the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
"It's unfortunate this arguably important piece of evidence is in a place where it can't be easily retrieved," said Seth Chandler, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center. "You have to balance our desire to convict the guilty against the government not poking around our bodies on a supposition."
Investigators say that Bush was part of a group of gang members who broke into a used car lot and tried to steal vehicles. According to police, Bush tried to shoot businessman Alan Olive, and when Olive returned fire, a bullet struck the teenager and borrowed into the soft, fatty tissue of his forehead.
Prosecutor Ramon Rodriguez said gang members who took part in the robbery identified Bush as one of those involved. When he was questioned about a week later, Bush admitted taking part in the robbery but not the shooting, police said.
"The officers noticed the guy looks like hell. One of his eyes is black and he has a big old knot on his forehead," Rodriguez said. "He tells police he got hurt playing basketball."
A few days later, Bush went to the hospital and told doctors he had been hit by a stray bullet as he sat on a couch in an apartment.
"Officers started putting events together," Rodriguez said.
A judge took the unusual step of issuing a search warrant to retrieve the bullet from Bush's head in October.
But a Beaumont doctor determined that small pieces of bone were growing around the slug, and he did not have the proper tools in the emergency room to do it. The doctor said that removal would require surgery under general anesthesia and that no operating rooms were available.
Police then obtained a second search warrant and scheduled the operation for last week at the University of Texas Medical Branch hospital in Galveston. It was postponed again, however, after the hospital decided not to participate for reasons it would not discuss.
Prosecutors said they continue to look for a doctor or hospital willing to remove the bullet.
All sides agree that removing the bullet would not be life-threatening. But Bush's family and attorney say it would be a violation of the teenager's civil rights and set a dangerous precedent.
"When the medical profession divorces itself from its own responsibility and makes itself an arm of the state, it's a dangerous path," said Rife Kimler, Bush's lawyer.
The used car lot owner, Olive, told police that after officers had left the scene following the robbery and he began cleaning up, a man appeared in a nearby alley and threatened to kill him if he helped authorities in their investigation. The man fired at Olive and a shootout followed.
"I just can't believe I missed him at that distance," Olive, a competitive pistol shooter, said in court papers. Olive told authorities he never saw the man's face in the dark alley.
Bush is in jail on charges related to the robbery, but not the shooting.
Tammie Bush, the teen's mother, disputed allegations her son is a gang member.
"We know he's not a criminal," she said. "He's a good kid."
Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, predicted Bush's rights as a patient will trump the state's desire to get the bullet, and said authorities might have a hard time finding someone willing to extract the slug.
"It truly is a moral quandary," Caplan said. "Doctors are caught between wanting to help solve crimes and their responsibility to patients' rights to refuse a procedure."
Prosecutors say it will prove that Bush, 17, tried to kill the owner of a used-car lot after a robbery in July. And they have obtained a search warrant to extract the slug.
But Bush and his lawyer are fighting the removal, in a legal and medical oddity that raises questions about patient privacy and how far the government can go to solve crimes without running afoul of the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
"It's unfortunate this arguably important piece of evidence is in a place where it can't be easily retrieved," said Seth Chandler, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center. "You have to balance our desire to convict the guilty against the government not poking around our bodies on a supposition."
Investigators say that Bush was part of a group of gang members who broke into a used car lot and tried to steal vehicles. According to police, Bush tried to shoot businessman Alan Olive, and when Olive returned fire, a bullet struck the teenager and borrowed into the soft, fatty tissue of his forehead.
Prosecutor Ramon Rodriguez said gang members who took part in the robbery identified Bush as one of those involved. When he was questioned about a week later, Bush admitted taking part in the robbery but not the shooting, police said.
"The officers noticed the guy looks like hell. One of his eyes is black and he has a big old knot on his forehead," Rodriguez said. "He tells police he got hurt playing basketball."
A few days later, Bush went to the hospital and told doctors he had been hit by a stray bullet as he sat on a couch in an apartment.
"Officers started putting events together," Rodriguez said.
A judge took the unusual step of issuing a search warrant to retrieve the bullet from Bush's head in October.
But a Beaumont doctor determined that small pieces of bone were growing around the slug, and he did not have the proper tools in the emergency room to do it. The doctor said that removal would require surgery under general anesthesia and that no operating rooms were available.
Police then obtained a second search warrant and scheduled the operation for last week at the University of Texas Medical Branch hospital in Galveston. It was postponed again, however, after the hospital decided not to participate for reasons it would not discuss.
Prosecutors said they continue to look for a doctor or hospital willing to remove the bullet.
All sides agree that removing the bullet would not be life-threatening. But Bush's family and attorney say it would be a violation of the teenager's civil rights and set a dangerous precedent.
"When the medical profession divorces itself from its own responsibility and makes itself an arm of the state, it's a dangerous path," said Rife Kimler, Bush's lawyer.
The used car lot owner, Olive, told police that after officers had left the scene following the robbery and he began cleaning up, a man appeared in a nearby alley and threatened to kill him if he helped authorities in their investigation. The man fired at Olive and a shootout followed.
"I just can't believe I missed him at that distance," Olive, a competitive pistol shooter, said in court papers. Olive told authorities he never saw the man's face in the dark alley.
Bush is in jail on charges related to the robbery, but not the shooting.
Tammie Bush, the teen's mother, disputed allegations her son is a gang member.
"We know he's not a criminal," she said. "He's a good kid."
Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, predicted Bush's rights as a patient will trump the state's desire to get the bullet, and said authorities might have a hard time finding someone willing to extract the slug.
"It truly is a moral quandary," Caplan said. "Doctors are caught between wanting to help solve crimes and their responsibility to patients' rights to refuse a procedure."
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Dec 20 -
LOS ANGELES - A woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out, the Los Angeles Times reported for a story in Wednesday's editions.
The infant was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he did not receive a dangerous dose of radiation.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
The incident happened early Saturday, airport officials said.
Haney said in 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the Los Angeles airport.
LOS ANGELES - A woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out, the Los Angeles Times reported for a story in Wednesday's editions.
The infant was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he did not receive a dangerous dose of radiation.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
The incident happened early Saturday, airport officials said.
Haney said in 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the Los Angeles airport.
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Why Does Jeezy Get A Pass For Being Wack??
Since when did mediocrity become acceptable for emcees in hip-hop? I realize that the overall quality of music isn’t what it was 15 or even 10 years ago, I’m not here to complain or debate about that. But has the game taken such a dip over the years that our standards have been lowered to the point that mediocrity is excused, accepted and even celebrated? Apparently.
Here is what I’m talking about. Whenever you criticize one of today’s “hot” artists about their abilities you’re met with the same excuse every time. Criticize Game for his redundant droning on about lowriders, point out Young Jeezy is a terrible rapper blessed with great beats, or say that Yung Joc is, well, just flat out wack. The argument will go something like this;
“fu*k that, you’re just a hater. Not everyone is gonna spit lyrics like Nas or Lupe. He just do what he do, he ain’t gonna spit some political or conscious raps. He lived his life and just tells us how it is, its his culture, how you gonna criticize for that. fu*k you hater.”
Now, I’ll admit this argument does have some validity. Anyone who listens to a Young Jeezy album expecting to be enlightened or challenged, and criticizes the album when they aren’t, is being unrealistic and lacking perspective. Now, does that mean Jeezy is off the hook for his lack of lyrical ability? Hell no. Jeezy rhymes about little more than dealing coke, guns, money, and other trappings of his environment. That’s all fine by me, I’m not listening to him expecting to hear his take on politics. What is not okay is that he cannot do what he does well. “Not everyone is as lyrical as Jay-Z.” Yeah, does that mean its ok to be sh*tty at what you do? Clipse and T.I. basically rhyme about the exact same topics as Jeezy, and they do it really fu*king well. So why can’t I say Jeezy only deserves credit for his beat selection? That’s all he does worth a sh*t! Go ahead, call me a hater. Look, I like Jeezy’s album, but I’m not gonna call him a dope emcee or defend him as one because he can make good music. That may make him a good artist, but not a good emcee.
The same goes for Game, these fools got their panties in a bunch because I criticized Game for talking about the same sh*t over and over and over (and over) again on his album. Claiming lowriders, rims, etc are just part of west coast culture. Yes, they are, I know that. Does that mean you need to do little other than reference them for an entire album? No. Does that mean you can do it with no creativity whatsoever and be immune from criticism? No. I love west coast gangsta rap when it’s done well. I grew up on NWA, Dre, Snoop, Cube, Spice 1, Compton’s Most Wanted, DJ Quik etc. Game rarely does it well.
“Blah blah blah Compton, blah blah blah khakis, blah blah blah 100 spokes, blah blah blah chronic smoke, blah blah blah I’ll kill you, blah blah blah lowrider, blah blah blah Dr. Dre, blah blah blah blood, blah blah blah gangbangin”…and so on.
Fill in the blanks and you can create your own verse from The Game. But sometimes he decides to actually use his talent (which he certainly does have), and he makes songs like Ol’ English or Doctor’s Advocate. Funny thing is, he still references his usual topics but he does it with some actual context and meaning rather than just saying sh*t cause its part of his gimmick. Again, go ahead, call me a hater just because I don’t have a homoerotic blind allegiance for him and don’t call everything he does a classic.
Stop making fu*king excuses for mediocrity. “Yo he makes music for the clubs, sh*t doesn’t have to be good.” No! That is no excuse for making sh*tty music. Lyrics in a song made for the clubs can still be good too, look at the sh*t Ludacris makes. Southern Hospitality, Move bi*ch, Stand Up, etc. are dope ass rhymes for a club track. Joc’s rhymes in It’s Goin Down are not. “Oh Joc ain’t lyrical like Luda.” Oh okay, so I’ll just accept that and call him dope because I realize his shortcomings. fu*k that, he’s wack because of those shortcomings, he doesn’t get off the hook because I realize he ain’t no Luda. That is what makes Ludacris a great emcee and Yung Joc a bad one!
“He do what he do,” “he does his thing,” or any other cliché, meaningless statement like that does not excuse someone from criticism. At least I can still enjoy Game or Jeezy’s music even though I know what they don’t do well. I could just be what you all like to call “a hater” and just call everything they do wack because I don’t like something about them. Bottom line is, I give credit and criticism where its due. But I ain’t gonna call someone dope just cause they have good production or sell a lot of records. Shiiit, I’ll flat out call myself a fan of cats who I know aren’t good rappers, but I like the songs they make. Why the fu*k can’t people separate the two?
When the fu*k did selling records automatically makes you a dope rapper? With the exception of a few rappers who’ve had well deserved commercial success, most folks who blow up do so because they are marketable and can make a catchy song, not because they are in fact talented emcees. Like Jay just said “the game’s fu*ked up/ nigga’s beats is banging/nigga ya hooks did it/your lyrics didn’t/your gangsta look did it/so I would write it/if y’all could get it.” And that is fine! I don’t care that there are sh*tty rappers that make empty, catchy pop music to shake your ass to in the clubs. Not everyone has to spit like Big Daddy Kane. So don’t be so fu*king retarded people, if you like someone’s music but they aren’t gonna take down ciphers, you don’t have to pretend like they will and defend them like they’re your child. sh*t, Vanilla Ice remains one of the bestselling rappers of all-time, but today’s standards that makes him one of the best emcees, cause you know, “he’s hot, he make hits” or whatever the fu*k you wanna say.
A lot, or most, of the rappers that are selling records today are mediocre. Stop lowering the fu*king bar by calling these dudes the fu*king messiahs because they sell records and because their sh*t bumps in your car. And this ain’t no mainstream vs. underground battle, cause throw Eminem, Jay-Z, Nas, Andre 3000, Ludacris, Lupe, etc on a street corner against damn near any underground rapper and you’d witness a slaughter. Just start giving credit and criticism where its due, cause I ain’t gonna let my kids read one day that fu*king Chingy was one of the great emcees of the 21st century.
Here is what I’m talking about. Whenever you criticize one of today’s “hot” artists about their abilities you’re met with the same excuse every time. Criticize Game for his redundant droning on about lowriders, point out Young Jeezy is a terrible rapper blessed with great beats, or say that Yung Joc is, well, just flat out wack. The argument will go something like this;
“fu*k that, you’re just a hater. Not everyone is gonna spit lyrics like Nas or Lupe. He just do what he do, he ain’t gonna spit some political or conscious raps. He lived his life and just tells us how it is, its his culture, how you gonna criticize for that. fu*k you hater.”
Now, I’ll admit this argument does have some validity. Anyone who listens to a Young Jeezy album expecting to be enlightened or challenged, and criticizes the album when they aren’t, is being unrealistic and lacking perspective. Now, does that mean Jeezy is off the hook for his lack of lyrical ability? Hell no. Jeezy rhymes about little more than dealing coke, guns, money, and other trappings of his environment. That’s all fine by me, I’m not listening to him expecting to hear his take on politics. What is not okay is that he cannot do what he does well. “Not everyone is as lyrical as Jay-Z.” Yeah, does that mean its ok to be sh*tty at what you do? Clipse and T.I. basically rhyme about the exact same topics as Jeezy, and they do it really fu*king well. So why can’t I say Jeezy only deserves credit for his beat selection? That’s all he does worth a sh*t! Go ahead, call me a hater. Look, I like Jeezy’s album, but I’m not gonna call him a dope emcee or defend him as one because he can make good music. That may make him a good artist, but not a good emcee.
The same goes for Game, these fools got their panties in a bunch because I criticized Game for talking about the same sh*t over and over and over (and over) again on his album. Claiming lowriders, rims, etc are just part of west coast culture. Yes, they are, I know that. Does that mean you need to do little other than reference them for an entire album? No. Does that mean you can do it with no creativity whatsoever and be immune from criticism? No. I love west coast gangsta rap when it’s done well. I grew up on NWA, Dre, Snoop, Cube, Spice 1, Compton’s Most Wanted, DJ Quik etc. Game rarely does it well.
“Blah blah blah Compton, blah blah blah khakis, blah blah blah 100 spokes, blah blah blah chronic smoke, blah blah blah I’ll kill you, blah blah blah lowrider, blah blah blah Dr. Dre, blah blah blah blood, blah blah blah gangbangin”…and so on.
Fill in the blanks and you can create your own verse from The Game. But sometimes he decides to actually use his talent (which he certainly does have), and he makes songs like Ol’ English or Doctor’s Advocate. Funny thing is, he still references his usual topics but he does it with some actual context and meaning rather than just saying sh*t cause its part of his gimmick. Again, go ahead, call me a hater just because I don’t have a homoerotic blind allegiance for him and don’t call everything he does a classic.
Stop making fu*king excuses for mediocrity. “Yo he makes music for the clubs, sh*t doesn’t have to be good.” No! That is no excuse for making sh*tty music. Lyrics in a song made for the clubs can still be good too, look at the sh*t Ludacris makes. Southern Hospitality, Move bi*ch, Stand Up, etc. are dope ass rhymes for a club track. Joc’s rhymes in It’s Goin Down are not. “Oh Joc ain’t lyrical like Luda.” Oh okay, so I’ll just accept that and call him dope because I realize his shortcomings. fu*k that, he’s wack because of those shortcomings, he doesn’t get off the hook because I realize he ain’t no Luda. That is what makes Ludacris a great emcee and Yung Joc a bad one!
“He do what he do,” “he does his thing,” or any other cliché, meaningless statement like that does not excuse someone from criticism. At least I can still enjoy Game or Jeezy’s music even though I know what they don’t do well. I could just be what you all like to call “a hater” and just call everything they do wack because I don’t like something about them. Bottom line is, I give credit and criticism where its due. But I ain’t gonna call someone dope just cause they have good production or sell a lot of records. Shiiit, I’ll flat out call myself a fan of cats who I know aren’t good rappers, but I like the songs they make. Why the fu*k can’t people separate the two?
When the fu*k did selling records automatically makes you a dope rapper? With the exception of a few rappers who’ve had well deserved commercial success, most folks who blow up do so because they are marketable and can make a catchy song, not because they are in fact talented emcees. Like Jay just said “the game’s fu*ked up/ nigga’s beats is banging/nigga ya hooks did it/your lyrics didn’t/your gangsta look did it/so I would write it/if y’all could get it.” And that is fine! I don’t care that there are sh*tty rappers that make empty, catchy pop music to shake your ass to in the clubs. Not everyone has to spit like Big Daddy Kane. So don’t be so fu*king retarded people, if you like someone’s music but they aren’t gonna take down ciphers, you don’t have to pretend like they will and defend them like they’re your child. sh*t, Vanilla Ice remains one of the bestselling rappers of all-time, but today’s standards that makes him one of the best emcees, cause you know, “he’s hot, he make hits” or whatever the fu*k you wanna say.
A lot, or most, of the rappers that are selling records today are mediocre. Stop lowering the fu*king bar by calling these dudes the fu*king messiahs because they sell records and because their sh*t bumps in your car. And this ain’t no mainstream vs. underground battle, cause throw Eminem, Jay-Z, Nas, Andre 3000, Ludacris, Lupe, etc on a street corner against damn near any underground rapper and you’d witness a slaughter. Just start giving credit and criticism where its due, cause I ain’t gonna let my kids read one day that fu*king Chingy was one of the great emcees of the 21st century.
Eminem divorces wife for second time
Rap megastar Eminem and his high school sweetheart divorced for a second time Tuesday, less than a year after they remarried.
Eminem and Kim Mathers agreed to divide property under terms of a private settlement and to share custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott. They told a judge they understood the divorce was final.
The couple "conducted themselves with dignity and respect," Circuit Judge Antonio P. Viviano said. "All in all, they are a very fine couple to deal with."
Eminem, 34, declined to comment after the brief hearing as two men whisked him into a black Cadillac Escalade. Mathers, 31, did not speak to reporters.
Eminem and Mathers remarried Jan. 14. He filed for divorce April 5. They first married in 1999 in a secret ceremony in Missouri, and divorced in 2001.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, has won nine Grammy Awards, including best rap album, for "The Slim Shady LP," "The Marshall Mathers LP" and "The Eminem Show." He won an Oscar for the song "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile," the semi-autobiographical 2002 film in which he starred.
Eminem and Kim Mathers agreed to divide property under terms of a private settlement and to share custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott. They told a judge they understood the divorce was final.
The couple "conducted themselves with dignity and respect," Circuit Judge Antonio P. Viviano said. "All in all, they are a very fine couple to deal with."
Eminem, 34, declined to comment after the brief hearing as two men whisked him into a black Cadillac Escalade. Mathers, 31, did not speak to reporters.
Eminem and Mathers remarried Jan. 14. He filed for divorce April 5. They first married in 1999 in a secret ceremony in Missouri, and divorced in 2001.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, has won nine Grammy Awards, including best rap album, for "The Slim Shady LP," "The Marshall Mathers LP" and "The Eminem Show." He won an Oscar for the song "Lose Yourself" from "8 Mile," the semi-autobiographical 2002 film in which he starred.
U.S. gift givers grab "Bush's last day" gear
Some of the T-shirts bear only the date: 01.20.09. The others spell it out: "Bush's Last Day."
But both, along with an assortment of "Bush's Last Day" caps, mugs, bumper stickers, buttons, and other collectibles are seeing strong sales as politically minded U.S. gift givers stock up for this holiday season.
One of the most popular items is a pocket-sized clock that counts down the minutes -- and yes, seconds -- left in President George W. Bush's final term in office.
"We're close to selling a million pieces of assorted stuff. We'll hit that this Christmas season," said Elliott Nachwalter, 56, of Arlington, Vermont, who started the business about 18 months ago out of the back of his fly fishing store.
Nachwalter said Bush's Last Day was founded after outrage at the president' environmental policies spurred him to design a lapel button and then a bumper sticker that he shared with a few friends.
The message is aimed at expressing frustration with, and opposition to, Bush's policies on the environment, the war in Iraq and an assortment of domestic issues, he said.
Nachwalter's business has grown from an online-only storefront to distribution through more than 300 retailers from California to the nation's capital in Washington. Business has picked up substantially since the mid-term elections, which showed Bush to be out of favour with a majority of Americans.
Diana Graham, of Overland Park, Kansas, who voted for George Bush in both 2000 and 2004 is one such customer, buying a Bush's Last Day hat this week as a gift for her mother.
"She despises Bush so much," said Graham. "His last day - she is so looking forward to it."
But both, along with an assortment of "Bush's Last Day" caps, mugs, bumper stickers, buttons, and other collectibles are seeing strong sales as politically minded U.S. gift givers stock up for this holiday season.
One of the most popular items is a pocket-sized clock that counts down the minutes -- and yes, seconds -- left in President George W. Bush's final term in office.
"We're close to selling a million pieces of assorted stuff. We'll hit that this Christmas season," said Elliott Nachwalter, 56, of Arlington, Vermont, who started the business about 18 months ago out of the back of his fly fishing store.
Nachwalter said Bush's Last Day was founded after outrage at the president' environmental policies spurred him to design a lapel button and then a bumper sticker that he shared with a few friends.
The message is aimed at expressing frustration with, and opposition to, Bush's policies on the environment, the war in Iraq and an assortment of domestic issues, he said.
Nachwalter's business has grown from an online-only storefront to distribution through more than 300 retailers from California to the nation's capital in Washington. Business has picked up substantially since the mid-term elections, which showed Bush to be out of favour with a majority of Americans.
Diana Graham, of Overland Park, Kansas, who voted for George Bush in both 2000 and 2004 is one such customer, buying a Bush's Last Day hat this week as a gift for her mother.
"She despises Bush so much," said Graham. "His last day - she is so looking forward to it."
Injured man wins damages for sex overdrive
A devout Christian who said an accident at work boosted his libido and wrecked his marriage as he turned to prostitutes and pornography was awarded more than 3 million pounds ($5.89 million) in damages Tuesday.
Stephen Tame, 29, from Suffolk, suffered severe head injuries in a fall, transforming him from a loyal newlywed into a "disinhibited" character who had two affairs.
He was in a coma for two months after falling from a gantry while working at a bicycle warehouse shortly after his marriage in January 2002. Doctors said it was a miracle he survived.
Awarding him 3.1 million pounds in compensation at London's High Court, Judge Michael Harris said: "His life and the life of his young wife were shattered."
His former employer, Professional Cycle Marketing, of Essex, had argued through their lawyers that his injuries were not as bad as suggested in court.
Stephen Tame, 29, from Suffolk, suffered severe head injuries in a fall, transforming him from a loyal newlywed into a "disinhibited" character who had two affairs.
He was in a coma for two months after falling from a gantry while working at a bicycle warehouse shortly after his marriage in January 2002. Doctors said it was a miracle he survived.
Awarding him 3.1 million pounds in compensation at London's High Court, Judge Michael Harris said: "His life and the life of his young wife were shattered."
His former employer, Professional Cycle Marketing, of Essex, had argued through their lawyers that his injuries were not as bad as suggested in court.
Jakarta hotel puts $110 hamburger on menu
A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.
The $110 hamburger offered by the Four Seasons is made of Kobe beef with foie gras, Portobello mushrooms and Korean pears -- served with french fries, of course.
They're not exactly selling like hotcakes yet, but the hotel says it has sold 20 of the 1.0 million rupiah ($110.1) hamburgers since they were launched this month.
"One burger has 225 grams of Kobe beef. It is so expensive because the flavor is really different," said Erwan Ruswandi, the chief of the restaurant offering the gourmet burger.
"The calves in Kobe get special treatment ... they drink beer mixed with milk, vitamins and eat pesticide-free grass. We add foie gras and also some Korean pears. We import all the materials, and they are high quality so it is so expensive."
The minimum wage in most parts the country of 220 million is as low as around $40 a month.
A tiny number of Indonesians are among the richest people in Asia while millions live in dire poverty in urban slums or shanty towns in the countryside.
The $110 hamburger offered by the Four Seasons is made of Kobe beef with foie gras, Portobello mushrooms and Korean pears -- served with french fries, of course.
They're not exactly selling like hotcakes yet, but the hotel says it has sold 20 of the 1.0 million rupiah ($110.1) hamburgers since they were launched this month.
"One burger has 225 grams of Kobe beef. It is so expensive because the flavor is really different," said Erwan Ruswandi, the chief of the restaurant offering the gourmet burger.
"The calves in Kobe get special treatment ... they drink beer mixed with milk, vitamins and eat pesticide-free grass. We add foie gras and also some Korean pears. We import all the materials, and they are high quality so it is so expensive."
The minimum wage in most parts the country of 220 million is as low as around $40 a month.
A tiny number of Indonesians are among the richest people in Asia while millions live in dire poverty in urban slums or shanty towns in the countryside.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Pick up lines lol here are some for all the lads
) I wish you were a door so I could bang you all day long.
2) (Lick finger and wipe on her shirt)
Let's get you out of those wet clothes.
3) Nice legs... What time do they open?
4) Do you work for the post office? I thought I saw you
checking out my package.
5) You've got 206 bones in your body, want one more?
6) Can I buy you a drink or do you just want the money?
7) I may not be the best looking guy in here, but I'm the
only one talking to you.
8) I'm a bird watcher and I'm looking for a Big Breasted
Bed thrasher, have you seen one?
9) I'm fighting the urge to make you the happiest woman on
earth tonight.
10) Wanna play army? I'll lie down and you can blow the hell outta me.
11) I'd really like to see how you look when I'm naked.
12) You might not be the best looking girl here, but beauty
is only a light switch away.
13) You must be the limp doctor because I've got a stiffy.
14) I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles, and
even farther for that thing you do with your tongue.
15) If it's true that we are what we eat, then I could be
you by morning.
16) (Look down at your crotch) Well, it's not just going to
suck itself.
17) You know, if I were you, I'd have sex with me.
18) You, Me, Whipped cream and Handcuffs. Any questions?
19) Those clothes would look great in a crumpled heap on my
bedroom floor.
20) My name is (Drew)...remember that, you'll be screaming
it later.
21) Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk
by again?
22) Hi, the voices in my head told me to come over and talk
to you.
23) I know milk does a body good, but DAMN, how much have
you been drinking?
24) Do you sleep on your stomach? Can I?
25) Do you wash your pants in Mr Sheen because I can see
myself in them?
2) (Lick finger and wipe on her shirt)
Let's get you out of those wet clothes.
3) Nice legs... What time do they open?
4) Do you work for the post office? I thought I saw you
checking out my package.
5) You've got 206 bones in your body, want one more?
6) Can I buy you a drink or do you just want the money?
7) I may not be the best looking guy in here, but I'm the
only one talking to you.
8) I'm a bird watcher and I'm looking for a Big Breasted
Bed thrasher, have you seen one?
9) I'm fighting the urge to make you the happiest woman on
earth tonight.
10) Wanna play army? I'll lie down and you can blow the hell outta me.
11) I'd really like to see how you look when I'm naked.
12) You might not be the best looking girl here, but beauty
is only a light switch away.
13) You must be the limp doctor because I've got a stiffy.
14) I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles, and
even farther for that thing you do with your tongue.
15) If it's true that we are what we eat, then I could be
you by morning.
16) (Look down at your crotch) Well, it's not just going to
suck itself.
17) You know, if I were you, I'd have sex with me.
18) You, Me, Whipped cream and Handcuffs. Any questions?
19) Those clothes would look great in a crumpled heap on my
bedroom floor.
20) My name is (Drew)...remember that, you'll be screaming
it later.
21) Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk
by again?
22) Hi, the voices in my head told me to come over and talk
to you.
23) I know milk does a body good, but DAMN, how much have
you been drinking?
24) Do you sleep on your stomach? Can I?
25) Do you wash your pants in Mr Sheen because I can see
myself in them?
Cocaine Bags Wash Up On Fla. Beaches
FLORIDANA BEACH, Fla. -- About $600,000 worth of cocaine washed up on a Central Florida beach Tuesday hours after nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine washed up in South Florida.
Tuesday, Lena McAneney and her friend found a box stuffed with 20 packages of cocaine on Floridana Beach.
McAneney said she immediately called the police.
"It's scary -- there's people looking for it," she said. "People die for stuff like this."
Brevard County Sheriff's Office spokesman Andrew Walters confirmed the discovery. Authorities estimated the drug's weight at 27 kilos and its street value at $600,000, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
Earlier Tuesday on a Hollywood beach, 37 kilos of cocaine were wrapped tightly in cellophane and had likely been at sea for a month before washing ashore, said Capt. Tony Rode, a Hollywood police spokesman.
Rode said drugs are usually dumped into the ocean when people are being chased by the Coast Guard.
Police are investigating both incidents.
Tuesday, Lena McAneney and her friend found a box stuffed with 20 packages of cocaine on Floridana Beach.
McAneney said she immediately called the police.
"It's scary -- there's people looking for it," she said. "People die for stuff like this."
Brevard County Sheriff's Office spokesman Andrew Walters confirmed the discovery. Authorities estimated the drug's weight at 27 kilos and its street value at $600,000, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
Earlier Tuesday on a Hollywood beach, 37 kilos of cocaine were wrapped tightly in cellophane and had likely been at sea for a month before washing ashore, said Capt. Tony Rode, a Hollywood police spokesman.
Rode said drugs are usually dumped into the ocean when people are being chased by the Coast Guard.
Police are investigating both incidents.
Things Edison Didn't Invent
Much of what the public knows about America's most celebrated inventor is riddled with misconceptions. Among other things, the shrewed businessman Thomas Alva Edison, did not invent the light bulb. Following is a list of inventions that are often attributed to Edison, but were in fact not his making.
1. The Electric Bulb or Incandescent Lamp
Ask any child who invented the light bulb, and the answer is likely to be "Thomas Edison". Contrary to what schools have taught for years, the American icon, Thomas Edison, neither invented the light bulb, nor held the first patent to the modern design of the light bulb. In reality, light bulbs used as electric lights existed 50 years prior to Thomas Edison's 1879 patent date. In fact, Edison lost all patent rights to the light bulb both in Britain and the United States.
2. The Electric Chair
The first practical electric chair was invented by Harold P. Brown. Brown was an employee of Thomas Edison, hired for the purpose of researching electrocution and for the development of the electric chair. Since Brown worked for Edison, and Edison promoted Brown's work, the development of the electric chair is often erroneously credited to Edison himself. Furthermore, Brown's design was based on George Westinghouse's alternating current (AC), which was then just emerging as the rival to Edison's less transport-efficient direct current (DC), which was further along in commercial development.
3. The Movie Camera
As with the Electric chair, the invention of the movie camera should accurately be attributed to William d*ckson, an Edison employee. Edison had absolutely no concept of how the movie industry would take off. Interestingly, even before Edison's work on movies, the basic idea had already been developed by a British photographer named Eadward Muybridge. He wanted to prove that when a horse ran, all four of its legs could be up in the air at once. By taking several photos very fast, Muybridge proved his point.
4. The Power Generator
In the early 1880s, Nikola Tesla invented the AC generator, which allowed electricity to be transmitted over greater distances than could be done with DC power, which required a generator every few miles. Edison was making good money off of DC power, and didn't want to change, or worse, have someone else move in on his turf. Not surprisingly, Tesla and Edison had a long standing feud over this and many other inventions[1] . Edison did not invent the first electrical power station. Ultimately, though, he did improve the designs of existing generators and regulators to create the first commercially successful power station capable of delivering affordable power for electric lighting.
5. X-Ray Photographs (fluoroscope)
In 1887, Nikola Tesla, not Edison, was among the first to investiage the nature of X-Ray's using designs based on the Cathode Ray Tube. Eight years later, Thomas Edison began investigating materials' ability to fluoresce when exposed to x-rays. The fluoroscope he developed became the standard for medical X-ray examinations. Nevertheless, Edison dropped X-ray research around 1903 after the death of Clarence Madison Dally, one of his glassblowers. Dally had a habit of testing X-ray tubes on his hands, and acquired a cancer in them so tenacious that both arms were amputated in a futile attempt to save his life.
6. The Storage Battery
What invention made Edison the most money? The alkaline storage battery. Ironically, though, Edison did not invent the first storage battery, but combined new materials to create a storage battery suitable for practical use. By the time he perfected the alkaline storage battery, electric-powered cars had lost out in the competition with gas-powered cars that could be driven far greater distances. A failure as the motive force for automobiles, the alkaline storage battery was ultimately a great commercial success as the power source for train lights, marine appliances, and miners' lamps. Prior to this invention, miners used candles or small oil lamps attached to their hard hats as their light source.
7. The Record Player
Thomas Edison did not invent the record player. Rather, he invented the phonograph, which was intended for making recordings. The phonograph was first marketed as a dictation machine and only later modified for use in musical devices. The ability to record sounds had been invented much before Edison's phonograph. The gramophone, invented by Emile Berliner, was actually the first record player as we know it. To compete with the success of the record player, Edison and his company later devised the "disk" phonograph.
8. Wax Paper
Although Edison claimed to have invented wax paper, he did not. Waxed paper was invented by Gustave Le Gray in 1851. Used for hand-colouration, it allowed the colour from the back of the photograph to be seen from the front. The wax paper revolutionized photography and also became a commercially successful household product for, among other things, wrapping food.
9. The Telegraph
The telegraph had been invented while Edison was still a child. Due to his partial deafness, Edison learned the art of telegraph at an early age. And later on, spent a considerable time devising inventions that relied on the telegraph system, such as the stock ticker. Nevertheless, he did not invent the telegraph. To his credit, he did invent the first duplex and multiplex telegraphy systems, enabling telegraphs to send and receive messages at the same time over the same wire.
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Thomas Edison himself did not invent major breakthroughs. He often took credit for the ideas and inventions of others and most of his patents were little more than improvements on already existing products. He was an astute businessman, and as such, had greater impact on innovating existing products than inventing new ones. To quote himself, "I always invent to obtain money to go on inventing."
Notes
1: When it was clear that AC power was a threat, Edison started a propaganda campaign against AC power, claiming that it was much more dangerous than DC power. Besides distributing pamphlets, he also set up demonstrations where he electrocuted dogs and cats to show the power of AC. He also convinced the authorities at Sing Sing to carry out death sentences not by hanging, but by AC power. Despite all of this, AC power 'won', and is what we use today.
1. The Electric Bulb or Incandescent Lamp
Ask any child who invented the light bulb, and the answer is likely to be "Thomas Edison". Contrary to what schools have taught for years, the American icon, Thomas Edison, neither invented the light bulb, nor held the first patent to the modern design of the light bulb. In reality, light bulbs used as electric lights existed 50 years prior to Thomas Edison's 1879 patent date. In fact, Edison lost all patent rights to the light bulb both in Britain and the United States.
2. The Electric Chair
The first practical electric chair was invented by Harold P. Brown. Brown was an employee of Thomas Edison, hired for the purpose of researching electrocution and for the development of the electric chair. Since Brown worked for Edison, and Edison promoted Brown's work, the development of the electric chair is often erroneously credited to Edison himself. Furthermore, Brown's design was based on George Westinghouse's alternating current (AC), which was then just emerging as the rival to Edison's less transport-efficient direct current (DC), which was further along in commercial development.
3. The Movie Camera
As with the Electric chair, the invention of the movie camera should accurately be attributed to William d*ckson, an Edison employee. Edison had absolutely no concept of how the movie industry would take off. Interestingly, even before Edison's work on movies, the basic idea had already been developed by a British photographer named Eadward Muybridge. He wanted to prove that when a horse ran, all four of its legs could be up in the air at once. By taking several photos very fast, Muybridge proved his point.
4. The Power Generator
In the early 1880s, Nikola Tesla invented the AC generator, which allowed electricity to be transmitted over greater distances than could be done with DC power, which required a generator every few miles. Edison was making good money off of DC power, and didn't want to change, or worse, have someone else move in on his turf. Not surprisingly, Tesla and Edison had a long standing feud over this and many other inventions[1] . Edison did not invent the first electrical power station. Ultimately, though, he did improve the designs of existing generators and regulators to create the first commercially successful power station capable of delivering affordable power for electric lighting.
5. X-Ray Photographs (fluoroscope)
In 1887, Nikola Tesla, not Edison, was among the first to investiage the nature of X-Ray's using designs based on the Cathode Ray Tube. Eight years later, Thomas Edison began investigating materials' ability to fluoresce when exposed to x-rays. The fluoroscope he developed became the standard for medical X-ray examinations. Nevertheless, Edison dropped X-ray research around 1903 after the death of Clarence Madison Dally, one of his glassblowers. Dally had a habit of testing X-ray tubes on his hands, and acquired a cancer in them so tenacious that both arms were amputated in a futile attempt to save his life.
6. The Storage Battery
What invention made Edison the most money? The alkaline storage battery. Ironically, though, Edison did not invent the first storage battery, but combined new materials to create a storage battery suitable for practical use. By the time he perfected the alkaline storage battery, electric-powered cars had lost out in the competition with gas-powered cars that could be driven far greater distances. A failure as the motive force for automobiles, the alkaline storage battery was ultimately a great commercial success as the power source for train lights, marine appliances, and miners' lamps. Prior to this invention, miners used candles or small oil lamps attached to their hard hats as their light source.
7. The Record Player
Thomas Edison did not invent the record player. Rather, he invented the phonograph, which was intended for making recordings. The phonograph was first marketed as a dictation machine and only later modified for use in musical devices. The ability to record sounds had been invented much before Edison's phonograph. The gramophone, invented by Emile Berliner, was actually the first record player as we know it. To compete with the success of the record player, Edison and his company later devised the "disk" phonograph.
8. Wax Paper
Although Edison claimed to have invented wax paper, he did not. Waxed paper was invented by Gustave Le Gray in 1851. Used for hand-colouration, it allowed the colour from the back of the photograph to be seen from the front. The wax paper revolutionized photography and also became a commercially successful household product for, among other things, wrapping food.
9. The Telegraph
The telegraph had been invented while Edison was still a child. Due to his partial deafness, Edison learned the art of telegraph at an early age. And later on, spent a considerable time devising inventions that relied on the telegraph system, such as the stock ticker. Nevertheless, he did not invent the telegraph. To his credit, he did invent the first duplex and multiplex telegraphy systems, enabling telegraphs to send and receive messages at the same time over the same wire.
--
Thomas Edison himself did not invent major breakthroughs. He often took credit for the ideas and inventions of others and most of his patents were little more than improvements on already existing products. He was an astute businessman, and as such, had greater impact on innovating existing products than inventing new ones. To quote himself, "I always invent to obtain money to go on inventing."
Notes
1: When it was clear that AC power was a threat, Edison started a propaganda campaign against AC power, claiming that it was much more dangerous than DC power. Besides distributing pamphlets, he also set up demonstrations where he electrocuted dogs and cats to show the power of AC. He also convinced the authorities at Sing Sing to carry out death sentences not by hanging, but by AC power. Despite all of this, AC power 'won', and is what we use today.
Jungle secrets: 52 new species found in Borneo's 'Lost World'
More than 50 new species of animals and plants that have never been seen before have been discovered in a 'Lost World' on the island of Borneo in just 18 months, say scientists.
Among them are two tree frogs, a whole range of plants and trees and 30 brand new types of fish including a tiny one less than a centimetre long and a catfish with an adhesive belly that allows it to stick to rocks.
• GALLERY: Borneo's magical inhabitants
Scientists said the remarkable discoveries on the island - equivalent to one a week over the past year - show why the unique environment must be preserved for future generations.
They said its previously remote and inaccessible forests are one of the "final frontiers for science".
Yet they are under threat from developers wanting to create new rubber and palm oil plantations.
Last year the WWF conservation charity revealed how 361 new species had been identified and described on Borneo since 1994.
Now a new report has revealed how since July 2005 another 52 new species have been discovered.
Among them is the russet-coloured tree frog officially called Rhacophorus gadingensis.
The 30 new species of fish include one which is the world’s second smallest vertebrate.
The miniature fish, measuring less than one centimetre in length, was found in the highly acidic blackwater peat swamps of the island.
Scientists from the charity have also found six Siamese fighting fish, including one with beautiful russet scales marked with a flash of iridescent blue-green on its side.
The creatures also include a new type of catfish that has an adhesive belly which allows it to stick to rock.
The WWF says the discovery of so many unique species highlights the need to conserve the habitat and species of the world’s third largest island.
Several of these new species were found in the "Heart of Borneo", a mountainous region of almost 85,000 square miles which is covered with equatorial rainforest in the centre of the island.
This habitat continues to be threatened as large areas of forest are being increasingly cleared for rubber and oil palm production.
Since 1996, deforestation across Indonesia has increased to an average of 2 million hectares per year and today only half of Borneo's original forest cover remains.
Stuart Chapman, International Coordinator of the Heart of Borneo programme, said: "These discoveries reaffirm Borneo’s position as one of the most important centres of biodiversity in the world. "The remote and inaccessible forests in the Heart of Borneo are one of the world’s final frontiers for science and many undiscovered species are still waiting to be found there."
The three governments on Borneo - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam - have recently declared a commitment to supporting plans to conserve the area.
However they have yet to finalise a formal joint declaration to make it a global priority. Borneo is one of only two places on earth, the other one is Sumatra Island, where endangered species such as orang-utans, elephants and rhinos co-exist. Other threatened wildlife that lives in Borneo include clouded leopards, sun bears, and endemic Bornean gibbons. The island is also home to 10 primate species, over 350 bird species, 150 reptiles and amphibians and 15,000 plants.
The newly-discovered Rhacophorus gadingensis tree frog measures 29.5 mm in length and has a wide head, large eyes and a head that is slightly wider than it is long.
It was named after the Gunung Gading National Park in Sarawak, western Borneo where it was found.
The gastromyzon sucker fish are unique to Borneo and were found in the Temburong River basin in the Brunei-controlled part of the island.
They behave more like tadpoles than fish and live in freshwater.
Their enlarged fins allow them to cling onto rocks in fast flowing water and feed on algae and insects.
Scientists also found a new species of catfish called glyptothorax in the Heart of Borneo.
The mottled creature lives in clear streams and has a special organ that allows it to stick onto rocks.
Six new species of Siamese fighting fish were also found in the freshwaters on the island, three from the the Heart of Borneo and the rest in Kalimantan.
Borneo has long attracted traders - including the British between the 17th and 19th centuries who established footholds along the northern coast.
It has also lured scientists for at least 150 years due to its remarkable diversity of creatures.
However there are still areas of the island that remain largely unexplored.
The inner region, called the Heart of Borneo contains relatively inaccessible pristine forest and experts believe there may be thousands more plants and animals still to discover.
Because of their isolation, these areas can harbour a unique and rich selection of species from Asian and Australasian families.
Borneo is very rich in biodiversity compared to many other areas. There are about 15,000 species of flowering plants with 3,000 species of trees, 221 species of terrestrial mammals and 420 species of resident birds in Borneo. Even the largest animals on Borneo have yet to be closely studied by scientists.
It was only in 2003 that experts found that the island's pygmy elephants are genetically distinct from other Asian elephants and are likely a new subspecies. And it wasn't until 2000 that scientists found that Borneo's orang-utan population is a separate species from other orang-utans.
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Among them are two tree frogs, a whole range of plants and trees and 30 brand new types of fish including a tiny one less than a centimetre long and a catfish with an adhesive belly that allows it to stick to rocks.
• GALLERY: Borneo's magical inhabitants
Scientists said the remarkable discoveries on the island - equivalent to one a week over the past year - show why the unique environment must be preserved for future generations.
They said its previously remote and inaccessible forests are one of the "final frontiers for science".
Yet they are under threat from developers wanting to create new rubber and palm oil plantations.
Last year the WWF conservation charity revealed how 361 new species had been identified and described on Borneo since 1994.
Now a new report has revealed how since July 2005 another 52 new species have been discovered.
Among them is the russet-coloured tree frog officially called Rhacophorus gadingensis.
The 30 new species of fish include one which is the world’s second smallest vertebrate.
The miniature fish, measuring less than one centimetre in length, was found in the highly acidic blackwater peat swamps of the island.
Scientists from the charity have also found six Siamese fighting fish, including one with beautiful russet scales marked with a flash of iridescent blue-green on its side.
The creatures also include a new type of catfish that has an adhesive belly which allows it to stick to rock.
The WWF says the discovery of so many unique species highlights the need to conserve the habitat and species of the world’s third largest island.
Several of these new species were found in the "Heart of Borneo", a mountainous region of almost 85,000 square miles which is covered with equatorial rainforest in the centre of the island.
This habitat continues to be threatened as large areas of forest are being increasingly cleared for rubber and oil palm production.
Since 1996, deforestation across Indonesia has increased to an average of 2 million hectares per year and today only half of Borneo's original forest cover remains.
Stuart Chapman, International Coordinator of the Heart of Borneo programme, said: "These discoveries reaffirm Borneo’s position as one of the most important centres of biodiversity in the world. "The remote and inaccessible forests in the Heart of Borneo are one of the world’s final frontiers for science and many undiscovered species are still waiting to be found there."
The three governments on Borneo - Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam - have recently declared a commitment to supporting plans to conserve the area.
However they have yet to finalise a formal joint declaration to make it a global priority. Borneo is one of only two places on earth, the other one is Sumatra Island, where endangered species such as orang-utans, elephants and rhinos co-exist. Other threatened wildlife that lives in Borneo include clouded leopards, sun bears, and endemic Bornean gibbons. The island is also home to 10 primate species, over 350 bird species, 150 reptiles and amphibians and 15,000 plants.
The newly-discovered Rhacophorus gadingensis tree frog measures 29.5 mm in length and has a wide head, large eyes and a head that is slightly wider than it is long.
It was named after the Gunung Gading National Park in Sarawak, western Borneo where it was found.
The gastromyzon sucker fish are unique to Borneo and were found in the Temburong River basin in the Brunei-controlled part of the island.
They behave more like tadpoles than fish and live in freshwater.
Their enlarged fins allow them to cling onto rocks in fast flowing water and feed on algae and insects.
Scientists also found a new species of catfish called glyptothorax in the Heart of Borneo.
The mottled creature lives in clear streams and has a special organ that allows it to stick onto rocks.
Six new species of Siamese fighting fish were also found in the freshwaters on the island, three from the the Heart of Borneo and the rest in Kalimantan.
Borneo has long attracted traders - including the British between the 17th and 19th centuries who established footholds along the northern coast.
It has also lured scientists for at least 150 years due to its remarkable diversity of creatures.
However there are still areas of the island that remain largely unexplored.
The inner region, called the Heart of Borneo contains relatively inaccessible pristine forest and experts believe there may be thousands more plants and animals still to discover.
Because of their isolation, these areas can harbour a unique and rich selection of species from Asian and Australasian families.
Borneo is very rich in biodiversity compared to many other areas. There are about 15,000 species of flowering plants with 3,000 species of trees, 221 species of terrestrial mammals and 420 species of resident birds in Borneo. Even the largest animals on Borneo have yet to be closely studied by scientists.
It was only in 2003 that experts found that the island's pygmy elephants are genetically distinct from other Asian elephants and are likely a new subspecies. And it wasn't until 2000 that scientists found that Borneo's orang-utan population is a separate species from other orang-utans.
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Monday, December 18, 2006
Pictures of Nikki Osborne
Whaddya know - Quizmania now has a Myspace page at www.myspace.com/ausquizmania with some insider photos and messages, plus an impassioned request from opne user to "Join the Nikki Osborne Fanclub". Not this site of course, but his own Myspace. Weak!
A very expensive Ferrari gets unwanted nose job lol
IT'S a heart-breaking sight for car enthusiasts. This near-new Ferrari received an unwanted nose job when it ploughed into a traffic light in South Perth on Sunday.
Witnesses said the driver revved the Italian stallion at the lights, dropped the clutch and burned off around the corner – but humiliatingly lost control and slammed into the pole around 7pm.
Windsor Hotel manager Brian Hopley said the man appeared to be trying to impress bystanders in front of the packed hotel.
“He was waving at everyone in his new Ferrari, revving his engine up and making a big scene and he took off with a screech of rubber and went straight into the traffic light pole,” he said.
Another witness, a Windsor patron who wished to remain anonymous, said the driver tried to run from the scene but was pursued by security staff and patrons, tackled by hotel security staff and handed to police.
“I just saw him run and a few of us gave chase,” he said.
"(The security staff) just chased him down and tackled him in the Windsor’s car park.”
Mr Hopley said he was astonished by how quickly pictures of the incident were circulated.
“I came to work this morning and got it off one of my staff members. I sent them to my wife, and she’d already received it from her daughter two minutes before,” he said.
“It was a nasty waste of a brand new car, but the guy was an idiot … much to the amusement of our patrons.
"It’s a funny story – nobody actually got hurt.
“He got his just desserts I think.”
Witnesses said the driver revved the Italian stallion at the lights, dropped the clutch and burned off around the corner – but humiliatingly lost control and slammed into the pole around 7pm.
Windsor Hotel manager Brian Hopley said the man appeared to be trying to impress bystanders in front of the packed hotel.
“He was waving at everyone in his new Ferrari, revving his engine up and making a big scene and he took off with a screech of rubber and went straight into the traffic light pole,” he said.
Another witness, a Windsor patron who wished to remain anonymous, said the driver tried to run from the scene but was pursued by security staff and patrons, tackled by hotel security staff and handed to police.
“I just saw him run and a few of us gave chase,” he said.
"(The security staff) just chased him down and tackled him in the Windsor’s car park.”
Mr Hopley said he was astonished by how quickly pictures of the incident were circulated.
“I came to work this morning and got it off one of my staff members. I sent them to my wife, and she’d already received it from her daughter two minutes before,” he said.
“It was a nasty waste of a brand new car, but the guy was an idiot … much to the amusement of our patrons.
"It’s a funny story – nobody actually got hurt.
“He got his just desserts I think.”
Young Jeezy Deads Beef With Nas, Lil' Wayne Offers Jadakiss "Cash Money," Jay-Z Disse
Young Jeezy Deads Beef With Nas, Lil' Wayne Offers Jadakiss "Cash Money," Jay-Z Disse
From Friday...never seen it posted though...
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In this week's Pulse Report, the streets are buzzing about Young Jeezy taking back his Nas diss, Cash Money looking to sign Jadakiss, Monie Love challenging Jay-Z and Jim Jones tricking Jigga.
1. Jeezy retracts Nas diss. As previously reported by SOHH, Jeezy questioned Nas' street credibility last week during an interview on Philadelphia's 100.3 The Beat. The proud trapper appeared on Funk Master Flex's show on New York's Hot 97 radio station earlier this week. Though he proclaimed, "tell Nas to holla at me" while exiting the Philly station, Jeezy told Flex he didn't mean any disrespect. "All that ain't making nobody no money at the end of the day. I'm a tell you, me and Nas about to go out and make some money," Jeezy told Flex. "Ain't nobody stopping that. That's Def Jam running it right now. I'm speaking on behalf of us."
On another note, footage of the 100.3 interview surfaced on YouTube this week. The segment captured an earlier part of the aforementioned interview, in which host Monie Love asked Jeezy to explain the logic behind his snowman t-shirts. "Everybody called me snowman when I was on the street tip and I didn't wanna change that. When I did the shirt, I thought like a symbol of pride...Like a dude who wasn't scared to talk about it, who did it like a street spokesperson." What is he talking about? Dude sounds more like the "I give black people a bad name" spokesperson.
Jeezy then implied that hustling was a must for him while Monie and her co-host were probably more fortunate to get good jobs. "Not everybody wants to fill out an application," Monie's co-host then snapped. Chuch! Fumbling arguments again huh, Jeezy. Somebody please give this dude media training.
2. Cash Money to sign Jadakiss? That's the word according to Weezy F. Baby. During a recent interview, the self-proclaimed "king of New York" revealed that Cash Money and Jadakiss had been speaking about bringing the Yonkers lyricist to the New Orleans-based label. Are things that bad on D-Block?
If heads thought that Weezy's claims of being better than Jay-Z were blasphemous, they haven't heard anything yet. When asked if anyone besides Hov was close to being on his level, Weezy replied, "Juelz Santana." LMAO! Keep in mind that Lil' Weasel was alternating between blunt pulls and cherry bites when he made the outrageous declaration. In other words, dude was high. "Nah, I can't say that," Weezy added. "Juelz is on my level." Ha! Vicodin is a hell of a drug.
3. Monie Love and company challenge Hov. Shouts to Monie Love and her crew. The Philadelphia radio personality has been bringing the truth to the airwaves as of late. Only days after Young Jeezy stormed out of the station, Love interviewed President Carter over the phone. The interview began with Monie and company asking Hov about forgotten Roc-A-Fellers including Freeway, Peedi Peedi and Tieara-arra Marie. Well, close enough. Rather than admitting that miss Marie caught splinters from going wood with her debut album, Hov made it seem like both parties parted ways amicably. "We felt that she can grow better without us," Jay explained. "I stick to people even if they're not successful, I mean, look at my history." Ouch! You may as well call The Roc minus Kanye and Sigel a bunch of bums. Jigga also wouldn't budge when asked about being a self-promoting CEO, claiming that Def Jam was second to none in breaking six acts in the last three years.
4. Jim Jones tricks Jigga, bench presses Rosci. The always entertaining Jim Jones made an appearance on 106 & Park earlier this week. The Harlemite took the opportunity to sound off on record sales and Hov, among many other things. "Jay fell for the booby trap," Jones said before acknowledging that Hov's diss response elevated his Capo status. After premiering the "We Fly High" remix video, Jones accepted Terrence J's challenge and proceeded to bench press Rosci effortlessly. Baaallliiinnnnn!
From Friday...never seen it posted though...
www.sohh.com
In this week's Pulse Report, the streets are buzzing about Young Jeezy taking back his Nas diss, Cash Money looking to sign Jadakiss, Monie Love challenging Jay-Z and Jim Jones tricking Jigga.
1. Jeezy retracts Nas diss. As previously reported by SOHH, Jeezy questioned Nas' street credibility last week during an interview on Philadelphia's 100.3 The Beat. The proud trapper appeared on Funk Master Flex's show on New York's Hot 97 radio station earlier this week. Though he proclaimed, "tell Nas to holla at me" while exiting the Philly station, Jeezy told Flex he didn't mean any disrespect. "All that ain't making nobody no money at the end of the day. I'm a tell you, me and Nas about to go out and make some money," Jeezy told Flex. "Ain't nobody stopping that. That's Def Jam running it right now. I'm speaking on behalf of us."
On another note, footage of the 100.3 interview surfaced on YouTube this week. The segment captured an earlier part of the aforementioned interview, in which host Monie Love asked Jeezy to explain the logic behind his snowman t-shirts. "Everybody called me snowman when I was on the street tip and I didn't wanna change that. When I did the shirt, I thought like a symbol of pride...Like a dude who wasn't scared to talk about it, who did it like a street spokesperson." What is he talking about? Dude sounds more like the "I give black people a bad name" spokesperson.
Jeezy then implied that hustling was a must for him while Monie and her co-host were probably more fortunate to get good jobs. "Not everybody wants to fill out an application," Monie's co-host then snapped. Chuch! Fumbling arguments again huh, Jeezy. Somebody please give this dude media training.
2. Cash Money to sign Jadakiss? That's the word according to Weezy F. Baby. During a recent interview, the self-proclaimed "king of New York" revealed that Cash Money and Jadakiss had been speaking about bringing the Yonkers lyricist to the New Orleans-based label. Are things that bad on D-Block?
If heads thought that Weezy's claims of being better than Jay-Z were blasphemous, they haven't heard anything yet. When asked if anyone besides Hov was close to being on his level, Weezy replied, "Juelz Santana." LMAO! Keep in mind that Lil' Weasel was alternating between blunt pulls and cherry bites when he made the outrageous declaration. In other words, dude was high. "Nah, I can't say that," Weezy added. "Juelz is on my level." Ha! Vicodin is a hell of a drug.
3. Monie Love and company challenge Hov. Shouts to Monie Love and her crew. The Philadelphia radio personality has been bringing the truth to the airwaves as of late. Only days after Young Jeezy stormed out of the station, Love interviewed President Carter over the phone. The interview began with Monie and company asking Hov about forgotten Roc-A-Fellers including Freeway, Peedi Peedi and Tieara-arra Marie. Well, close enough. Rather than admitting that miss Marie caught splinters from going wood with her debut album, Hov made it seem like both parties parted ways amicably. "We felt that she can grow better without us," Jay explained. "I stick to people even if they're not successful, I mean, look at my history." Ouch! You may as well call The Roc minus Kanye and Sigel a bunch of bums. Jigga also wouldn't budge when asked about being a self-promoting CEO, claiming that Def Jam was second to none in breaking six acts in the last three years.
4. Jim Jones tricks Jigga, bench presses Rosci. The always entertaining Jim Jones made an appearance on 106 & Park earlier this week. The Harlemite took the opportunity to sound off on record sales and Hov, among many other things. "Jay fell for the booby trap," Jones said before acknowledging that Hov's diss response elevated his Capo status. After premiering the "We Fly High" remix video, Jones accepted Terrence J's challenge and proceeded to bench press Rosci effortlessly. Baaallliiinnnnn!
Teen finds, returns $24K in movie theater
Imagine stumbling upon $24,000 cash. What would you do with the money?
The untraceable wad of $100 bills, rubber-banded together inside a zippered bank pouch, tumbled unnoticed from the purse of RoseMarie Limoncelli, 39, as she sat Friday inside the AMC Fantasy theater in Rockville Centre.
Christopher Montgomery, 19, found the money as he was cleaning between seats.
The Lynbrook student returned it. Every dollar.
"I was shocked," Limoncelli said. "It's so commendable to see a teenager do something so wonderful for someone else. My life could have been flipped upside down."
Montgomery, a liberal arts student at Nassau Community College, yesterday was reluctant to talk about his choice.
"He won't come out; he's not the type of kid that likes attention," said his mother, Donna Montgomery, 49, outside the family's Lynbrook home. "He said, 'It's no big deal.' I think he's embarrassed."
But for the Hewlett woman who nearly lost the $24,000, it was a very big deal indeed. Before recovering the cash, Limoncelli endured what amounted to a brief waking nightmare.
Limoncelli runs a business, and like many this time of year, she's been a bit harried lately.
"It's the holidays and I'm running in all different directions and trying to do my shopping in between," she said.
On Friday, she still hadn't made it to the bank when it came time to accompany her 8-year-old daughter, Sabrina, to see "Happy Feet" at 7:15 p.m.
Halfway through the film, Sabrina climbed onto Limoncelli's lap. To make room for her daughter, Limoncelli slid the purse under her seat, where it tipped over. The bank pouch must have fallen out in the dark, she said.
On the way home, mother and daughter stopped for ice cream. In line at the cash register, pint of Häagen-Dazs in hand, Limoncelli made the the blood-chilling discovery. The deposit bag was gone.
"My heart stopped," she said. "My whole body was shaking."
Frantic, she called her husband at home. The money wasn't there. She dialed information for the movie theater's number -- and was apoplectic when they placed her on hold.
"It was like the longest two minutes of my life," she said. "I screamed at the operator when she tried to give me the address and I said, 'I don't care, just give me the number!' ... I was hysterical, crying."
When she called the theater, Limoncelli experienced the holiday miracle she will likely recount for years to come.
After examining the cash, Christopher Montgomery had handed the pouch over to his manager.
Limoncelli said he refused a cash reward, but she hopes he'll at least accept a gift certificate to P.C. Richard & Son.
"I always tell my kids, 'I believe: a good deed -- you do one, you get one in return,'" Donna Montgomery said.
Source: Newsday
The untraceable wad of $100 bills, rubber-banded together inside a zippered bank pouch, tumbled unnoticed from the purse of RoseMarie Limoncelli, 39, as she sat Friday inside the AMC Fantasy theater in Rockville Centre.
Christopher Montgomery, 19, found the money as he was cleaning between seats.
The Lynbrook student returned it. Every dollar.
"I was shocked," Limoncelli said. "It's so commendable to see a teenager do something so wonderful for someone else. My life could have been flipped upside down."
Montgomery, a liberal arts student at Nassau Community College, yesterday was reluctant to talk about his choice.
"He won't come out; he's not the type of kid that likes attention," said his mother, Donna Montgomery, 49, outside the family's Lynbrook home. "He said, 'It's no big deal.' I think he's embarrassed."
But for the Hewlett woman who nearly lost the $24,000, it was a very big deal indeed. Before recovering the cash, Limoncelli endured what amounted to a brief waking nightmare.
Limoncelli runs a business, and like many this time of year, she's been a bit harried lately.
"It's the holidays and I'm running in all different directions and trying to do my shopping in between," she said.
On Friday, she still hadn't made it to the bank when it came time to accompany her 8-year-old daughter, Sabrina, to see "Happy Feet" at 7:15 p.m.
Halfway through the film, Sabrina climbed onto Limoncelli's lap. To make room for her daughter, Limoncelli slid the purse under her seat, where it tipped over. The bank pouch must have fallen out in the dark, she said.
On the way home, mother and daughter stopped for ice cream. In line at the cash register, pint of Häagen-Dazs in hand, Limoncelli made the the blood-chilling discovery. The deposit bag was gone.
"My heart stopped," she said. "My whole body was shaking."
Frantic, she called her husband at home. The money wasn't there. She dialed information for the movie theater's number -- and was apoplectic when they placed her on hold.
"It was like the longest two minutes of my life," she said. "I screamed at the operator when she tried to give me the address and I said, 'I don't care, just give me the number!' ... I was hysterical, crying."
When she called the theater, Limoncelli experienced the holiday miracle she will likely recount for years to come.
After examining the cash, Christopher Montgomery had handed the pouch over to his manager.
Limoncelli said he refused a cash reward, but she hopes he'll at least accept a gift certificate to P.C. Richard & Son.
"I always tell my kids, 'I believe: a good deed -- you do one, you get one in return,'" Donna Montgomery said.
Source: Newsday
79 Year Old Rapes 84 Year Old!
79 Year Old Rapes 84 Year Old!
Thiruvananthapuram: A 79-year-old man raped an 84-year-old woman near Thiruvananthapuram.
Gopinathan Asari raped his neighbour on Thursday at Kilimanoor, 45 km from the capital city. He has been arrested.
A police official said the incident took place on Thursday around 11 a.m.
"Both the woman and the man are neighbours and when the incident took place there was no one in the woman's house. At noon, when her son came home he found his elderly mother lying in a pool of blood. She was hospitalised and we have arrested the man," said the official.
The accused was produced in court on Friday. The woman is out of danger.
The man and woman had been reportedly close to each other for several years.
Thiruvananthapuram: A 79-year-old man raped an 84-year-old woman near Thiruvananthapuram.
Gopinathan Asari raped his neighbour on Thursday at Kilimanoor, 45 km from the capital city. He has been arrested.
A police official said the incident took place on Thursday around 11 a.m.
"Both the woman and the man are neighbours and when the incident took place there was no one in the woman's house. At noon, when her son came home he found his elderly mother lying in a pool of blood. She was hospitalised and we have arrested the man," said the official.
The accused was produced in court on Friday. The woman is out of danger.
The man and woman had been reportedly close to each other for several years.
Uninvited Guest Rapper Ruins Album
BRONX, NY—Despite already having lent his vocals to six of the 10 tracks on Fat Joe’s latest album and drinking every can of Red Bull in the recording room’s mini-fridge, uninvited guest rapper Lil Wayne continued to miss repeated hints that he should "hit the fu*king curb," the Atlantic recording artist and 36-year-old Bronx native said Tuesday.
According to Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, who appeared at the studio "just to holla" after "passing through the [neighbor]hood" last Thursday, was allowed to stay for the recording of a few verses on his fellow rapper’s newest effort, Me Myself & I. Five days and dozens of studio hours later, however, Fat Joe said he had made a "serious mistake" by granting the 23-year-old, New Orleans-born rapper such wide latitude.
"That nigga’s in everybody’s way," Fat Joe said. "It’d be one thing if homeboy helped to clean up a studio track every now and then, or offered to replace some of the beats he’s used without asking. But all he does is make more work for me."
"Don’t he have his own goddamn rap album with his own guests to go work on?" Fat Joe added.
Although Fat Joe said he had gotten along with Lil Wayne in the past, "every motherfu*king little thing," from the way the unwanted MC incorrectly emphasizes the first syllable of the word "bizzatch," to the way he constantly "flashes his ice," has begun to irritate him.
"I’ve tried to meet the sucka halfway and just have him come in on the chorus of most songs," Fat Joe said. "But you know what the sad nigga do? He repeats the last word of every verse, right after I spit it. Did he always do that sh*t, and I just never noticed?"
Fat Joe said that the only contribution his unsolicited collaborator has so far made to the album was inspiring the song "Blood-Sucking Moochaz Who Stick Around For A Damn Week Almost."
"I thought that maybe after listening to that rhyme, he would’ve realized he’d overstayed his welcome," Fat Joe said. "But nigga just bi*ched that the bass was too low."
According to Fat Joe, the mood, already strained after a 40-oz. bottle of malt liquor was spilled on expensive sound equipment Friday, worsened Sunday when he was forced to eject nearly a dozen of Lil Wayne’s friends from the studio.
"It was a fu*king block party up in here, and now every one of them freeloading bi*ches got to get shout-outs in the liner notes," said Fat Joe, who claimed to receive icy glares from the expelled revelers, "as if [he] was the hater in all this."
"If Lil Wayne was dropping Franklins to cover studio time, I wouldn’t mind him having people over. But he ain’t," he added.
"I can’t even tell if this is a Fat Joe album anymore," Fat Joe said. "And now I got to pay royalties to this nigga, too?"
Me Myself & I was scheduled to be released later this fall, but the unexpected spike in salaries and production cost overruns has prompted Atlantic to table the project until legal arrangements are first worked out. The development has reportedly dismayed executives from the label.
"In the industry, it’s common knowledge that if you’re going to invite a guest rapper, you make sure you’re both on the same wavelength," said an Atlantic artists and repertoire executive who requested anonymity. "If you’re Too $hort, you have to be down with T-Pain. If you’re Trick Daddy, you’re cool with Twista. And so on."
Despite their friction, Fat Joe attributes his reluctance to kick out Lil Wayne to their long history together.
"Lil Wayne is like a brother to me—I’d take a bullet for that nigga," Fat Joe said. "But, damn, I ain’t never had this trouble from R. Kelly or the Terror Squad. I got a beef with 50 [Cent] , but hell, at least I don’t got to see him that much."
"Nigga, please," Fat Joe added. "Leave."
Me Myself & I, featuring Lil Wayne, Petey Pablo, Juvenile, Turk, Noreaga, Pastor Troy, Paul Wall, Onyx, Three 6 Mafia, Skull Duggery, Canibus, Capone, and four or five of Lil Wayne’s other friends that Fat Joe had never even seen before in his life, could be released as early as January "if busta ever gets his skinny ass the hell on."
According to Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, who appeared at the studio "just to holla" after "passing through the [neighbor]hood" last Thursday, was allowed to stay for the recording of a few verses on his fellow rapper’s newest effort, Me Myself & I. Five days and dozens of studio hours later, however, Fat Joe said he had made a "serious mistake" by granting the 23-year-old, New Orleans-born rapper such wide latitude.
"That nigga’s in everybody’s way," Fat Joe said. "It’d be one thing if homeboy helped to clean up a studio track every now and then, or offered to replace some of the beats he’s used without asking. But all he does is make more work for me."
"Don’t he have his own goddamn rap album with his own guests to go work on?" Fat Joe added.
Although Fat Joe said he had gotten along with Lil Wayne in the past, "every motherfu*king little thing," from the way the unwanted MC incorrectly emphasizes the first syllable of the word "bizzatch," to the way he constantly "flashes his ice," has begun to irritate him.
"I’ve tried to meet the sucka halfway and just have him come in on the chorus of most songs," Fat Joe said. "But you know what the sad nigga do? He repeats the last word of every verse, right after I spit it. Did he always do that sh*t, and I just never noticed?"
Fat Joe said that the only contribution his unsolicited collaborator has so far made to the album was inspiring the song "Blood-Sucking Moochaz Who Stick Around For A Damn Week Almost."
"I thought that maybe after listening to that rhyme, he would’ve realized he’d overstayed his welcome," Fat Joe said. "But nigga just bi*ched that the bass was too low."
According to Fat Joe, the mood, already strained after a 40-oz. bottle of malt liquor was spilled on expensive sound equipment Friday, worsened Sunday when he was forced to eject nearly a dozen of Lil Wayne’s friends from the studio.
"It was a fu*king block party up in here, and now every one of them freeloading bi*ches got to get shout-outs in the liner notes," said Fat Joe, who claimed to receive icy glares from the expelled revelers, "as if [he] was the hater in all this."
"If Lil Wayne was dropping Franklins to cover studio time, I wouldn’t mind him having people over. But he ain’t," he added.
"I can’t even tell if this is a Fat Joe album anymore," Fat Joe said. "And now I got to pay royalties to this nigga, too?"
Me Myself & I was scheduled to be released later this fall, but the unexpected spike in salaries and production cost overruns has prompted Atlantic to table the project until legal arrangements are first worked out. The development has reportedly dismayed executives from the label.
"In the industry, it’s common knowledge that if you’re going to invite a guest rapper, you make sure you’re both on the same wavelength," said an Atlantic artists and repertoire executive who requested anonymity. "If you’re Too $hort, you have to be down with T-Pain. If you’re Trick Daddy, you’re cool with Twista. And so on."
Despite their friction, Fat Joe attributes his reluctance to kick out Lil Wayne to their long history together.
"Lil Wayne is like a brother to me—I’d take a bullet for that nigga," Fat Joe said. "But, damn, I ain’t never had this trouble from R. Kelly or the Terror Squad. I got a beef with 50 [Cent] , but hell, at least I don’t got to see him that much."
"Nigga, please," Fat Joe added. "Leave."
Me Myself & I, featuring Lil Wayne, Petey Pablo, Juvenile, Turk, Noreaga, Pastor Troy, Paul Wall, Onyx, Three 6 Mafia, Skull Duggery, Canibus, Capone, and four or five of Lil Wayne’s other friends that Fat Joe had never even seen before in his life, could be released as early as January "if busta ever gets his skinny ass the hell on."
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Woman said to have Hepatitis C bites cop
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A Cape Girardeau woman reportedly infected with the Hepatitis C virus faces felony charges for biting a police officer's finger.
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Lillie Dry, 39, was charged with first-degree felony assault of a law enforcement officer. If convicted, she could face up to life in prison.
Police said the incident happened Wednesday as the officer was trying to retrieve a bag of drugs from Dry's mouth.
Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Morley Swingle said the charge would have been a misdemeanor if not for the fact that Dry allegedly has a communicable illness.
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Lillie Dry, 39, was charged with first-degree felony assault of a law enforcement officer. If convicted, she could face up to life in prison.
Police said the incident happened Wednesday as the officer was trying to retrieve a bag of drugs from Dry's mouth.
Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Morley Swingle said the charge would have been a misdemeanor if not for the fact that Dry allegedly has a communicable illness.
50 Cent announces new album for March 2007
50 Cent announces new album for March 2007.
Collaborators list include Dr Dre and many more.
He also shut down rumors of him retiring,
new album will have a Motown Vibe.
Collaborators list include Dr Dre and many more.
He also shut down rumors of him retiring,
new album will have a Motown Vibe.
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WYCLEF JEAN’S ASSOCIATE HOME SAFELY AFTER KIDNAPPING
When Wyclef Jean returned to his homeland of Haiti to perform some good deeds last month, it seems that not everyone was grateful. On Nov. 30, while Clef was playing Santa to 600 children at his Telemax studios, gunmen abducted one of the network’s news producers, Bidthlerson Brutus, and held him for a $250,000 ransom. Brutus was held captive for three days before being released; the ransom was never paid. One of the captors, who called himself The Commander, told SOS Journalistes-Haiti, “We freed the journalist after considering how much effort Wyclef is doing to help our sisters and brothers in the forgotten ghettos.” Wyclef told The New York Daily News that he believed the kidnapping was related to several layoffs he made after purchasing the station earlier this year. “I think it was a person who felt hatred…I’m just happy that Mr. Brutus is home alive.”
DREAMGIRLS CAST AND FILM GET GOLDEN GLOBE NODS
Although it has yet to hit theatres, the big screen production of Dreamgirls has already impressed the folks over at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA.) The production racked up several nominations for the Association’s Golden Globe Awards. Beyoncé nabbed a Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy nomination, while co-star Jennifer Hudson earned a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category. Eddie Murphy, who plays a soul singer on the decline, earned a Supporting Actor nomination. “I’m overwhelmed right now. I just started screaming when they said the names,” Hudson said during an appearance on the “Today” show shortly after the nominations were announced. Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith received a nomination for Best Actor in a Movie Drama for his role in The Pursuit of Happyness, which hits theaters this Friday. Dreamgirls arrives in theaters Dec. 25.
CHINGY READY TO BURN RUBBER
Rapper Chingy gave Xbox Live players the chance to compete against him today as part of the gaming console’s “Game with Fame” session. Xbox Live Gold members battled it out with the St. Louis-bred rapper in “Project Gotham Racing 3” today between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. (ET) under the gamertag “ChingyGWF.” “Getting loose on Xbox Live allows me to show my appreciation for where I come from and who supports me. It lets me show the world how I not only dominate the rap game but the virtual court too,” he said in a statement.
DIDDY AND SNOOP PLAN EUROPEAN TOUR
European fans will be treated to the best of both coasts when Snoop Dogg and Sean “Diddy” Combs roll into town. The two announced plans for a co-headlining European tour that kicks off in March and will take them to nine countries across the continent, including a two-night stand in Paris and Dublin. Dates for the Diddy/Snoop Dogg European Tour 2007 are as follows:
March 12 – Spektrum (Oslo, Norway)
March 13 – The Forum (Copenhagen,
Denmark)
March 14 – Max Schmelling Hallie (Berlin,Germany)
March 15 – Schleyerhalle (Stuggart, Germany)
March 16 – Sporthalle (Hamburg, Germany)
March 17 – Festhalle (Frankfurt, Germany)
March 18 – Olympiahalle (Munich, Germany)
March 19 – Hallenstadion (Zurich, Germany)
March 21 – Bercy (Paris, France)
March 22 – Bercy (Paris, France)
March 23 – Philipshalle (Dusseldorf, Germany)
March 24 – Forest National (Brussels, Belgium)
March 25 – Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam)
March 27 – Wembley Arena (London)
March 28 – Cardiff International Arena (Cardiff, England)
March 29 – MEN Arena (Manchester, England)
March 31 – The Point (Dublin, Ireland)
April 1 – The Point (Dublin, Ireland)
April 2 – Nottingham Arena (Nottingham, England
When Wyclef Jean returned to his homeland of Haiti to perform some good deeds last month, it seems that not everyone was grateful. On Nov. 30, while Clef was playing Santa to 600 children at his Telemax studios, gunmen abducted one of the network’s news producers, Bidthlerson Brutus, and held him for a $250,000 ransom. Brutus was held captive for three days before being released; the ransom was never paid. One of the captors, who called himself The Commander, told SOS Journalistes-Haiti, “We freed the journalist after considering how much effort Wyclef is doing to help our sisters and brothers in the forgotten ghettos.” Wyclef told The New York Daily News that he believed the kidnapping was related to several layoffs he made after purchasing the station earlier this year. “I think it was a person who felt hatred…I’m just happy that Mr. Brutus is home alive.”
DREAMGIRLS CAST AND FILM GET GOLDEN GLOBE NODS
Although it has yet to hit theatres, the big screen production of Dreamgirls has already impressed the folks over at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA.) The production racked up several nominations for the Association’s Golden Globe Awards. Beyoncé nabbed a Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy nomination, while co-star Jennifer Hudson earned a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category. Eddie Murphy, who plays a soul singer on the decline, earned a Supporting Actor nomination. “I’m overwhelmed right now. I just started screaming when they said the names,” Hudson said during an appearance on the “Today” show shortly after the nominations were announced. Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith received a nomination for Best Actor in a Movie Drama for his role in The Pursuit of Happyness, which hits theaters this Friday. Dreamgirls arrives in theaters Dec. 25.
CHINGY READY TO BURN RUBBER
Rapper Chingy gave Xbox Live players the chance to compete against him today as part of the gaming console’s “Game with Fame” session. Xbox Live Gold members battled it out with the St. Louis-bred rapper in “Project Gotham Racing 3” today between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. (ET) under the gamertag “ChingyGWF.” “Getting loose on Xbox Live allows me to show my appreciation for where I come from and who supports me. It lets me show the world how I not only dominate the rap game but the virtual court too,” he said in a statement.
DIDDY AND SNOOP PLAN EUROPEAN TOUR
European fans will be treated to the best of both coasts when Snoop Dogg and Sean “Diddy” Combs roll into town. The two announced plans for a co-headlining European tour that kicks off in March and will take them to nine countries across the continent, including a two-night stand in Paris and Dublin. Dates for the Diddy/Snoop Dogg European Tour 2007 are as follows:
March 12 – Spektrum (Oslo, Norway)
March 13 – The Forum (Copenhagen,
Denmark)
March 14 – Max Schmelling Hallie (Berlin,Germany)
March 15 – Schleyerhalle (Stuggart, Germany)
March 16 – Sporthalle (Hamburg, Germany)
March 17 – Festhalle (Frankfurt, Germany)
March 18 – Olympiahalle (Munich, Germany)
March 19 – Hallenstadion (Zurich, Germany)
March 21 – Bercy (Paris, France)
March 22 – Bercy (Paris, France)
March 23 – Philipshalle (Dusseldorf, Germany)
March 24 – Forest National (Brussels, Belgium)
March 25 – Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam)
March 27 – Wembley Arena (London)
March 28 – Cardiff International Arena (Cardiff, England)
March 29 – MEN Arena (Manchester, England)
March 31 – The Point (Dublin, Ireland)
April 1 – The Point (Dublin, Ireland)
April 2 – Nottingham Arena (Nottingham, England
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Insurance Company Says Its Not Liable In $10 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against 50 Cent
An insurance company claims it is not liable for a $10 million lawsuit against 50 Cent, claiming the rapper took more than a year to report the assault of Richard "DJ Xzulu The Big Lipped Bandit" Dunkerson at 93.9 WKYS-FM in Lanham, Maryland.
According to The New York Post, National Fire claims 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, waited more than 12 months to report the assault, which effectively nullified the rapper's coverage.
The lawsuit was filed after former G-Unit member The Game and an entourage appeared on Xzulu's show in Jan. of 2005, weeks before the release of his chart-topping G-Unit/Aftermath debut The Documentary hit stores.
During the interview, Xzulu allegedly made an off-color remark about a cell-phone ear piece being worn by The Game's manager, Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond.
Shortly after the interview was over, police said a group of men confronted the DJ and punched and kicked Xzulu, causing serious internal injuries.
In April 2005, another man named Kwasi Jones came forward and claimed that he was beat by the pack of men the same evening as well.
Jones filed a $280 million dollar civil-assault case against The Game, G-Unit, Shady Records, and Aftermath Entertainment.
He also claimed the labels were negligent for releasing several remixes to Game's "Hate It or Love It" single which featured 50 Cent.
On the song, The Game rapped: "I'm rap's MVP/Don't make me remind y'all what happened in D.C."
While charges against The Game were eventually dropped, Rosemond was found guilty of misdemeanor assault in Feb. 2006.
Rosemond was later sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation and fined $2,500 for his role in the incident.
According to The New York Post, National Fire claims 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, waited more than 12 months to report the assault, which effectively nullified the rapper's coverage.
The lawsuit was filed after former G-Unit member The Game and an entourage appeared on Xzulu's show in Jan. of 2005, weeks before the release of his chart-topping G-Unit/Aftermath debut The Documentary hit stores.
During the interview, Xzulu allegedly made an off-color remark about a cell-phone ear piece being worn by The Game's manager, Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond.
Shortly after the interview was over, police said a group of men confronted the DJ and punched and kicked Xzulu, causing serious internal injuries.
In April 2005, another man named Kwasi Jones came forward and claimed that he was beat by the pack of men the same evening as well.
Jones filed a $280 million dollar civil-assault case against The Game, G-Unit, Shady Records, and Aftermath Entertainment.
He also claimed the labels were negligent for releasing several remixes to Game's "Hate It or Love It" single which featured 50 Cent.
On the song, The Game rapped: "I'm rap's MVP/Don't make me remind y'all what happened in D.C."
While charges against The Game were eventually dropped, Rosemond was found guilty of misdemeanor assault in Feb. 2006.
Rosemond was later sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation and fined $2,500 for his role in the incident.
Fake friends make Internet loners appear popular
Internet loners seeking online popularity, take note: you can now be a luminary without the burden of having real friends.
A new service is capitalizing on the rush for cyber-eminence by offering attractive models to pose as friends on MySpace and Facebook, the two most populated social networks.
For 99 cents US a month, a model of your choice will add him or herself to your online profile and leave two comments a week — comments that you write yourself — making you seem quite the tomcat.
Fakeyourspace.com is the work of Brant Walker, a web design student at San Diego’s Platt College who doesn’t mince words in his business pitch.
“FakeYourSpace makes it easy for any regular person to make it seem like they have a model for a friend … Maybe you want to appear as if you have a model for a lover,” his site says. “If you are tired of seeing everyone else with the hottest friends and want some hotties of your own, then this is the place for you.”
According to Walker, his site went from 10 visitors a day to 50,000 last week, when it was picked up by tech news sites like Digg and Slashdot.
“The reaction was crazy. I received many e-mails congratulating me on such a great idea. Surprisingly I also received many orders. More than I could handle,” Walker said by e-mail.
He also got plenty of hate mail and a few legal threats, since the pictures of the “models” for rent were not licensed by the people in the pictures.
Walker would not say where he got the pictures, but he’s now looking for “real people who want to become part of the service by letting FakeYourSpace use their images.”
The pressure to be popular in cyberspace is fierce, sometimes more than in flesh and blood. When many of MySpace’s 100 million users give their more attractive contacts more prominence in their profiles, Walker knew he had a business model.
“I knew people would be interested because so many people are just obsessed with MySpace,” he wrote.
“Myself NOT included, however. This is just something I observed.”
At least two Montreal teens who use MySpace said they wouldn’t buy into the service, but know plenty of people who would.
“It’s definitely a stupid idea. You should be true about who your friends are,” said 17-year-old Jessica Ouellette.
“A lot of people want to look cool so they add random people they don’t know who are attractive,” added Jasmine Woodward, 12.
Social networking sites have been the bane of many parents and teachers, especially in the U.S., where they are frequently slammed as dens for cyberbullies and pedophiles.
One observer of youth culture feels the fears have spiralled to paranoia, and a service like FakeYourSpace should not be seen as a worrisome trend.
“The media choose one example and pump it up as a national headline,” said Henry Jenkins, the director of Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Adolescence is about being popular. This is no different from counting signatures in your yearbook. It’s the same behaviour, but with a more powerful technology,” Jenkins added.
Irrational fears of Internet culture, Jenkins continued, can in fact have an adverse effect.
“Teens can see their parents as so out of touch with their reality, so why would they take their advice seriously?”
A new service is capitalizing on the rush for cyber-eminence by offering attractive models to pose as friends on MySpace and Facebook, the two most populated social networks.
For 99 cents US a month, a model of your choice will add him or herself to your online profile and leave two comments a week — comments that you write yourself — making you seem quite the tomcat.
Fakeyourspace.com is the work of Brant Walker, a web design student at San Diego’s Platt College who doesn’t mince words in his business pitch.
“FakeYourSpace makes it easy for any regular person to make it seem like they have a model for a friend … Maybe you want to appear as if you have a model for a lover,” his site says. “If you are tired of seeing everyone else with the hottest friends and want some hotties of your own, then this is the place for you.”
According to Walker, his site went from 10 visitors a day to 50,000 last week, when it was picked up by tech news sites like Digg and Slashdot.
“The reaction was crazy. I received many e-mails congratulating me on such a great idea. Surprisingly I also received many orders. More than I could handle,” Walker said by e-mail.
He also got plenty of hate mail and a few legal threats, since the pictures of the “models” for rent were not licensed by the people in the pictures.
Walker would not say where he got the pictures, but he’s now looking for “real people who want to become part of the service by letting FakeYourSpace use their images.”
The pressure to be popular in cyberspace is fierce, sometimes more than in flesh and blood. When many of MySpace’s 100 million users give their more attractive contacts more prominence in their profiles, Walker knew he had a business model.
“I knew people would be interested because so many people are just obsessed with MySpace,” he wrote.
“Myself NOT included, however. This is just something I observed.”
At least two Montreal teens who use MySpace said they wouldn’t buy into the service, but know plenty of people who would.
“It’s definitely a stupid idea. You should be true about who your friends are,” said 17-year-old Jessica Ouellette.
“A lot of people want to look cool so they add random people they don’t know who are attractive,” added Jasmine Woodward, 12.
Social networking sites have been the bane of many parents and teachers, especially in the U.S., where they are frequently slammed as dens for cyberbullies and pedophiles.
One observer of youth culture feels the fears have spiralled to paranoia, and a service like FakeYourSpace should not be seen as a worrisome trend.
“The media choose one example and pump it up as a national headline,” said Henry Jenkins, the director of Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Adolescence is about being popular. This is no different from counting signatures in your yearbook. It’s the same behaviour, but with a more powerful technology,” Jenkins added.
Irrational fears of Internet culture, Jenkins continued, can in fact have an adverse effect.
“Teens can see their parents as so out of touch with their reality, so why would they take their advice seriously?”
Trick Daddy, Pitbull Spread Holiday Cheer Throughout Miami
Trick Daddy, Pitbull Spread Holiday Cheer Throughout Miami
In an effort to boost the Christmas spirit of Miami’s underprivileged youth, Trick Daddy recently announced that he will hold his annual Christmas toy drive for the two weekends leading up to the Christmas holiday.
For the fourth year, Trick Daddy will celebrate the holiday season by giving back and distributing food and gifts to Miami youth thru his Trick Luvs Da Kids Foundation.
The Trick Luvs Da Kids Foundation's 4th annual Christmas Toy Drive takes place tomorrow (Dec. 16) at Miami's Moore Park and Saturday, December 23rd at the city's Gould Park.
Pitbull and Mobile Mike are scheduled to assist Trick in hosting both events, as well as providing entertainment to those in attendance.
The Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recording artist has also partnered with KB Toys to invite the retail chain’s customers throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach, to purchase a gift card to be donated to the Foundation.
In addition to the Christmas Toy Drive, Trick Daddy has challenged the Boys and Girls Clubs in New York, Florida and Atlanta to identify teen members who have gone beyond the call of duty to organize some type of community efforts for Christmas.
Sponsored by Trick Luvs DA Kids Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs, SNS/Atlantic Records, It's Cool To Be Smart, Inc., and BET, the winner of the contest will receive a variety of gifts and prizes, including a $1000 contribution to their local Boys and Girls Club for a youth scholarship.
In related news, Trick Daddy is gearing up for his 7th studio album release, Back By Thug Demand, which arrives in stores on December 19.
The new disc features appearances from Baby, 8Ball, Jaheim, The Dunk Ryders, Trey Songz, Trina and Young Buck.
Trick Daddy will also make a special appearance on BET’s 106 & Park December 18 to announce the grand prize winner of his Christmas Toy Drive contest and to discuss his new album.
In an effort to boost the Christmas spirit of Miami’s underprivileged youth, Trick Daddy recently announced that he will hold his annual Christmas toy drive for the two weekends leading up to the Christmas holiday.
For the fourth year, Trick Daddy will celebrate the holiday season by giving back and distributing food and gifts to Miami youth thru his Trick Luvs Da Kids Foundation.
The Trick Luvs Da Kids Foundation's 4th annual Christmas Toy Drive takes place tomorrow (Dec. 16) at Miami's Moore Park and Saturday, December 23rd at the city's Gould Park.
Pitbull and Mobile Mike are scheduled to assist Trick in hosting both events, as well as providing entertainment to those in attendance.
The Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recording artist has also partnered with KB Toys to invite the retail chain’s customers throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach, to purchase a gift card to be donated to the Foundation.
In addition to the Christmas Toy Drive, Trick Daddy has challenged the Boys and Girls Clubs in New York, Florida and Atlanta to identify teen members who have gone beyond the call of duty to organize some type of community efforts for Christmas.
Sponsored by Trick Luvs DA Kids Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs, SNS/Atlantic Records, It's Cool To Be Smart, Inc., and BET, the winner of the contest will receive a variety of gifts and prizes, including a $1000 contribution to their local Boys and Girls Club for a youth scholarship.
In related news, Trick Daddy is gearing up for his 7th studio album release, Back By Thug Demand, which arrives in stores on December 19.
The new disc features appearances from Baby, 8Ball, Jaheim, The Dunk Ryders, Trey Songz, Trina and Young Buck.
Trick Daddy will also make a special appearance on BET’s 106 & Park December 18 to announce the grand prize winner of his Christmas Toy Drive contest and to discuss his new album.
Homemade suicide guillotine
A MAN killed himself by ramming a carving knife into his skull with a homemade ‘guillotine’.
He rigged up a bizarre contraption to drop the knife down a 25ft drainpipe and into his brain.
The unnamed man tied the plastic drainpipe to an electricity pylon and suspended the knife from the top of the pipe with a rope.
Then he sat below the drainpipe and let go of the rope, sending the heavy knife plunging through his skull.
Police called to the scene on Tuesday morning, near a park-and-ride in Botley, Oxon, at first thought they were dealing with a murder.
A Thames Valley Police source said: “It is one of the most elaborate and bizarre suicides we have dealt with.
“It must have been an incredibly painful death.”
Detectives found no identifying papers on the body and have been unable to match him with any missing person.
A police spokesman said: “We have no idea who this man was. He was in his early to mid-twenties and he was fully clothed.
“He was white, slim and about 5ft 11ins tall. He had brown to auburn short hair and light-coloured eyes. If anyone recognises this description of a missing person, please call us.”
A post-mortem examination revealed that the man died as a result of his head injury.
Engineers from the National Grid detached the drainpipe from the electricity pylon
He rigged up a bizarre contraption to drop the knife down a 25ft drainpipe and into his brain.
The unnamed man tied the plastic drainpipe to an electricity pylon and suspended the knife from the top of the pipe with a rope.
Then he sat below the drainpipe and let go of the rope, sending the heavy knife plunging through his skull.
Police called to the scene on Tuesday morning, near a park-and-ride in Botley, Oxon, at first thought they were dealing with a murder.
A Thames Valley Police source said: “It is one of the most elaborate and bizarre suicides we have dealt with.
“It must have been an incredibly painful death.”
Detectives found no identifying papers on the body and have been unable to match him with any missing person.
A police spokesman said: “We have no idea who this man was. He was in his early to mid-twenties and he was fully clothed.
“He was white, slim and about 5ft 11ins tall. He had brown to auburn short hair and light-coloured eyes. If anyone recognises this description of a missing person, please call us.”
A post-mortem examination revealed that the man died as a result of his head injury.
Engineers from the National Grid detached the drainpipe from the electricity pylon
Donald Trump fires Miss USA
Hard-partying Miss USA Tara Conner was booted out of her ritzy Trump Place apartment and fled the Big Apple to her tiny Kentucky hometown with her reputation in shambles, as reports swirled yesterday that her runner-up had already been tapped to replace her.
"She does not live here anymore," said a doorman at the posh Upper West Side property, where the Miss USA winner is given an apartment every year. "She is not allowed any where on Trump property. She is certainly not allowed to come back. I don't think it was her choice, really."
Miss USA pageant boss Donald Trump said pageant officials were continuing to "study the situation," and wouldn't make an announcement until next Tuesday. But gossip Web site TMZ.com reported that Conner's runner-up, Miss California Tamiko Nash had been told to prepare to take the coveted Miss USA 2006 tiara.
A source said pageant officials had requested that Conner submit to testing for recreational drugs.
Conner returned to her hometown of Russell Springs, Ky. (population 2,399), sources said. The phones rang unanswered at both her mother and father's homes. A woman who answered the phone at her aunt's home declined to comment.
As word spread of Conner's presumed fall from grace, tales of her being blinded by the bright lights of the Big Apple and succumbing to wild escapades of clubbing, sex and drug abuse emerged.
"She has a really bad drug problem. Everyone at Miss USA hated her. She slept with [Blink 182's] Travis Barker and she sleeps with all the club promoters," said one source.
She has also been linked romantically to two of the owners of the club Stereo, MTV veejay Damien Fahey, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, and DJ AM's assistant.
"She was latching onto a crew of promoters because she had no other friends and she was using them for drugs," a friend said. "She started utilizing hip New York City people in the night-life scene to feed her addictions."
"I cut her off when she started leeching off all the other people I introduced her to."
Two other sources said Conner had a reputation for lewd behavior in club bathrooms.
"She always went the extra mile," said one pal.
There were also indications that the small-town Kentucky girl's "alarming behavior" predated her taking the Miss USA throne. A friend said that back home in the hills of Kentucky, Conner also had a taste for recreational drugs.
"She always partied. She's had deep-rooted difficulties," the friend said.
Ironically, during the competition for the Miss USA crown in April, Conner said she thought the behavior of today's pop idols like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears had gotten too over the top.
"I think they are getting a little bit too much edgy [sic]. I think that they are a little bit too much risqué," she said. "I think they need to tone it down a bit."
One friend said Conner had a very competitive personality that drove her toward the Miss USA title - but wasn't so interested in being the pageant queen, and often complained about what was required of her.
"She always complained how it was a pain in the ass to wake up in the morning and she had to get crazy s - - - done to her teeth," the friend said. "The girl can wake up in the morning and flip a switch and change into Miss USA. Honestly, she's kind of like Lindsay Lohan."
"She does not live here anymore," said a doorman at the posh Upper West Side property, where the Miss USA winner is given an apartment every year. "She is not allowed any where on Trump property. She is certainly not allowed to come back. I don't think it was her choice, really."
Miss USA pageant boss Donald Trump said pageant officials were continuing to "study the situation," and wouldn't make an announcement until next Tuesday. But gossip Web site TMZ.com reported that Conner's runner-up, Miss California Tamiko Nash had been told to prepare to take the coveted Miss USA 2006 tiara.
A source said pageant officials had requested that Conner submit to testing for recreational drugs.
Conner returned to her hometown of Russell Springs, Ky. (population 2,399), sources said. The phones rang unanswered at both her mother and father's homes. A woman who answered the phone at her aunt's home declined to comment.
As word spread of Conner's presumed fall from grace, tales of her being blinded by the bright lights of the Big Apple and succumbing to wild escapades of clubbing, sex and drug abuse emerged.
"She has a really bad drug problem. Everyone at Miss USA hated her. She slept with [Blink 182's] Travis Barker and she sleeps with all the club promoters," said one source.
She has also been linked romantically to two of the owners of the club Stereo, MTV veejay Damien Fahey, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, and DJ AM's assistant.
"She was latching onto a crew of promoters because she had no other friends and she was using them for drugs," a friend said. "She started utilizing hip New York City people in the night-life scene to feed her addictions."
"I cut her off when she started leeching off all the other people I introduced her to."
Two other sources said Conner had a reputation for lewd behavior in club bathrooms.
"She always went the extra mile," said one pal.
There were also indications that the small-town Kentucky girl's "alarming behavior" predated her taking the Miss USA throne. A friend said that back home in the hills of Kentucky, Conner also had a taste for recreational drugs.
"She always partied. She's had deep-rooted difficulties," the friend said.
Ironically, during the competition for the Miss USA crown in April, Conner said she thought the behavior of today's pop idols like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears had gotten too over the top.
"I think they are getting a little bit too much edgy [sic]. I think that they are a little bit too much risqué," she said. "I think they need to tone it down a bit."
One friend said Conner had a very competitive personality that drove her toward the Miss USA title - but wasn't so interested in being the pageant queen, and often complained about what was required of her.
"She always complained how it was a pain in the ass to wake up in the morning and she had to get crazy s - - - done to her teeth," the friend said. "The girl can wake up in the morning and flip a switch and change into Miss USA. Honestly, she's kind of like Lindsay Lohan."
Paparazzi Agency Sues Celeb Blogger Perez Hilton Over Photos
LOS ANGELES — Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is being stalked by paparazzi — in court, at least.
X17 Inc., a Los Angeles photo agency known for its images of stars in personal or embarrassing moments, has filed a $7.6-million federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Hilton.
Hilton's Los Angeles-based site, PerezHilton.com, posts tabloid photos of celebs and adds cheeky captions and rudimentary doodles.
The suit claims Hilton used 51 photographs without permission, payment or credit, including images of a pregnant Katie Holmes, Kevin Federline pumping gas and Britney Spears showing her, um, assets.
"We've had trouble with a lot of bloggers," X17 co-owner Brandy Navarre told the Los Angeles Times for a story on its Web site. "But he's the biggest, and the most arrogant and pigheaded about it, frankly.
"He is stealing our images and costing us money every day," she said.
Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, said he believes he has done nothing illegal.
I am going to vigorously defend myself," he said. "I am willing to step up to the plate and fight for my rights and fight for the rights of all bloggers."
His attorney, Bryan Freedman, said Hilton has a legal right to make satirical or humorous use of newsworthy photographs.
If the copyright lawsuit succeeds, "the effect would be to eliminate the ability to comment on and transform photographs under the fair-use exception to the Copyright Act," Freedman said.
But X17's lawyer, John Tehranian, argued that Hilton "is basically free-riding on the labor and efforts of X17 and its photographers who stay up all night and roam the city."
Seven other photo agencies sent Hilton a joint letter demanding that he stop using their photographs but they have not sued, the Times said
X17 Inc., a Los Angeles photo agency known for its images of stars in personal or embarrassing moments, has filed a $7.6-million federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Hilton.
Hilton's Los Angeles-based site, PerezHilton.com, posts tabloid photos of celebs and adds cheeky captions and rudimentary doodles.
The suit claims Hilton used 51 photographs without permission, payment or credit, including images of a pregnant Katie Holmes, Kevin Federline pumping gas and Britney Spears showing her, um, assets.
"We've had trouble with a lot of bloggers," X17 co-owner Brandy Navarre told the Los Angeles Times for a story on its Web site. "But he's the biggest, and the most arrogant and pigheaded about it, frankly.
"He is stealing our images and costing us money every day," she said.
Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, said he believes he has done nothing illegal.
I am going to vigorously defend myself," he said. "I am willing to step up to the plate and fight for my rights and fight for the rights of all bloggers."
His attorney, Bryan Freedman, said Hilton has a legal right to make satirical or humorous use of newsworthy photographs.
If the copyright lawsuit succeeds, "the effect would be to eliminate the ability to comment on and transform photographs under the fair-use exception to the Copyright Act," Freedman said.
But X17's lawyer, John Tehranian, argued that Hilton "is basically free-riding on the labor and efforts of X17 and its photographers who stay up all night and roam the city."
Seven other photo agencies sent Hilton a joint letter demanding that he stop using their photographs but they have not sued, the Times said
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