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CATEGORIES HorrorMarvel's Blade universe is a fairly extensive one, with the character crossing paths with such branded standbys as SHIELD and Doctor Strange. Naturally, very little of this was ever used in the Blade film trilogy, and if you longed to see a touch more of the comic series on the big screen, there might be hope. According to Comics2Film, Steven Norrington is returning to the franchise, and spinning a Blade-less, Wesley Snipes-less spinoff.
Norrington and Stephen Dorff have apparently been talking about a Deacon Frost spinoff for some time. Dorff initially broke the news via The Sunday Mail. "It will be a prequel to the Blade movies, Deacon's story. It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will [be] cool. We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake." Norrington confirmed the story, but quickly added that the movie wasn't exactly what the Mail described before crediting Dorff with the idea.
What isn't clear is what path the Frost spinoff will take, since Norrington acknowledged that Blade departed from the Marvel series, but promised that despite Dorff being front and center, "the linkage to Blade is still big in the equation." That probably means they'll link the two via Blade's bitten mother, but I wonder if they'll actually go into Frost's comic past as a immortality seeking scientist. Or did Dorff come up with an origin story wildly different than the scientific one of the comics? We'll see. But is this the way you wanted Blade to return, or could you do without a Frost / Dorff spinoff?


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In 2000, a group of farmers decided to diversify their crop production by planting twirling wine grapes into the rolling Midwestern hills. The initial smattering of vines quickly grew into a 4-acre vineyard and led to the launch of Silver Hills Vineyards & Winery, a small operation intent on crafting 100% Nebraska wines. The vintners' Midwestern pride can be seen in their choice of ingredients—all wines are made with fruit grown at local vineyards and tattooed with the state motto—as well as their choice of decor: the outdoor tasting deck is shaped like Nebraska.
Silver Hills produces red, white, rosé, and berry wines, which visitors can sample during the vineyards' limited hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Bottle labels display woodcuts by John Schirmer, a resident of neighboring Iowa who has carved wood professionally for more than 35 years.
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My father passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning. I won't bore you with the details of his death, or the mourning period that we're currently going through, I'd instead like to share three awesome Giants-related stories of my dad with all of you.
First: 1986. I'm four years old. I don't understand the concept of sports, or why Dad likes watching the big guys in blue every Sunday. I really didn't understand what was going on. What I did know, though, is that when Dad and the family came over for the Superbowl I was VERY scared: every time the Giants scored, the guy would erupt in cheer, and I would run crying to my mom, scared of what was going on.
Second: 1990. I was eight years old. The Giants were in the Sueprbowl. You think I'd be used to this sort of thing by now, but truth be told, there was no way to describe the yelling that happened that night. Dad always used to tell me "you were so young it was so funny seeing you pretend to cheer when you didn't know what was going on."
It's true: I had no idea what was going on, but I learned to cheer for the Giants. I also learned what "wide right" meant.
Finally: 2007. Older, wiser, and able to enjoy the game, I really enjoyed this particular Giants season, and I'm glad I got to spend time at home with my dad to see it. I'll always remember: "how'd he do that" and "he's wide open" - two of my own quotes that dad was fond of reminding me about (and you can imagine what plays I'm talking about).
Great memories from a great Giants fan. Thanks for all of the great times we've had together.


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Here's the latest quiz, much sooner than I anticipated. How well do you know the Reds players? Well enough to name them by place of birth? That's what this quiz is out to prove, as you'll have seven minutes to name 20 players currently on the 40-man according to their place (that's city + state or city + country) of birth. And no, you can't just toss names out there until you get them all, as you'll have to answer in order, and you can't skip ahead.
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A 9-year-old girl believed to have left home to search for her sister has been found.
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Risk, Nonconvergence and Cycles: A Two-Country Model
AbstractWe develop an overlapping generations model with asset and capital accumulation to analyze the interaction between the real economy and international asset markets. The world consists of two homogenous countries with an integrated asset market, which differ only in levels of their capital stock. Two period lived consumers transfer wealth over time and across countries by holding international assets with stochastic dividends. Short sale of assets allows poor economy to take credit for productive investment. Yet, risk aversion and expectations may preclude capital stock of both countries from converging while capital flows from the rich to the poor country. The poor country needs sufficiently high capital stock initially to catch up with the rich country. Cycles in capital stocks and international capital flows occur.
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Stop Collection Calls in Massachusetts
Are you a resident of Massachusetts and have problems regarding collection calls? We can help you. First, let us better explain the situation to you from a legal perspective. Once you are done reading, you can decide if you would like us to provide free legal representation to end the collection calls once and for all.
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KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) March 31, 2010 - The Kansas City Royals announced today Nick Swartz will be coming out of retirement to rejoin the team as the club's Head Athletic Trainer. The move came just hours after the front office announced the dismissal of trainer Nick Kenney, who took over the job in October 2009.
"We have hired one of the most highly respected trainers in the game," Royals General Manager Dayton Moore said. "Nick brings a high level of energy, enthusiasm and expertise to the Royals organization. I'm extremely confident that he will lead and direct our medical programs in a very progressive and dynamic manner."
The move marks Swartz' second stint with the organization, having previously served in the same role for 21 years in Kansas City, before announcing his retirement in September of 2009. A graduate of Eastern Illinois University, Swartz has also been honored by the American Sports Medicine Institute with the 2006 Career Service Award and a 20-year Major League Athletic Trainer Service Award from the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainer Society in 2008.
"It feels great to be back, and I'm looking forward to the challenge in front of me," said Swartz. "We've got a few players dinged up, but hopefully nothing too serious."
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i have a 12 bolt Olds' rear end and it has bolt in axles with 28 spline, i want toinstall a 12 bolt 30 spline posi into it, the 30 spline shafts are c clip, can i use c clip eliminators or do i need to find a set of 30 spline bolt ins to use thiscombo or is there another route i should take thanks Wayne
the chevy and olds 12 bolts are 2 different animals. the diff will not fit your housing. by design with the bolt in axles you already have c-clip eliminators. you need an eaton posi for an olds, its the only way to go.
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Couple play fights during reverse cowgirl sex Jun 13, 2007 — 0:50
Any amateur sex video that starts off with the wife saying "You are a fucking pig" gets bonus points in my book. lol Watch this slutty wife fuck her man in the reverse cowgirl position. She may not like the way he grabs her ass, but she can't get enough of that cock.
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Taylor Swift and The Tebow; Song Soon?
Yeah, it's news. And yeah, it's FanShot worthy -) So apparently Taylor Swift has a little crush on our boy Timmy. I think I'd draft her in the 2nd round, maybe the first... but not a moment before that. She wasn't at the combine, but I hear she's not real fast. Course neither is Tebow, if ya know what I mean..


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If you're like me and are looking for a relatively inexpensive Android device, and are stuck with a phone contract that you can't get rid of in the near future, then there is good news. Archos has unleashed five new Android Froyo tablets (you need Froyo (Android 2.2) or higher to run AIR on Android, btw) which when last checked were relatively reasonably priced. I will try to get my hands on some of these devices and post a review pretty soon but meanwhile if you own one of these devices or have heard anything about them, please do share it with us.
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"But choosing housing! is! so! confusing!" (spoiler alert: it's not)
Hi, lovelies!
In the world of Before You Shout for Help, it's time to pack. But first, do you know what you're packing for?
By the time you'll need to start packing, you will have been given your first year housing information. There are four dorms first years can live in. Dodd is the all-female hall, with female residents from all classes. Johnson-Sanford (JS) is the hall right next to Dodd, with mostly first years, but with some transfer and upperclassmen students mixed in. Bullock and Wright halls are located closer to the University Center, with Bullock being right next to it. The rooms in Dodd and JS are very similar, which are (on average) slightly larger than the rooms in Wright and Bullock, with a little more closet space. However, the furniture in Wright & Bullock are newer, and so the beds can be raised higher without bed risers, giving them a lot of under-bed storage which makes up for the smaller space. There are study rooms in JS, Bullock, and Wright, including one 'multimedia study room' each, equipped with a TV and computer where you can work on your project with classmates.
One of the other things to consider when choosing a room is, of course, location. No matter where you are, you can get to anywhere on campus in 5 minutes (granted you may have to walk on a little bit of mulch if you want to take a shortcut). I can wake up 10 minutes before class and still make it to class before the professor's there – which is one of the reasons I may never get an off-campus apartment. I also took into consideration the bathrooms in the halls. There are public bathrooms in Wright and Bullock, with stalls of toilets and showers, each lockable. JS however has semi-private bathrooms, which are lockable rooms of single toilets and shower/tubs. I find the restrooms in JS to be more accessible, too. Other than that, the lounges and laundry rooms are all that matter, and those are almost identical in all dorms (except JS has more in number!).
And, without going into detail, you'll probably only need to pack about these: clothing that would last you about 1-1.5 weeks, for winter and summer each, plus jackets and other clothing you'll need, plus jewelry, any small possession you know you can't buy from Target or CVS, shoes, and memories. Everything else can be bought when you get to college, granted you can afford it. I'd strongly recommend buying things like bedsheets and other everyday living items once you get there, so that you have a chance to start over, and maybe change your style if you ever felt like it didn't suit you.
This week has been a very busy week. I've had to do a lot of homework, and on top of that, had to go to GALA practices and chose to volunteer for Open House (which was SO AMAZING!). I've yet to finish an essay that's due in less than 24 hours, so it's an ongoing battle; but I'm sure I get to rest once I've finished this one last task. Stay awesome, everyone, and don't forget that you can message me if you have any questions or just want to chat!
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"Great Woolly Beasts, and some feathery aminals* too," by Campbell Hutchinson ©2010, a children's book of 14 paintings and limericks.
"Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought." Victor Hugo.
We conjure up animals in our image. I do that when I paint, or when I write these limericks. But fortunately for the animal world, some of man's less admirable traits have not morphed into the animal kingdom.


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Pulse Report: Diddy Finds His Own Great White Hype, Game Wants A Bite Outta Big Sean, Jay-Z Keeps Roc-kin'
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In this week's Pulse Report, doggies, we applaud Diddy for finally catching up to his competition by signing a white rapper, try to figure out why Game wants to beef with Big Sean, realize that Jay-Z is still the "King of Everything" and oh SOHH much more!
1. White Men Can Jump
Before I even start this up, doggies, let me first say congratulations to Machine Gun Kelly. I ain't gonna lie and say I've been up on him since 2008, but I respect a doggy that is about grinding and at only 21, doggy is about his business. Laces Up! Now with THAT said, Puffles, Puffy, Puff Daddy, Daddy Puffs, Diddy. LOL. I'm gonna hold doggy personally responsible if he tries to Red Cafe/Craig Mack MGK's career. Nah, just joking. The reason why I think that Diddy's move is going to work is simple. He KNOWS he's doing what's hot right now. Signing. White. Rappers. Nothing more, nothing less. Think about it for a minute, doggies. Eminem signs Yelawolf? Mac Miller is hot? Asher Roth has a steady buzz. And oh yeah, didn't Diddy try to sign......
"He hit me and he was mad about the whole signing thing. He was like, 'Yo, I wanted to work with you, blah, blah blah,' " Kreayshawn recalled. The upstart rapper went on to reveal an amusing tidbit to the Bad Boy mogul. "Honestly, I've always had a picture of you next to me and my kindergarten picture," Kreay recalled telling him. "I always put it on my wall, and I tell people, 'That's my dad. P. Diddy's my dad.' And he was like, 'Yo, I have to adopt you.'" (MTV)
Y'all can blame Drake for bringing light complexions back. But now y'all can thank Eminem's full recovery and return to making white rappers relevant again! LOL. But instead of just playing the race card, doggies, let's not forget:
"I definitely felt a way about it because that's my friend," Diddy said December 22. "I was without a doubt just looking at the situation selfishly. I wanted to rock with [Jay Electtronica]. But at the same time, I support my friend on what's best for his career and Jay-Z is also one of my best friends in the game -- I was a little bit of a sore loser and at the same time just being a little bit sensitive and emotional. But we talked about it. I understood where he was coming from. That's the beauty of our friendship." (Shade 45)
Bottom line, doggies? Give props to Puffy. He may be knonwn for talking that wild mess but it's his time. Jay's got the Roc Nation team but the music industry is cashing in on white artists. White rappers right now, too. The way Machine Gun Kelly explains it, sounds like there may be potentional.
The way it all started was before Bad Boy/Interscope, it was a major label bidding war. At the end of the day, surprisingly to what people may think, Puff was the one person who said, "I don't want to touch or change your movement. I just want to get that machine."
Bad Boy recently inked with Interscope and he brought me to Jimmy Iovine one night in the hotel room on a fluke though. He was like, "I gotta go run an errand." I think this was either my first or second time meeting Puff and I was like, "OK, this is kind of random. It's 2 AM in the morning. Who has to run an errand at 2 AM?"
We ended up going to a hotel room and Jimmy Iovine ended up turning around and I think I just shat my pants. I'm just in there at the hotel room with shatted pants. And so Puff told me to tell Jimmy about the idea and I showed him the fans and the movement. Puff just really believed in the idea. Puff pushed for it, we told the other labels what was going on and what we had offered on the table and it was such a game-changing type offer that it's like, "No way. Not possible."
We tried to tell everyone, "Trust me." But they were like "OK. Whatever." They didn't believe it and here we are. I'm so proud that we used a video to announce my signing. It's not for corporate, it's not for the industry guys. It's honestly to make people feel like they want to [get down].
Me and a really good friend of mine that's also an EST boy like myself, we sat on a couch in LA for countless nights just gathering all of the footage and thinking about the best way we could present it. The video turned out crazy. I teared up the first time I watched it. Hopefully we got some tears jerked out of you.
^ Now that's what I'm talking about. LOL. Doggy that ain't scared to admit his feelings. LOL. Seriously, doggies, I hope it turns out well. His name goes hard too, doggies.
2. What's Beef?
Y'all want to know what would be hot? LOL. Game calling up Consequence to do a record that's packed with subliminals going at G.O.O.D. Music. LOL. If I wasn't so much of a realist, I would say that conversation has already happened. At least through a Twitter direct message. LOL. Is it just me, doggies, or did Game's "Otis" record turn from him saying it was all jokes and giggles but then a serious thing w/ Big Sean? LOL. I mean, I can't be the only doggy out there thinking this, can I? Even though he went at Jay-Z and all of them other doggies, Game kept, well, let's start from scratch, doggies.
"[Game's 'Otis' diss?] I didn't even take it as a diss. I took it as him doing what he do. Don't he got an album that's about to come out?" ("The Breakfast Club")
^ OK, y'all remember that from last week. But peep how Game got down last weekend though.
"@thegame Big Sean coming for yo head next BOI! LHH," Game re-tweeted July 29th.
"@LiquidGotti It'll be the END of em if he do. RETWEET THAT !!!"
"Aint NEVER LOST a rap beef & I NEVER WILL !!! #iWroteThreeHundredBars little do you n*ggas forget !!!"
"@AaronFly92 I aint diss Big sean YET. All I said was "Benni Han Han don't sell no f*ckin' Won Tons" . LISTEN BETTER BOI"
"#UncleOtis wasn't a diss record. That was me & the homies in the studio wasted LAUGHING & JOKIN. If I get serious.... #HeadsGoneRoll"
"@KeepItCrispy__ I don't agree. Big Sean be spittin some sh*t. Leave it at that ! & Benni Han Han STILL dont serve no f*ckin won tons ha ha"
"AINT NO BEEF wit dat boi. But if y'all are able to GET the lil n*gga to bust a shot this way I WILL BE MORE THAN PREPARED !!!" (Big Sean's Twitter)
^ LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's one thing you learn after a while, doggies. The more a doggy talks about something, even if he's addressing it, there's more to the story than we think. Maybe Kanye West snubbed Game for the R.E.D. Album or, ever worse, BIG SEAN TURNED DOWN GAME!!! LOL. Unlikely, but still, it's gotta make you wonder, right? Peep those bolds. Why would Game even egg doggy on like that? It's almost like how 5-0 Cent kept trying to get Lil Wayne to diss him so he had a legitimate reason to go at him. Come on, y'all doggies remember:
Game doesn't realize it, beefs aren't even popping anymore. LOL.
3. Doggy of the Week: Jay-Z
Doggies, if you didn't see Jay-Z getting "Doggy of the Week" love this week then you're blind as Beanie Sigel's disses. LOL. If there's one doggy that's talked and been in the headlines (nah, Drake, no subliminal) it's gotta be that doggy they call Jigga. He had to set the record straight about beef talk involving Kanye West, said his president might be black but not cooler than him, has a solo album coming together, gets groupie love from Beyonce and is putting his paper into Pharrell. Pause. Doggies, put them hands together and give Jay-Z that encore applause!
1. We're Brothers, Doggies
"Yes, we get on each other's nerves. But that's part of pushing each other. We push each other," Jay told Angie Martinez. "The people that have a problem with Kanye or myself are people who are complacent in life. People don't like to be pushed. It's like annoying. It's a thing when people are pushing you to be greater, and we push each other to be greater. So of course there are times when we're in the studio and we're yelling, but that's about it. I would never disrespect that man. I have so much respect for him." (Hot 97)
^ Doggies, between y'all and me, I think that Jay and Kanye go at each other's necks on the regular. Even though NY Post said they were beefing and that it was more serious than we thought, I think there had to be a little bit of truth behind what they said. I mean, what doggy gets along with Kanye? Just ask Consequence. LOL. J/K.
2. The Prez Ain't Got Nothin' On Me, Doggies
"The president is like the second coolest person in the world," Jay said in an interview with Angie Martinez on August 1st, jokingly naming himself the first. "[Next to?] I mean, come on. Don't make me say it, Ang. [laughs] Don't make me say it Angie. [Does he react?] Yeah. Yeah, he's very humble. Yes. It's weird. I love it. [Do I react to him?] Definitely. [He's the only one I react to,] off top [of my head.] 100 percent...Who you are puts a lot of pressure on regular relationships because it's not a regular relationship. People begin to see you differently." (Hot 97)
^ LOL!!!! Now that's on some next level boasting right there, doggies. Jokes or not, y'all can't hate on the fact that Barack has Jay's number in his phone. I mean, that's up there with Oprah Winfrey status. Think about it doggies, Jay probably gets more calls/texts from Obama than Joe Biden. LOL!!!!
3. I Got That BP3 Follow-Up, Tho, Doggies
"I'm really antcipating [his new album] and I'm really excited about it because we're really going to go hard and try to make sure we make a big stamp on that album as well," Verse told SOHH when asked how excited he is to contribute to Jay's upcoming solo LP. "I think when everybody listens to the [LP and the] Watch the Throne album and see our contributions to that too, it's going to make a lot of people really pay a lot of attention to us. You know what I'm saying? I'm really excited about. It's kind of been like, surreal almost because I think sometimes it's not until after the situation you look and say, 'Yo, we Jay and Kanye, we're on the Rihanna album,' you feel me? So it's not until afterwards when you can really sit back and be like, 'Yo, that's crazy.'" (SOHH)
^ LOL!!!! Come on doggies. Are we supposed to really believe this doggy? LOL. Whatever. I won't lie, I'm glad to see or at least believe that Jay's got that new album in the works. Watch the Throne might be hot but y'all remember what Jay did with BP3. Need I say more?
4. Had The Hottest Chick In The Game, Wearing My Chain, Doggies
"[Did I visit my husband during my vacation?] I did. I went on tour with him and I got to see the shows from the audience, which was something that I don't get a chance to do. I was really, really inspired," Beyonce said. "I've always been a Jay-Z groupie." ("The View")
^ LOL!!!!!!!!!! This is the definition of winning, doggies. Baddest R&B chick in the game and she's been fiending for Jay since day one.
5. I'm All About A Billi, Doggies
On the eve of the release of Watch the Throne, his highly anticipated album with Kanye West, Jay-Z's adding more to his plate. GQ has learned that as of today, Jay-Z's fashion house, Rocawear, owns the licensing to manufacture and distribute Billionaire Boys Club. Sources say that Jay-Z and Pharrell, the current face and force behind BBC, will work as a tandem--utilizing Jay-Z's business prowess and Pharrell's creativity. Hypebeast, fret not! BBC won't be on the shelves of large department stores simply because it's under the Roc umbrella. But this is the backing that most streetwear brands don't have, which has lead to many shuttering their doors in recent years. For now, this is truly the best of both worlds *cue R. Kelly chorus*. (GQ)
^ Yeah, even though Jay clarified this saying that they are only partners, the fact remains. "IF" Jay wanted to, then believe that BBC could have been bought and shipped at the click of a button, doggies. Jay's got that $$$ and power.
4. Mrs. Butterworth: Julissa Neal
Get this doggies, turns out SOHH is asking me to tone down a bit more. LOL. In case y'all didn't realize it yet, I haven't even been dropping explicit language on here like I used to, now word is I have to be a bit easier on the T&A. Well, I still have a long leash, but y'all won't likely be seeing any wet t-shirts or sand over nipples. LOL!!! Eh doggies, I've been through worse. LOL. With all of that said, let's look no further than this week's juicy sweet little thing that goes by the name of Julissa Neal. SMH. Now if this ain't what your mami, uh, "mommy" hopes y'all bring home after your first day of classes in the next few weeks, then I don't know what she wants. LOL. Julissa's got looks, attitude to win and oh yeah, a brain. LOL. Doggies, pucker up them lips and say it with me, "Muchas Gracias, Butters!!!!" LOL!!!
And y'all know you can expect some moving visuals like always doggies. V-Day may have been a while back but I think y'all can appreciate this. It's the thought that counts afterall, huh? LOL!!!
Bonus: LOL!!!!
5. "STFU" Honors
Well doggies, believe it or not, I actually had some trouble finding five doggies that deserved the "STFU" Honors treatment. At first I was going to put a few in here that said reckless stuff (SMH, this no-cursing is killing me, doggies!) on Twitter so I wanted to make it a special "Twitter" edition. But I couldn't get five. Then I wanted to put up a few based on videos only, but then I saw there weren't five total that needed to shut their doggy mouths up. LOL. So, I decided to just go like I normally do and pull out doggies that need to be put on blast. Some FYI's though, Tech N9ne is my doggy but Nicki Minaj gets way more t*tties in her face than him, Jay-Z is my doggy too but he's also the same doggy responsible for 2005's Memphis Bleek and Young Gunz's (and Tierra Marie, Freeway, Beanie Sigel's) albums back at Def Jam. LOL. Other than that, make way doggies, it's time for "SHUT THE F*CK UP" Honors!
"I think I sign way more t*tties than Nicki Minaj because I'm way more accessible," Tech explained in an interview. "I have meet-and-greets and sh*t. I don't know what she does. They probably hide her away. I have rapid fans. She has a lot of fans too. They wear pink wigs and sh*t. I'd sign her t*tties with my tongue. I think I've signed way more t*tties than Nicki Minaj though. I don't even know how many t*tties she's signed but I guarantee you I probably sign more." (XXL Mag)
"J. Cole is pretty close, he's coming out in September," Jay told Angie Martinez on August 1st. "He's got a great album. Jay Electronica is working on a great album as well. He's pretty close. Bridget Kelly just released -- her debut song, 'Thinking About Forever' -- For me, if you're gonna come sign to Roc Nation, just realize it's going to take a second. I'm into artists. I'm not really into putting a single out. It takes a minute to build artists. It's just true. You can't come off the street and make a classic. Rarely does that happen. Lauryn Hill was in the business for 700 years before she put out the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She had to go through some things. You have to go through some things." (Hot 97)
He is planning a world tour and the release of two albums by early 2012 but promises that the lyrics will be clean, and his shows, like forthcoming videos, will be without female dancers in deference to Jewish modesty laws. He says that he had asked for divine help in bringing the world his debut album in which he sings about "b*tches walkin' topless with G-strings". In return, he promised to adopt a lifestyle alien to the world portrayed in his music - one without any sexual activity whatsoever. In 2000, as his trial loomed and he feared that the album, Shyne, would be shelved due to negative publicity, he declared to God: "You know what? You know how much I love women, I'm going to be shomer habris [refrain from all sexual activity unless married] until this record comes out." (The Jewish Chronicle)
"Before we do the film, we're taking the story to Broadway," DMC told SOHH. "We grew up big time. So when we do stuff, we gotta do it big. Yeah. We're in discussions right now. We're over halfway there. It's a strong possibility that we will be taking the Run-DMC to Broadway. Then after we do the play, we'll do the picture. We want to do Broadway first." (SOHH)
"People are way more bold texting and Facebook-ing things than they are saying it. You might say something that's a little more forward than if you were in person. I'm always on Twitter and BBM; it's definitely, um, helpful. I try not to do it too much on Twitter, though. You could make a huge mistake--you think you're sending a direct message [to one person] but you're sending a tweet to everyone [laughs]. (VIBE)
***Doggies, I'm not even gonna lie to y'all, I'm liking what's happening in rap right now. I know a lot of y'all are hating the white rappers coming out but my thing is, show and prove! LOL. Too many doggies are getting comfy so with everything that's going on, we're gonna see who is really grinding. Odd Future, Machine Gun Kelly, J. Cole, y'all know that's right off of the dome. It's gonna be interesting to see who's still caking come 2012. LOL. Weather is cooling down, so have some fun outside, doggies. Catch a local ball game or cop those bleacher tix. Matter fact, go see some concerts while y'all can. School starts back soon. Ride out! LOL! -BB***
[Editor's Note: The views expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect those of SOHH]


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News: Lil Kim Inking Tell-All Book, "It's About The Time I Stayed In Prison"
Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:35PM
Rapper Lil Kim has announced plans to release a tell-all book called The Price of Loyalty which will focus on her time behind bars in 2005.
The Brooklyn, New York-bred emcee said the project would offer words of advice for others who have gone through the penal system and spoke on the delay surrounding her comeback album.
"It's about the time when I stayed in prison, the things I learned and went through," she explained. "You don't think about things until it happens to you. The book is going to give people who have been in those situations a bright outlook on life...I haven't gotten into the studio with the producers that I really want to be in the studio with...I just want to get the perfect song and maybe in a couple weeks, release something." (OK Magazine)
Both Kim and Foxy Brown were sued by publishers over unreleased books last summer.
The Brooklyn emcees were both paid advances by Simon & Schuster, Inc. for books expected to have already hit shelves. Kim was handed $40,000 in 2003 for a novel due by June 2004. Although they were legally required to complete the books, both rap vixens served jail time shortly after signing their deals. Kim served a year in prison back in '05 for lying about her knowledge of a shooting. (Newsday)
Kim was forced to leave "Dancing With The Stars" earlier this week after a long-run on the dance-based competition.
Clustered at the top of the leaderboard last night were Melissa Rycroft with 57, and Gilles Marini and Shawn Johnson with 56. Lil Kim, who stumbled a few times during her waltz, lingered at 52. And then there was Ty Murray, way down there with 46. The 34 year-old songstress consistently scored high through most of the season, but viewers apparently put their votes elsewhere Monday night. (New York Daily News)
In a recent interview, Kim said the show placed a strain on her delayed album.
"Never, music is in my heart and that's the reason I'm on 'Dancing With The Stars' because I've always felt music," Kim said about abandoning music. "Right after 'Dancing With The Stars' [new album is coming.] My schedule is so crazy with 'Dancing With The Stars.' We rehearse six to eight times, from eight hours a day, so it's like, I do have time on the weekends to go into the studio and when I do, I do a little bit. I have a song out right now with T-Pain...I'm about to do a mixtape with my people, it's gonna be called Lil Kim: Family & Friends...And I'm paying for the music videos." (The Q Deezy Show)
No further information on Kim's The Price of Loyalty has yet been released.
[For more on your favorite rappers from the Big Apple peep SOHH NYC]


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Welcome to Mathematics
Welcome Back!
The Math Collection of Evidence returns for its second year of full operation. The first submission for the 2013-2014 school year is scheduled for January 22, 2014. Please read the COE Mathematics Guidelines and COE Policy before enrolling students in or using the mathematics COE.
Math COE collections are created through the COE secure online system. Please work with your district assessment coordinator and/or building principal to make sure that students are enrolled in secure COE groups. This system is open only by permission to Washington State educators. To begin creating collections for your students, go to the "
Submitting Your COE - Mathematics
" section.
The Math Collection of Evidence Moodle is available for educators. Here you will find additional information with an emphasis on classroom instruction including: OSPI instructional math tasks for teacher use; education information; and networking with other educators in COE mathematics across the state. Check it out!
For more information on Math COE, please email
Kim Andersen
Science & Mathematics Specialist
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mathematics COE Guidelines
The Mathematics Collection of Evidence (COE)
The mathematics COE is a legislatively approved option to the state high school mathematics assessment. The COE is one way a student can meet the requirements for graduation and the Certificate of Academic Achievement (CAA). A mathematics COE is a set of exemplary work samples that represent what a student knows and can do with respect to the mathematics strands and performance expectations for high school. These are the same skills and expectations assessed on the mathematics end of course exams (EOC). The COE is a performance assessment. The COE tasks consist of extended word problems which require a student to actively demonstrate what she knows and can do. The COE, like the EOC, is administered under the direction and supervision of an educational professional.
The required components of a mathematics COE
A sufficient mathematics collection must meet the following requirements:
The collection consists of at least six and, at most, eight student work samples. Work samples are tasks which are performance based assessments showing what a student knows and can do in relationship to specified state standards. These six to eight work samples or tasks, when completed, are submitted together and compose a collection. All work samples must be tasks accessed from the inclusion bank and printed through the online system using a secure Education Data System (EDS) account.
All mathematics work is to be completed by hand on the printed task forms provided, under the supervision of an educational professional and following the guidelines under testing and administration
Each strand must be represented at least twice with at least two different PE's
A minimum of two tasks must be chosen as on-demand tasks.
For more information see
Once completed, all tasks are compiled into the collection through the online system. Additional information can be found at
Eligibility to work on and submit a mathematics COE
A student who has already taken or is currently enrolled in an algebra/integrated 1 course may work on the year 1 mathematics COE. A student who has already taken or is currently enrolled in a geometry/year 2 course may work on the year 2 mathematics COE. A student may submit a COE only after two attempts on the EOC exam in mathematics year 1 and/or in mathematics year 2. Students have the choice to submit either a mathematics year 1 or a mathematics year 2 COE, but may submit only one mathematics COE.
Mathematics strands and performance expectations
The mathematics strands are broad statements that group the knowledge and skills students are asked to demonstrate in mathematics courses throughout their high school experience. There are three types of strands: content; process; and course specific. Performance expectations are more specific statements that fall within strands. Performance expectations describe what students should know and be able to do.
The Mathematics Year 1 End of Course (EOC) exam is designed to measure student understanding of the following content
1. Numbers, Operations, Expression and Variables
2. Linear equations and inequalities
3. Linear and Nonlinear functions
4. Data and Statistics
The Mathematics year 2 EOC exam is designed to measure student understanding of the following content:
1. Logical Arguments and Proof
2. Applying Properties of Triangles, Proving and Applying Properties of 2-Dimensional Figures
3. Figures of a coordinate Plane and Measurement
Both mathematics year 1 and year 2 COEs tasks assess process performance expectations involving reasoning, problem solving, and communication. These process performance expectations cut across content and can be applied to each of the strands and are embedded within the tasks.
A mathematics COE task
A mathematics COE task is a mathematics problem set in a context that requires students to demonstrate their understanding of the Washington State mathematics standards by responding to constructed response items. A typical task requires 60 to 90 minutes for student completion. Mathematics tasks are available from the mathematics inclusion banks for mathematics year1 and year 2. All tasks included in student collections must come from the mathematics inclusion banks. Inclusion bank tasks have been written and reviewed by teams of mathematics teachers and education professionals throughout the state. This process assures that tasks are aligned to our state mathematics standards, meet the required cognitive complexity, are unbiased, and assess the required strands and performance expectations.
An on-demand mathematics COE task
An on-demand task is one that a student completes independently in a single, continuous session while supervised by a teacher or other education professional. A student may use the Mathematics Formula Sheet (
) while completing an on-demand task. A student may also use a calculator. The calculator policy for the EOC applies to the COE and can be found at: (
). A student should not be allowed to leave and then return to complete the task later in the day or on another day. Mathematics collections must contain at least two on-demand tasks which cover at least two different strands in order to meet sufficiency requirements.
An extended time mathematics COE task
An extended-time task is one that a student completes independently, over more than one class period or session, while supervised by a teacher or education professional. Students may use the same tools they use for the on-demand tasks. The extended time task allows students the opportunity for independent reflection, editing, and revising, prior to submitting their final work sample to the collection. In between work sample development sessions/classes, professional educators will maintain all COE materials in a secured and locked location. All extended time tasks must be done under the supervision of the teacher or other education professional and are not to be taken outside the classroom or proctored testing environment. All COE tasks, whether completed as on-demand or as extended time, should be the sole work of the student.
The mathematics COE inclusion bank
There are two COE Mathematics Inclusion Banks: Year 1 (Algebra1/Integrated 1) and Year 2 (Geometry/Integrated 2). An inclusion bank is a collection of performance bases assessments measuring students' knowledge of mathematics content in Year 1 and Year 2 high school mathematics. Teachers may print these tasks through the COE online system. These tasks developed through OSPI by Washington State educators are the only tasks allowed on the mathematics COE.
Preparation for administration of the math COE in the classroom
• Room preparation: Remove or cover any aids or prompts that might potentially assist students in answering questions on an inclusion bank task. Please refer to classroom preparation for Mathematics EOC p. 44 ACM
• Materials preparation: The only materials allowed are the task, pencil, calculator (in test mode), and formula sheet. Please refer to EOC Mathematics guidelines and calculator policy p.37 ACM
• Proctors: A student is always proctored by district staff for on-demand and extended time COE assessments. Please refer to the Spring EOC DFA p. 9-10
• Assessment Materials: COE inclusion bank tasks are secure state test materials. These are never left unattended by district staff. As the COE allows for multiple opportunities to test (unlike the EOC) these materials must be kept in a secure location between administration sessions.
English Language Learners
English language learners taking the writing, mathematics, and biology collections of evidence may be assessed in their native language. These students may receive an oral presentation of the inclusion bank tasks and prompts from human readers or a word-to-word translation device to read directions, stimuli, and questions to the student in his/her native language. For the writing, mathematics, and science assessments, the oral presentation will include the human reader translating as closely as possible all stimulus materials, such as science scenarios, mathematics problems, test questions, writing prompts, and answer choices.
English language learners may also use bilingual word-to-word dictionaries in generating their responses. Bilingual word-to-word dictionaries will not include synonyms or definitions that would aid the student with identifying or generating correct responses. All responses must be written in English.
Teacher assistance on the mathematics COE assessment
For all COE tasks, as with the EOC exams, there is no teacher assistance allowed during testing. Appropriate teacher assistance is the timely teaching to the Washington State Mathematics standards which prepares students to take the COE assessment, just as teachers would prepare students for the EOC exam. For the Mathematics COE, it is expected that teachers will assist with concept development and will not teach directly to any particular inclusion task, use any part of a task to illustrate a point, or replicate any task in part or entirety. In addition, teachers should build mathematic academic vocabulary and concept development through planned instructional activities to prepare students for the mathematics COE. All responses, whether extended or on demand tasks, reflect the individual work of the student in a proctored testing environment. Refer to test administration and security.
Scoring the mathematics COE
Scoring involves reading and assigning scores to each work sample by trained, professional scorers. The scoring training process has been developed to maintain consistency, reliability, and validity within and across scoring events. Scorers assign a score to indicate the quality of student work using a four point, task-specific scoring rubric for each question. Each mathematics COE task is independently scored. The total collection score is determined by using a best works model which assigns the two highest scores from each strand while also including a score from each of two on-demand samples. Districts receive only one total score for a student collection. Strand scores are not provided.
Proficiency on the mathematics COE
Similar to the mathematics EOC, proficiency on a mathematics COE means that the work samples demonstrate a level of student performance that reflects what a high school student should know and be able to do in a specific high school mathematics course according to the content standards and performance level descriptors (
). For the mathematics year 1 COE, the cut score is 24, meaning that scores from 24 to 32 meet standard. For the mathematics year 2 COE, the cut score is 14, meaning that scores from 14 to 24 meet standard.
Augmentation of the mathematics COE
When a student comes close to meeting standard on a mathematics year 1 or year 2 COE, he/she is eligible to submit an augmented collection. The augmentation eligible band for mathematics year 1 is 22 to 23 points and for mathematics year 2 is 12 to 13 points. Districts are notified by OSPI when a student is augmentation eligible. Eligible students may submit the augmentation collection in any subsequent submission window. Augmented collections must contain exactly four new work samples that provide examples of every strand. On-demand work samples are not required in an augmented collection. Students may choose to submit part or all of their augmentation collection work samples as on-demand. Should the student choose to submit new on demand work samples, these samples may replace the original on-demand work samples if the score is higher. These new on-demand work samples would then count in the determination of the final score for the collection.
When the augmentation work samples earn higher scores than the original work samples, the student earns additional points. When a student earns enough points as a result of the augmentation, the collection meets standard.
Mathematics Moodle
OSPI maintains a Moodle server. The Moodle provides a virtual space for teachers to share ideas about the mathematics COE, along with information and updates. Users must create an account in order to log in to the Moodle. The link is
The Moodle server provides teachers with a number of resources that can be divided into two areas:
• Resources and Up-to-Date Information – The latest information regarding the Mathematics COE is published on the Moodle on a regular basis, from upcoming webinars to information related to tasks and task development. The Moodle also provides links to the latest resources for classroom teachers from the state, region, and nation.
• Courses and Professional Development – Self-directed courses are available for teachers in areas of task writing, task review, and coursework materials.
Instructional tasks
You will find instructional tasks on the Mathematics Moodle (
These tasks have been prepared by groups of Washington State teachers and are currently available for instructional use in the classroom. Teachers may download these tasks, alter them as desired, and use to best meet the needs of their individual students.
Calculators and other tools on the mathematics COE
The mathematics COE calculator policy is the same as for the EOC. Please review the policy at this link:
Additional tools allowed on the mathematics COE are the same as those allowed on the EOC: a straight edge, compass, and formula sheet. No other tools are allowed.
Online COE options
Teachers must use the online COE system to enroll their students in a COE group and print the secure COE assessments. Instructions for enrollment and submission are on the COE webpage at
Third mathematics credit
Many districts choose to form mathematics COE courses as a possible third credit in mathematics and part of a student's possible mathematics choices to complete graduation requirements. If a district chooses to count a COE class for the third mathematics credit, the following conditions must be met:
1. The class is a rigorous high school level mathematics class (Algebra 1 or beyond)
2. The class is NOT the same as the original mathematics class (Algebra 1/Integrated 1 or Geometry/Integrated 2)
For additional information on mathematics course credits, see the State Board of Education website,
What TO DO when teaching or preparing students for the mathematics COE:
• Provide instruction in both content knowledge and process skills in mathematics at the high school level
• Include conceptual development, general vocabulary, and academic vocabulary appropriate for student success in completion of high school level mathematics tasks (word problems) based on the Washington mathematics performance expectations
• Visit the mathematics COE webpage http://www.coe.k12.wa.us/domain/31 and mathematics Moodle (http://moodle.ospi.k12.wa.us to familiarize yourself with the COE content, procedures, and expectations.
• Use examples and contexts other than those in the inclusion bank tasks when teaching the concepts that will be assessed in the tasks.
• Use only teacher-developed tasks or the instructional tasks available on the Mathematics Moodle when preparing students for the COE assessment.
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Industrial Relations Research Association, "Managing Workplace Violence: Taking Control," Speakers from Workplace Solutions, Inc. and Honolulu Police Department. 11:30 a.m. Dec. 4, Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Ballroom. $17 members, $19 non members, reservation deadline Nov. 27. Call 956-8132, 956-8165.
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University of Hawaii-Hilo Small Business Development Center Network, Downtown office. "The Business Plan, Part 1 - Mapping Success," 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 3; "The Business Plan, Part 2 - The Financial Plan," 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 5. Cost $25 each workshop or $40 for both. 130 Merchant St., Suite 1030.
National Speakers Association, Hawaii branch. "Karaoke Singing," presented by Scott Shirai. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2, Ala Moana Hotel, Gardenia Room. Register before Nov. 26 and cost is $15 members, $20 non members. After Nov. 26 cost is $20 members, $25 non members. Call 377-5679.
Water Resources Research Center of the University of Hawaii-Manoa, seminar to examine biological indicator assessment tests used to determine water quality for general use. 3 to 4:15 p.m. Dec. 5, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Marine Science Building 114.


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"Say What?!...About Race" Open Forum
Alumni Memorial Common Room
Office of Student and Community Life (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Members of the Duke Divinity School student community represented by students Sara Bayles, D'Najah Pendergrass, Josiah Brock, and Allen Stanton are sponsoring an open forum about race and race related issues in formal and informal conversations at the school. The purpose of the meeting titled "Say What?!...About Race" is to create an open dialogue.
Divinity School professors Eboni Marshall Turman, J. Kameron Carter, Willie Jennings, William Turner, Curtis Freeman, and Mary McClintock Fulkerson will help facilitate and participate in the meeting. Pizza will be served.
Register by Oct. 22 at noon.
"Remembering the LGBTQA Saints" Exhibit Reception
Divinity School Student Lounge (00 Level Gray Building) and Divinity Bookshop hallway
Lynda Berg (email@example.com) and Sarah Wilcox (email@example.com)
Sacred Worth and New Creation Arts student groups at Duke Divinity School will host an opening reception of an exhibit, "Remembering the LGBTQA Saints," highlighting those who exhibit organizers say have moved the church and helpfully complicated simple categories and boundaries. The exhibit will be on display from Oct. 21 to Nov. 23.
Refreshments will be served at the reception for Divinity School students, faculty, and staff.
"What Every Pastor Needs to Know: Mass Incarceration and Re-Entry, and Prison Studies at Duke Divinity"
0012 Westbrook Building
Prison Ministry Enlivening Duke Divinity (PriMEDD), a student group at Duke Divinity School, will sponsor a panel discussion on "What Every Pastor Needs to Know: Mass Incarceration and Re-entry, and Prison Studies at Duke Divinity School."
The panelists will be Douglas Campbell, associate professor of New Testament at the school; Ian Stickland, director of Project TURN; and Sarah Jobe, chaplain at the Raleigh Correctional Center for Women.
Dessert will be provided.
Black Seminarians Union Brown-Bag Lunch
0015 Westbrook Building
D'Najah Pendergrass (firstname.lastname@example.com)
The Black Seminarians Union, a student group at Duke Divinity School, will hold its monthly brown-bag lunch. All students are welcome.
"Step into the Story of Scripture: 'The Voice' and the New Testament" with David Capes
0015 Westbrook Building
Office of Student and Community Life
The Office of Student and Community Life and the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School will sponsor a public lecture on a new Bible translation, The Voice, which has been published by Thomas Nelson, Inc., the world's largest Christian publisher.
The lecture will be presented by David B. Capes, Thomas Nelson Research Professor in the Department of Theology at Houston Baptist University and lead scholar on the new translation. He will introduce the new translation and address issues of changing culture, biblical illiteracy, and Bible translation.
Lauren Winner, associate professor of Christian spirituality at Duke Divinity School, was one of the contributors to this translation.
Free pizza will be served to the first 50 attendees. Space will be limited.
Black Seminarians Union Brown Bag Lunch Discussion: How to Think and Write Theologically
110 Gray
D'Najah Pendergrass (firstname.lastname@example.com)
The Black Seminarians Union, a student group at Duke Divinity School, will sponsor a brown-bag lunch discussion on "How to Think and Write Theologically" open to any interested students. The presenters will be Judith Heyhoe, director of the Center for Theological Writing, and Willie Jennings, associate professor of theology and black church studies, both from the Divinity School.
New Creation Arts and the Divinity Women's Center Sponsors Visit to Nasher
Meet in Student Lounge
Sarah Wilcox (email@example.com)
The New Creation Arts group and the Divinity Women's Center at Duke Divinity School are hosting a free trip for students to the Nasher Museum of Art to see "Doris Duke's Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art," an exhibit of Muslim art collected from the late Doris Duke's home and also to view other multi-artist installations.
Students are asked to meet in the student lounge to be transported by bus and may stay at the museum as long as they wish.
2nd Annual Congregational Care Workshop: Exploring Cares and Concerns of and with LGBTQ Parishioners and their Families
Alumni Memorial Common Room
Lynda Berg (email@example.com)
Sacred Worth, a Duke Divinity School student group, will sponsor an all-day workshop exploring pastoral care and concerns of and with LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer) parishioners and their families.
In addition, the workshop will examine methods of pastoral care through the experience and guidance of local pastors, educators, and leaders from a variety of denominations.
Live at the Lampstand
0016 Westbrook
Office of Student and Community Life
The Duke Divinity School Office of Student and Community Life will hold its monthly "Live at the Lampstand." The event showcases the talents of Divinity School students, faculty, and staff. Performances include vocal and instrumental pieces, original poetry and short story readings, dance, comedy, paintings, and skits.
Live at the Lampstand
0016 Westbrook
Office of Student and Community Life
The Duke Divinity School Office of Student and Community Life will sponsor Live at the Lampstand featuring performances by "Axe of the Apostles," Dave Swanson, Josh Horne, Adam Baker and a "tournament of champions." This monthly lunchtime event showcases the creative and vocal talents of students, staff, and faculty.
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Itĺs midwinter and near-impossible to find fresh local produce beyond root vegetables. So what is the second-best choice? Frozen? Or well-traveled fresh? What about when it comes to meat?
It depends, of course. The experts cite many, many variables. But perhaps weĺre asking the wrong questions.
Most frozen produce is picked at peak season and then immediately frozen to retain nutrients and freshness. Fresh produce from faraway places, on the other hand, loses some of its nutrient value while traveling and then sitting on a shelf for days or longer. But the amount of nutrient loss varies greatly depending on the type of produce, says Jeff Blumberg, professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University.
ôIf you are looking at something like fresh spinach, you are losing up to half the folates after about eight days,ö Blumberg says.
In general green, leafy vegetables are the most delicate and susceptible to nutrition loss, while vegetables and fruit with a skin or shell (think oranges or squash) are more robust and stay nutritionally intact longer, he says.
That being said, even the green leafy varieties donĺt lose nutrients across the board, says Kristen Ciuba, a nutritionist.
ôYou are not going to lose the fiber or the minerals,ö Ciuba says.
And even when nutrients are lost, Blumberg adds, some produce, such as spinach, is so rich in folates that ôyou can afford to lose some of it.ö Spinach is so nutrition-dense that itĺs good for you either way you eat it, he says.
And this is generally the story on produce. Get your five to nine servings a day in whatever form you can.
Just make sure, says Ciuba, that the frozen variety doesnĺt include added salt (vegetables) or added sugar (fruit and berries).
Another thing to keep in mind is to buy whole frozen or fresh fruits and vegetables whenever possible. ôAvoid buying chopped, peeled and crushed produce if at all possible,ö Blumberg says. ôBecause whenever you accelerate the degradation process, you lose nutrients.ö
The way produce is prepared actually is more important for nutrition retention than picking the absolute freshest of fresh spinach, for example.
ôIf you were to boil spinach you would lose much more folate than if you had it sitting in the fridge a few days,ö Blumberg says, adding that lightly steamed or raw is preferable.
Other things to consider are the economics of produce (frozen often is cheaper than fresh) as well as taste and texture. Some produce just doesnĺt fare very well when frozen.
Think frozen asparagus. Mushy, right?
ôThey just donĺt taste good when their cellular structures are altered,ö Blumberg says.
Both Ciuba and Blumberg emphasize that the main message, though, should be to eat more produce, whether fresh or frozen.
ôDonĺt over-worry this frozen/fresh thing. The most important thing here is to eat plant food in whatever form it may be, up to nine servings a day,ö Blumberg says. ôMost people donĺt eat enough produce, and not being able to buy local produce should not be an excuse to eat even less.ö
Says Ciuba: ôYouĺre missing the boat if you wonĺt eat anything but organic and local. Are you going to replace an apple with an organic cracker?ö
Fish, meat and poultry
Although theyĺre not seasonal, like veggies and fruit, meat and fish are part of the fresh-vs.-frozen debate, too. And the answers here echo those for produce.
ôFrozen fish is not inferior, nutritionally speaking,ö says Aliza Green, a Philadelphia-based chef and author of ôThe Fishmongerĺs Apprentice: The Expertĺs Guide to Selecting, Preparing, and Cooking a World of Seafood, Taught by the Masters.ö
ôIf you had asked me in the Ĺ70s and Ĺ80s, when I first started out as a chef, I would have said Ĺonly buy fresh fish,ĺö she says. ôBut I have really changed my mind. The freezing technology is so much better now.ö
These days, she says, the freshly caught fish is flash-frozen aboard the fishing boat, keeping it nutritionally intact and ôfreshö longer.
It should also be noted that all wild-caught fish Ś by law Ś has to be frozen in order to kill parasites, she says. In other words, unless youĺre catching it yourself, there is no such thing as fresh, wild-caught fish, she says.
Farm-raised fish, on the other hand, often is shipped and sold to consumers without being frozen first.
So, it comes down to what looks good at the store.
ôFresh fish should not smell fishy Ś at all,ö Ciuba says. ôAnd if itĺs frozen, look for freezer burn or crystals.ö If you see them it means the fish has been thawed and refrozen, which affects quality.
Overall, in terms of flavor and texture, fresh, farm-raised fish often is preferable, Green says. But if you decide to go with frozen fish just know, she says, that some fish types do better in the freezer than others. Lean, white varieties such as cod tend to become dry when frozen, but the fattier types, such as tuna and salmon, should be fine even when frozen.
The same nutritional rules hold true for meat and poultry, according to the Agriculture Department. ôFreezing meat and poultry does not affect the nutritional value,ö says CiCi Williamson, a food safety expert with the USDA meat and poultry hotline. ôIt should be fine for a month or longer,ö she says. But keep an eye on the fat content Ś the fattier the meat, the better it will freeze, just like fish. Look for bigger cuts and vacuum-sealed packaging, and make sure to keep the freezer as cold as possible. For a list of freezer storage times and other information on freezing foods, the USDAĺs Food Safety and Inspection Service has a Freezing and Food Safety fact sheet at www.fsis.usda.gov.
Important aspects of preparing frozen meats and fish, Green says, are to make sure they thaw slowly (in the fridge) and arenĺt overcooked.
With fish, prepare with olive oil, lemon and maybe some parsley and perhaps top with fresh salsa Ś all healthy choices.
ôJust donĺt over-think the frozen versus fresh,ö Green says. ôThe biggest problem is that people donĺt eat enough fish Ś not that they eat the Ĺwrongĺ fish.ö
In other words, ôfresh or frozen?ö is the wrong question. Instead, the more important question is: Are you getting enough produce and lean proteins?
Read more food stories and get recipes every Wednesday in the print edition of The Mercury.


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Orders with failed/pending payments
20 November 2011 at 8:28pm
I notice that when an order is placed and the payment fails or is left pending because the user closes the browser etc then is no notification that the order was placed. I know that this could easily be done in php but I'm a sysadmin at heart. My solution was to run the following as a cron job on say the 50th minute of every hour or could be as often as you like. This would then let you know that an order as been placed and you could contact the customer to find out why it wasn't completed or what when wrong.
TimeType="HOUR" # HOUR, DAY, MONTH, etc
dbquery=$(mysql -u$db_username -p$db_password -e "SELECT OrderID, Status, AmountAmount FROM $db_database.Payment WHERE LastEdited > now() - INTERVAL $OldestTime $TimeType and LastEdited < now() - INTERVAL $NewestTime $TimeType ;" | sed '1d' | sed 's/\t/,/g;s/\n//g')
for row in $dbquery ;
IFS=',' cell=( ${row} )
echo "OrderID: ${cell[0]}" > $emailbody
echo "Status: ${cell[1]}" >> $emailbody
echo "Amount: ${cell[2]}" >> $emailbody
Order=$(mysql -u$db_username -p$db_password -e "SELECT MemberID FROM $db_database.Order WHERE ID = \"${cell[0]}\";" | tail -n 1)
echo "$Order" >> $emailbody
Member=$(mysql -u$db_username -p$db_password -e "SELECT FirstName, Surname, Email FROM $db_database.Member WHERE ID = \"$Order\";" | tail -n 1 | sed 's/\t/\n/g')
echo "$Member" >> $emailbody
cat $emailbody
# mail -s "Order #${cell[0]} Has ${cell[1]} Payments " -a "From:email@example.com" $ORDER_EMAIL < $emailbody
The other thing that I notice that happens is that the stock is removed. Is there a simple way of reversing this? Maybe the stock should only be taken once the payment has been received?
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[Flashing Lights: Miami-based photographer Derick G speaks on being Young Money/Cash Money's go-to camera guy and banking on a career behind-the-lens.]
My relationship with Young Money developed from the "Money To Blow" music video shoot. I was on the set doing behind-the-scenes shots for Universal and a mutual friend of mind which is also a mentor and the director of the video, Gil Green. I took this one shot of Baby and his daughter throwing money at the camera and he liked it.
After taking that shot, Baby invited me to the studio with a couple friends. I later got called in to shoot something else for them and it was [for] Lil Wayne's 27th birthday party. That's when he got that million dollar watch and the cake with all the diamonds on it. That was the first official job that I got hired for through Cash Money.
That same exact day, I did a video of them with the cake but they didn't know I was shooting the video. I pretty much surprised them with the footage and when Baby saw it, he freaked out and loved the quality. They loved how I put pictures in the video and just the overall quality so the same day, Baby asked me, "Do you have a passport? Do you want to go to Europe with us?" Ever since then, I've been riding with them.
I started the whole Derick G brand and I have about three people that I work with constantly. I'll do different jobs and spread them out if I got different clients. But most of my big clients and celebrities, I do on my own. Some artists are comfortable with having me around and I don't like to overwhelm them with bringing two or three other photographers with me. So it depends on the venue and client whether or not I bring people with me, but 90% of the time, it'll just be me.
I've been shooting stuff behind the scenes for the last four years and four years ago, blogs weren't what they were today. I would post pictures up on MySpace and Facebook and I didn't really know how to work the blogs. I come from the car show days. Cars are my life. The way I started getting all of these behind the scenes photos is because I used to provide cars for different movies, music videos and commercials. I would bring a camera with me, always, to take photos of the cars on-set. Gil Green pretty much told me not to just focus on cars and take more behind-the-scenes shots, so that's pretty much how I really got started.
When you first start off, you get put on to these photo shoots through an entourage member or somebody's righthand man. But after time, when people start to see you're serious and about your sh*t, then the relationship starts to build. It's cool when an artist says, 'here's my number, call me for a photo shoot.' Most of the artists I deal with, except two or three, I have their direct contact.
I like to take candid shots. Those are shots that a photo shoot could never set up. [No matter] how much money you have in the world, you could never set that up. The cool thing about a candid shot is that you can never take the same exact shot twice. For example, if I could sit down with God and have an opportunity to go and take pictures from war and come home alive, I would go and do that because you would get such amazing images. I'm not for war or violence, but capturing life in front of your eyes is amazing.
With a male artist, especially a hip-hop artist, even if they make an ugly face at the camera, it's not even about them being attractive or not, it's about capturing the moment. When it comes to a female artist, you have to be more sensitive. Nicki Minaj is so great with those facial expressions when she changes to a different personality. She's dope to shoot. Shanell aka SNL is more mellow and deep. Her shots are also very simple because she has long expressions and those long nails so you can really capture her. I've shot other female artists where they get so into it that it's hard to take good shots.
I have 19 other clients like Converse and for different events, I might just have one of my guys go and cover it. I have a little bit of a creative team and they are all creative in their own sense, so 2011, I'm going to introduce the world to them.
Check out some of Derick G's work below:
Be sure to check back tomorrow for Flashing Light's next featured photographer, Garry "Prophecy" Sun discussing his path as "the rapping paparazzi".
Derick G is an established photographer who has made a name for himself around the Miami area, capturing shots of T-Pain, Pitbull, Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Shanell aka SNL and more. To learn more about D.G., just click here.


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GASTON COUNTY, NC (WBTV) - Firefighters from Gaston County were called out to a manufacturing plant after a fire broke out Wednesday afternoon.
The fire sparked at the Pharr Yarns plant on Saxony Road in McAdenville around 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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RIT hockey is starting to receive good press for its 10-game unbeaten streak. College Hockey News is running a piece on RIT's defense leading the way, while the Democrat and Chronicle will run a feature on Saturday, previewing the game against Niagara. Don't be fooled by Niagara's 2-10-2 record (before Friday against Robert Morris). The more »Categories: Sports 1 Comment
Guest Blog: Track and cross country star Jillian Putney's experience at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Junior Jillian Putney, a member of the RIT women's cross country and track and field teams, is this week's guest blogger. Putney, who works in our office, had told us she was going to be traveling to Ohio to support her teammates as they ran at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last weekend. We discussed more »Categories: Sports Comments Off
The RIT men's cross country team and women's standout runner Jouhan Allende will compete at the 2009 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships at Highland Hills Golf Course in Highland Hills, Ohio, on Saturday. The men qualified as a team in 2006 and finished 19th. Hopefully, the men can fare better this time around and more »Categories: Sports 3 Comments
Stop the presses. The RIT men's hockey team is 0-3 and headed for a tough season, right? Not at all, and I will get to that in a few paragraphs. The big stories this week, are the impressive runs put forth by the men's and women's soccer squads, along with the men's cross country team. more »Categories: Sports Comments Off
Wow! That's really all that needs to be said about the crowd of 7,421 fans who showed up to see the Tiger men's hockey team battle Colgate at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday during Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend. Many people will tell you, including myself, that the number was low—it was closer to more »Categories: Sports 7 Comments
RIT's fall tradition is back for another rendition. But this time it features a new twist and even a slightly different name. "Brick City Homecoming" is now known as "Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend." The minor tweak was designed to ensure the families of our students understood that this weekend is for them, too. more »Categories: Alumni, Campus life, Events, Sports Comments Off