As promised...2009 Summer Playlist! (R&B)

Wassup ya'll...I hope you guys didn't think I forgot about those summer playlists! The first week of classes was crazy with all the buying and selling and getting with this person and that person but things have settled down somewhat. Now there's just 16 weeks of schoolwork to do. Piece of cake...:-(

But anyway, I figured I'd start it off with the easiest list to compile...R&B. This is not an all-time favorite list. I tried to select songs that came out and/or got hot during my summer vacation that I liked or were relevant in some way. Now with that said, dont automatically assume this list is just aight just because it was easiest to compile: its actually pretty intense. I have a a special appreciattion for intoxicating music of any genre. At its best, music is suppose to be so face-flushing and spine-tingling that it captures you and has you completely frozen; where you identify with the emotions within the music so well that you go numb and feel nothing but the music...and for just those few minutes... you're completely consumed from head to toe. You get the music and it gets you. Rarely does it hit the spot quite like that in every scenario. Maybe it will be another song or maybe the same song at another point in your life. Regardless of the time/place, music has this effect on all of us at some point and thats the beauty of it.

Imeem requires a bit much and youtube is kinda inconvinient so I made my own playlist via macromedia flash. I'll try to drop a genre-specific play-list each season (Autumn/Winter Hip-Hop/Rap is already looking nice...Slaughterhouse FTW!) Unfortunately, there wont be a Rock/Punk play-list....this time :-)

Enjoy. Next up........you'll have to wait and see!

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I've been pretty busy with H.W. today...kinda underestimated what had to be done but hey, thats what the first couple weeks are for. Nonetheless, I found a pretty intersting map. The H1N1 and swine flu cases have been going up. Coincidentally, I'm not feeling 100% either and seeing this map didn't help matters much...

on that note....time for more theraflu

But before I dip...one of the dopest hip-hop tracks out right now




I'm outta here!

$100,000

According to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, it takes an average U.S. citizen a shade under four years to earn $100,000.

Ever wonder how long it takes your favorite athlete to earn that much???




Alas...another reason to get your son into baseball

Full article here

One word: IRONY

"Robin Starr, the CEO of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says her 16-year-old blind and deaf dog, Louie, died after she accidentally left him in her hot car for four hours."

 

Source:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/116/2009/august/26/va-spca-execs-dog-dies-after-4-hours-in-hot-car.html
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Rush Limbaugh responds to Jay-Z

For those of you who haven't heard, Jay-Z's newest release, entitled "Off That," on his upcoming album, The Blueprint 3, has stirred up a bit on controversy as of late. Jigga takes a shot at both Bill O'Rielly and Rush Limbaugh and Limbaugh took it upon himself to answer back on his radio show:

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RUSH: I have been mentioned in a rap song by the rapper “Jay-Z.” He has a new song out there. What’s the name of the song? I don’t know what the name of the song is. New song out mentions me and the moderate Bill O’Reilly.

“This ain’t black versus white, my nigga, we off that. Please tell Bill O’Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls. It’s 2010 not 1864. Ah yeh we come so far … Ah, how’s that for a mix? Got a black president, got green presidents.”

RUSH: Does this, Snerdley, mark a new development in my career to be singled out in a rap song by the famous rapper Jay-Z? I guess it is. As far as I know I have never been mentioned in a rap song by anybody. I guess it means I’ve made it. I’m now in a rap tune by the famous rapper Jay-Z. “[T]ell Bill O Reilly to fall back. Tell Rush Limbaugh to get off my balls.” I would remind the rapper Jay-Z: Mr. Z, it is President Obama who wants to mandate circumcision. We had that story yesterday; and that means if we need to save our penises from anybody, it’s Obama. I did not know I was on anybody’s balls, either. I’m happy to know that they think I am, though! But I didn’t actually know that I was.

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Sarcastic gold in my opinion. Hopefully we get to see Jay-Z and Limbaugh talk it out on The O'Reilly Factor.

About the mandated circumcisions though...wow

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19.19?!?!?!?!?!

Usain Bolt is NOT human!

Men's 200

1. Usain Bolt 19.19

2. Alonso Edward 19.81

3. Wallace Spearmon 19.85

4. Shawn Crawford 19.89

5. Steve Mullings 19.98

6. Charles Clark 20.39

7. Ramil Guliyev 20.61

8. David Alerte 20.68

He/She?

Note: Part of this story broke yesterday and I really should've posted it but got caught up staring at Michelle's sexy legs...but moving on...This is a really interesting story to say the least. 18 yr-old, Olymic gold medalist, Caster Semenya of South Africa is facing a gender test by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) due to concerns on whether 'she' is a man or a woman. Speculation around the reason for the constant push for the test stems from the gold she won in the women's 800 at the world championships yesterday. Well, let me refrain, the speculation of both her sex and the increased push for the gender test supposedly arose from how badly the olympian women were beat in yesterday's world championships. The controversy surrounding her began when she posted a personal best (and world leading) time of 1 minute, 56.72 seconds, an eight second improvement on her time last year, to win gold at the African Junior Championships in Mauritius last month. That time is just 0.51 seconds slower than Kelly Holmes' career best. And then yesterday, she dominated from begining to end and posted a new personal best of 1 minute, 55.45 seconds, and needless to say, was well ahead of the rest. From an 18 yr-old? Likely. From an unknown South African 'girl' that looks like and has the build of a South African guy? Hmmmmm. Oddly enough, this isnt the first time an issue such as this one has surfaced (see Stella Walsh and Sarah Gronert). Semenya's mother, Dorcus Semenya, and grandmother, Maphuthi Sekgala, have gone on record to defend her. Dorcus Semenya stated from her home in the village of Seshego, near Polokwane in South Africa's Limpopo province:

"I am not even worried about that because I know who and what my child is. Mokgadi Caster is a girl and no one can change that. If you go at my home village and ask any of my neighbours, they would tell you that Mokgadi is a girl. They know because they helped raise her. People can say whatever they like but the truth will remain, which is that my child is a girl. I am not concerned about such things."



Sekgala also had a few things to say to the media. "She called me after the heats and told me that they think she's a man. What can I do when they call her a man, when she's really not a man? It is God who made her look that way. (As a yong child) If the teasing hurt her, she kept the hurt to herself and didn't show what she was feeling."

Michael Seme, Semenya's coach, referred to the timing of the media's attention to the issue as 'suspicious.' "I have been working with Caster since January and I can tell you now I have been training a girl, not a boy. It is very upsetting that she has to undergo all this just hours before the most important race of her career. This is psychologically disruptive."

Leonard Chuene, president of ASA (Athletics South Africa) has also vigorously defended the girl. "I will continue to defend the girl, I will continue to do anything, even if I am to be kicked out of Berlin, but I am not going to let that girl be humiliated in the manner that she was humiliated because she has not committed a crime whatsoever. Her crime was to be born the way she is born. I think what they should have done is to protect her until the results are out and then we sit and look at it."

The media circus on this one won't die down right now, but I must complement Semenya on her inner resolve to go out and not only win, but dominate despite the speculation. For the moment, I say celebrate her success and let the scientists working for IAAF take the necessary tests to verify 'her' gender.

Burres pleads guilty, set to serve 2-yr sentence

Best thing he could have done imo. This case has dragged on, and while justice must be served, he wasn't going to get off and pleading cut down his sentencing down and a half years. It's really a sad story more than anything. Guy was productive on the field (unfortunately for us Eagles' fans at times) and seemed to be a good guy in the locker room. But a myriad of poor decision-making led him to that moment in that night club that changed his life forever. Seemingly he's learned a lesson and just might get the life he lived off the field repaired in exchange for the one that was a well-oiled machine on the field. He may have physically shot himself in the leg in that night in that Manhattan night club, but he'll be really shooting himself in the foot if he doesnt survive this and bounce back one day.

"Aye you gyal ina de tight up shawts...

...ya speed up ten more beats to me heart?"

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Stories like this make journalism seem like a piece of cake...I'm actually feeling a little iffy about posting this. The story itself: far from news. The story actually makng headlines: NEWS! There are ALOT more important things going on (Jeez, this is SO hypocritical...I gotta make sure I post something newsworthy later on today)

We just be HYPERIZING

Rashard killed it...@ the jheri curl gumby!!!

This weekend's event!

The info below is from an invitation to an open-air business and social networking event at Cabana/The Opera on the 21st. (I'm in the process of adding an event caldendar widget to the blog so you guys can keep up with us...most are pretty regular though...*continues search*) This will be the first event that we, pro-art, attend as a group/business partners (keeps fingers crossed!) so needless to say I'm...well, just check the gif

Oh, and btw...Live tweets WILL be on deck!!!

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Thanks to the over 400 young professionals who joined us at on the rooftop of the W last month!

After an amazing outdoor/indoor event at Whiskey Blue last month, NetParty Atlanta is back on Friday, August 21, with another evening of open-air business and social networking at The Cabana, an outdoor Midtown oasis adjoining the opulent Opera nightclub. We've also reserved Opera's charming Venetian Room as a cool indoor alternative.

As seen in Forbes (Best of the Web), Cosmopolitan Magazine ("Top New Ways to Meet"), and most recently on CNet ("Top Professional Social Network that Takes on LinkedIn") NetParty Networking Events "combine business networking with social fun."We expect another amazing crowd to join us for:

• Great drink specials 6-8 pm (to be announced)


• Complimentary Passed Hors D'oeuvres (6-8 pm)


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• DJ spinning great music and creating a fun atmosphere after 8 pm while allowing for continued conversation and interaction


• Making the acquaintance of hundreds of new, young, fun young professionals for business contacts and friendships like you can do nowhere else

Opera's $2.5 million renovation revitalized the unique historical character and stunning architectural details of the original building that in the 1920s served as an opera house for the Atlanta Women's Club. With elegant chandeliers, VIP booths that resemble opera boxes (each outfitted with a flat-screen TV), an art gallery, a retractable DJ booth and a even a pool and 20-foot waterfall at The Cabana, Opera is an "opulent kingdom" where "baroque never looked so sexy" (Access Atlanta).

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He's BAAA-AAACK!

The #1 diva in all of sports, is now out of retirement (again?): this time playing across the river for the NFC North rivals of his "beloved" Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings. The funny thing about this story though, is that a little over a week ago, Favre was retired and the Vikings were no longer pursuing him, or any other QB for that matter. Now, as the iron from the Michael Vick signing begins to cool, another sword has been cast into the fire and pounded into the media. With Favre, it's really a toss up between two things: either his competitive nature refrains him from walking away from the game...or he's simply an attention whore somewhat bound on beating the team that let him go...or both (check out the Venn diagram lol). Another question surfaces regarding just how beneficial this decision will be. Most sports analysts agree that Favre makes the Vikings a better team, and on paper, this is true. However, Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels, both of whom have locker room support, have been lied to about the availability of the QB position and in sports, team chemistry trumps talent. I doubt Favre will receive any cold shoulders simply because of his likability in the public eye as well as his on the field accomplishments. But, if the soon-to-be 40-yr old goes down, there's no telling how willing the back-ups will be after being duped like this. The story doesn't come as much of a shocker though. For one, Jay Glazer broke it. Enough said. Secondly, if there was any doubt as to how efficient and accurate twitter is, its gone now. Vikings' players had been tweeting back and forth on the issue and the buzz never quite died.As I stated earlier, this is good for news, 50/50 for fans (or nothing depending on who you ask), but bad for the NFL's image as a business. At any rate, this should add to an already highly anticipated NFL season smothered with headlines...stay tuned!

On average...

the human body contains enough...

• iron to make a 3 inch nail
• sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog
• carbon to make 900 pencils
• potassium to fire a toy cannon
• fat to make 7 bars of soap
• phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads
• water to fill a ten-gallon tank

9.58s...INTO a headwind...smh

Lghtning Bolt at it again. This is a report about what took place yesterday at the world championships. (Seriously...who SETS WORLD RECORDS running into a headwind...smh)

Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=4402644



Note: Now I REALLY have to find see if my theory on living closer to the equator increases speed/athleticism (or at least the capacity for) in the human body. (It's just a hunch I've had for years based on the performance of indivuduals/teams who are located in warmer areas, the SEC being the main contributor to my hunch)

Well that didnt take long

In referral to this...

Jaws: Vick Poses threat for McNabb

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/moving_the_chains/Jaws_Vick_poses_threat_for_McNabb.html

Are you for or against the Eagles signing Michael Vick?

http://www.philly.com/philly/polls/53182717.html?results=y

Jaws' report comes as no surprise. Is Vick a big addition? Yes. Starting over a healthy McNabb? No. Although McNabb lobbied for Vick to come to Philly, somebody had to write an article like this, no matter how high it is on the "much ado about nothing" meter. His article reminds me of the last swiggle of juice in the box; its not substantial enough to satisfy/fill anyone or quench one's thirst, but the bottom line is that if you dont get to it, somebody else will. Can't really say I'm too shocked with the poll either...but with Philly fans, a few TDs should sway the opinion somewhat. Similarly though, a few INTs can have the same effect :-(.

This isn't a new finding...

But I thought it was interesting nonetheless...

"Pain from any injury or illness is always registered by the brain. Yet, curiously, the brain tissue itself is immune to pain; it contains none of the specialized receptor cells that sense pain in other parts of the body. Thus, the pain associated with brain tumors does not arise from brain cells but from the pressure created by a growing tumor or tissues outside the brain."

Another marvel of the human body

Sources: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/, http://www.arcamax.com/trivia/s-142594-750125, http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pain/PN00017, http://biology.about.com/od/humananatomybiology/a/anatomybrain.htm

So Michael Vick is an Eagle...

First off...The thought of Vick coming to Philadelphia has me ecstatic! (Yes...I'm an Eagles' fan) I'm not going to get into too much football jargon tonight but let's be clear and honest about one thing: A healthy Vick on the football field, taking snaps under center or not, is a tough task for any defense to handle as well as a head-scratcher for defensive coordinators. Even if he's had some athletic drop-off, he will still be able to make plays just because of his raw athleticism (not to mention the talent that is around him now). The Eagles' offense this season is already loaded with speed and elusiveness (McNabb, Westbrook, McCoy, Maclin, Jackson, Curtis) and adding Vick to the mix opens up endless possibilities, especially with the infamous wildcat formation that burst onto the scenes last season (This one's for Laurence...lol). Sports' writers nationwide are already all over this. I think alot of people forgot there were pre-season games on tonight amidst the breaking news (we lost a nail-biter...hopefully not Celek too). But the media circus and the speculation on McNabb's future should die down quickly with this. So that leaves one thing left: the public opinion, especially the passionate Eagles' fans.

A less-than-thrilled Dan Shannon, spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PETA) released this statement earlier:

"PETA and millions of decent football fans around the world are disappointed that the Eagles decided to sign a guy who hung dogs from trees. He electrocuted them with jumper cables and held them under water. You have to wonder what sort of message this sends to young fans who care about animals and don't want them to be harmed."

Ouch! So Vick loses his job, every financial possession not completely paid for (houses, cars, etc.) all endorsements, does 18 months in Leavenworth, and has been active in educating and discouraging the urban youth on dogfighting and PETA isn't even partially satisfied? Attitudes like this don't end with animal rights' activists though. Many Eagles' fans are livid about the move.

"I am officially no longer an eagle fan
I can not believe this.I’ve been an eagle fan since 1981 and it’s over.Reprehensible"

"Obviously you have no kids..
As a parent AND a faithful Eagles fan, I would hope that you’d see how important for our players to be good role models for our kids. How many years at Leavenworth would it take for YOU to reconsider supporting him? He’s a felon. He’s a poor representation of the Eagles values and the Eagle’s fan’s good nature. I vote to get rid of him."

"Me too
I have been a fan since 1976. This disgusts me and Andy Reid clearly deserves to have the family problems that he has. There are very few things less important to me than an Eagles SB. I have always been proud that Andy supposedly only brought on high character guys. It was obviously a lie on his part. He may have paid his debt to society based on the law but he certainly cannot be perceived as a decent human being.
Throw out the moral argument that I know most of you disagree with, how does he even help this team? Does he play RT? LDE? Tight end?
Good bye Bleeding Green. It’s been great being a part of this but I refuse to do it now, no matter how hard it is."

"I hate the signing
And I hate Vick"

And the list goes on...

The above posts don't reflect the stance of every Eagles' fan, or even most (I think). But it goes to show just how touchy of a subject this was and still is now that he's on an NFL team. Many fans argue that dogfighting and hunting are one in the same. Others believe he's served his time. And even more realize that there are and have been much, MUCH worse crimes being committed by NFL players, few of which get this much publicity. Nonetheless, chances are he wont play a meaningful game until mid-season. I can't help but wonder though...Isn't this situation exactly what the rehabilitation system was initially designed for? For a criminal to go through one form of hell in hopes of avoiding the other, more ultimate one? At any rate, fan bases have the power to look past a players negative attributes and appreciate them for their contributions to their team; and if there's a city that can do that, its Philly. Will they? We'll see...

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