_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Hopeful lottery players are gaining millions of reasons to dream again. There were no winners in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing on Tuesday, so the jackpot now stands at $151 million. The jackpot is the largest since January 4th, when a $380 million mega-jackpot was split by two winning tickets from Idaho and Washington. The cash option payout of Friday’s jackpot is $94.3 Million. The lottery has seen ten drawings since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all six numbers drawn. The Courier Post reports there were seven tickets sold that matched five numbers — but not the Mega Ball, one of them from New Jersey. Each of those tickets wins $250,000. For players looking for an edge, mathematicians have long said there is no advantage to purchasing a ticket in a state or at an outlet where previous big-money winning tickets have been sold. Mega Millions Winning Numbers Worth $151 Million
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Hopeful lottery players are gaining millions of reasons to dream again. There were no winners in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing on Tuesday, so the jackpot now stands at $151 million. The jackpot is the largest since January 4th, when a $380 million mega-jackpot was split by two winning tickets from Idaho and Washington. The cash option payout of Friday’s jackpot is $94.3 Million. The lottery has seen ten drawings since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all six numbers drawn. The Courier Post reports there were seven tickets sold that matched five numbers — but not the Mega Ball, one of them from New Jersey. Each of those tickets wins $250,000. For players looking for an edge, mathematicians have long said there is no advantage to purchasing a ticket in a state or at an outlet where previous big-money winning tickets have been sold. Mega Millions Winning Numbers Worth $151 Million
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; My parents were …Lillian and Frank. He was an electrical worker and an accomplished classical pianist and my mum was a housewife. The household I grew up in …was a three-bedroomed terraced house in south Wimbledon, with an outside tin bath and toilet. There was never much room but always a lot of laughter. If I could change one thing about myself …I would stay in my 60s for the next 50 years. I’ve been very lucky, it’s been wonderful all the way through. You’re still reasonably fit and healthy I swim every day. It’s a wonderful, wonderful age. You wouldn’t know it but I am very good at …solving problems. Not just in my business; everybody comes to me with their own problems. You tell me a problem, and I’ll instinctively try to find a solution, even when you can’t really find one. You may not know it but I’m no good at …suffering fools and huge egos. I meet a fair few, but I’ve never had the patience. My favourite item of clothing …I live in shorts all year round, even the winter, and have them in every colour of the rainbow. What I see when I look in the mirror .. My Secret Life Max Clifford Pr Consultant 67 Independent
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “insurance life”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; Hey “American Idol” fans! If you’re counting down the hours until our brand-new weekly interactive online series, “Idol Party Live,” which kicks off on Thursday night (March 3) at 10 p.m. ET, we’ve got even more news for you. This week’s special guests include EW.com’s “Idol” writer Annie Barrett, who’ll be co-hosting, and Liz Lee of MTV’s ” My Life as Liz .” Hosted by “Idol” expert/superfan and MTV News correspondent Jim Cantiello, “Idol Party Live” is your new destination for can’t-miss post-game analysis, commentary, interviews, conspiracy theories, “Idol” insanity, karaoke and more. Every Thursday, immediately following the “American Idol” results show, Jim and a special celeb guest will gab about all the drama, music and Steven Tyler-isms that make “Idol” a TV addict’s dream. Plus, viewers can join in the fun by tweeting their passionate opinions with the hashtag The best tweets will get shout-outs live on the air, and our favorite commenters may be asked to Skype in for a future episode. And since it wouldn’t be an “Idol” show without some ear-piercing karaoke, each episode will end with Jim and his guests performing the song they would have selected had they been on “Idol” that week. Jim might even take a few karaoke performance suggestions from the viewers playing along at home. So don’t miss the premiere of “Idol Party Live” on MTV.com Thursday night at 10 p.m. ET, the moment “Idol” goes off the air. (Don’t worry West Coasters, we’ll have the entire show archived on the site by the time the results show airs in your neck of the woods.) Don’t miss “Idol Party Live” at 10 p.m. Thursday on MTV.com, following the “American Idol” results show, for analysis, celebrity guests and even some karaoke get in the conversation by tweeting with the hashtag In the meantime, get your “Idol” fix on MTV News’ “American Idol” page, where you’ll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions. ‘my Life As Liz’ Star To Join ‘idol Party Live’
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “insurance life”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; With ratings slipping, ABCs new genre drama No Ordinary Family could see a new ray of hope late next month when the network shuffles its schedule a little bit, and gives the Michael Chiklis series a strong lead-in boost. ABC will move Family back an hour to 9 p.m. ET, filling a time slot, taking over the space currently held by the Dancing With the Stars results show, which so far has been doubling Familys ratings. That will shift Dancing to the 8 p.m. timeslot, allowing ABCs Tuesday to be Dancing, Family and the new drama Detroit 1-8-7. There are no expectations that Family will get too much of a boost, but having a strong lead-in with twice its average audience could help introduce the show to more viewers, and potentially start kicking up its audience base. So far, ABC has been giving Family a chance, ordering a few additional scripts. In the 8 p. No Ordinary Family On Abc Blog For The Television Series No
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; The new five-part Mildred Pierce mini-series, starring Kate Winslet and directed by Todd Haynes, is very different from the 1945 weepie classic that earned Joan Crawford an Oscar. Haynes went back to the source material James M. Cain’s 1941 novel and combined it with the fondness for extravagant melodrama he’s displayed in his own feature films, such as 2002′s Far From Heaven. Winslet stars as Mildred, a Depression-era dame waiting tables in California to make a living for herself and her family. Her husband leaves, her youngest daughter dies, and she gives all her love to daughter Veda (who’s played as a child by Morgan Turner but by the fourth hour morphs into Evan Rachel Wood). Veda is, even as a little girl, an ambitious, ungrateful snob who sneers at her mother’s hard labor. The crucial challenge whether it’s the novel, movie, or HBO miniseries is to make Mildred’s sacrifices for Veda seem noble, not pathetic. Crawford did it by raising her anguished mother-love to grand proportions. Winslet scales down Mildred’s suffering to a modulated series of pained looks that convey heartbreak and bafflement at her daughter’s casual cruelty. It’s a subtle performance, but it can’t quite prevent a modern viewer from thinking Mildred is something of a masochistic sap, especially when we get to hour 5′s big reveal of Veda’s worst sin. By contrast, Wood has no choice but to play Veda like an only slightly less florid version of her Queen Sophie-Anne on True Blood: Veda is such a grasping, amoral shrew, it’s wisest to go over the top and hope for the best. Landing squarely between Winslet and Wood are Guy Pearce as Mildred’s wastrel playboy lover and James LeGros as her wily business adviser. Tucked into smaller roles that keep their lights dimmed are recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo and Mare Winningham as Mildred’s true-blue pals. Haynes shoots Mildred Pierce with a visual palette of soft yellows and greens; the movie unfurls like a California dream too slowly for some viewers, I’ll bet. By wisely reinserting the Depression details that were dropped in the glossy Michael Curtiz-directed 1945 version, this Pierce has a metaphorical timeliness that mirrors our current tough economic period. It also makes Veda an opera singer, an element the Crawford picture ignored opera was author Cain’s obsession, something shoehorned into the hardboiled prose of his novel. Here, Haynes turns Veda’s Los Angeles Philharmonic debut into a camp triumph: Wood overemotes (and lip-synchs) grandly, as the camera pans porten-tously across Winslet’s proud but tired face. If you buy the overwrought emotions so ornately expressed, you’ll buy this TV movie’s conviction. I was occasionally skeptical, but sold by the terrific performances.B+ Mildred Pierce Entertainment Weekly
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; Early signs of cervical cancer are not being detected in many cases because women are either too embarrassed or busy to attend smear tests, research has suggested. Scientists believe that home kits to detect symptoms of the condition could improve survival rates. Self-sample tests sent to women who had taken no notice of two previous correspondences was a better approach than another letter reminding them their examination is due, scientists have said. Human papillomavirus (HPV) detection kits were sent to 1,500 study participants and a further 1,500 women received written notifications. In the first group, 96 women (6.4%) completed the home test, with eight testing positive for HPV and one woman found to have an invasive cancer. A further 57 (3. Home Cervical Cancer Tests Could Improve Survival Rates Nursing Times
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; The 1017 Brick Squad members are working on a collaborative LP Southern hip-hop fans can rejoice: Atlanta rap stars Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame are set to release a joint album this spring. Gooch told billboard.com that he and Waka will release The Ferrari Boys on 1017 Brick Squad Records, home to both rappers, in the next few months. This album is gonna be the hardest album of the year, he said. The songs are so clever, the beats are so slammin, and the lyrics are just so aggressive. Theres so much energy that we bring to the studio. Nobodys gonna be able to top this album that me and Waka are coming out with. The album is set to feature up to 20 tracks with equal contributions from both MCs. Production comes courtesy of Schife, FATBOI, Shawty Redd and longtime Gucci collaborator Drumma Boy, who also produced Wakas massive club smash No Hands. But first up, Gooch will return to his roots with the release of his 13-track street album The Return of Mr. Zone 6 next Tuesday, March 22. Its just like the old Gucci, he told XXLMag.com about The Return of Mr. Zone 6 earlier this month. Its really hardcore. Its an emphasis on the streets. Its me going back to my core friends and just giving them a lot of what I didnt give them on my albumfifteen straight, just gangsta songs. No singing on the songs, just all just straight rap. Gucci enlisted Drumma Boy to produce the majority of the album, which features guest spots from Waka as well as OJ Da Juiceman, Birdman, Wale, Master P, Webbie, 8ball, Rocko and Wooh the Kid. Gucci who recently had a three-scoop ice cream cone tattooed on the right side of his face after a court-ordered stint at a psychiatric hospital said that his next solo album, The Ice Cream Man, will drop this fall. Lauren Carter Gucci Mane Waka Prep Ferrari Boys Album
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “insurance life”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; Kristen Schaal (born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, writer and comedian, best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, as Louise in Bob’s Burgers and as a contributor on The Daily Show. Background Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch descent.[1]She was raised on her family’s cattle farm, in a rural area near Boulder.[1]Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary.[2]Schaal also has a brother who is three years older.[2]She graduated from Northwestern University, then moved to New York to pursue a comedy career. Five years later in 2005, she had her first break when she was included in New York Magazine’s “The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of.”[3] Live comedy In 2006, Schaal was invited to perform at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen where she won the award for “Best Alternative Comedian.” She was also the winner of the second annual Andy Kaufman Award (hosted by the New York Comedy Festival), Best Female Stand-up at the 2006 Nightlife Awards in New York, and “Best Female Stand Up Comedian” at the 2007 ECNY Awards.[4]At the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she won the Barry Award for her show Kristen Schaal As You Have Probably Never Seen Her Before, tying with Nina Conti.[5]Also in 2006, Schaal appeared on the first season of the Comedy Central show, Live at Gotham.[6] She co-hosts the weekly variety show Hot Tub at Comix comedy club, which was voted Best Variety Show of 2005 by Time-Out New Yorks readers poll. She also performs at the Peoples Improv Theater on the improv team, “Big Black Car”, which was awarded best improv troupe of 2005 at the Emerging Comics of New York awards. She is a founding member of the theatre company The Striking Viking Story Pirates, which adapts stories by children into sketches and songs. Schaal performed live at the Edinburgh Fringe 2007 in Scotland, where she was one of six acts (chosen from over two hundred American productions at the Fringe) requested to perform at the US Consul General-sponsored “Fringe USA” Showcase. On her return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2008, Schaal was nominated for the If.comedy award for Kristen Schaal And Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts.[7] Schaal has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, as part of The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2008 in aid of Amnesty International, and the Bonnaroo 2009 music festival. In 2010, Schaal appeared as a stand-up comic on John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show and at the Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Film, TV and radio Schaal is best known for her role on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords as the stalker-fan Mel, a role which earned her an Ewwy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009. She was also a credited consultant and writer for Season 11 of South Park, appeared on the BBC’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a contestant on Noel Fielding’s Team, and played the boss in Fuse’s mockumentary The Intern. She made her first appearance as a “special commentator” on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on March 13, 2008. She is often presented as the Daily Show’s “Senior Women’s Issues Correspondent”. On April 13, 2008, she made an appearance on Good News Week during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in October 2008 she appeared in Amnesty International’s The Secret Policeman’s Ball 2008. Schaal’s other film and television credits include Dinner for Schmucks, Kate and Leopold, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Snake ‘n’ Bacon, Norbit, Get Him To The Greek, Conviction, Cheap Seats, Freak Show, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Adam and Steve, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Delirious, Australian show Good News Week, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Education of Max Bickford, Comedy Central’s Contest Searchlight, Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother, MTV’s Human Giant, and Mad Men. She was also a contributor to the sketch/music series The Nighttime Clap on the Fuse music network. She also appeared on Fuse’s original comedy series The P.A. Schaal has appeared in two recent TV pilots written and directed by Jersey City comedian Dan McNamara — The Calderons[8]and Redeeming Rainbow,[9]both of which were screened as offi! cial selections at the 2006 and 2007 New York Television Festivals. She was also in television commercials for Wendy’s, RadioShack, and Starburst. She made an appearance, in April 2008, on the IFC sketch comedy show The Whitest Kids U’ Know. She recently taped an episode of Comedy Central Presents, which aired April 3, 2009.[10]In 2010, she will add her voice to the PBS Kids GO! series WordGirl as Victoria Best, a child prodigy whose parents taught her to be the best at everything that she does.[11] She also stars in A. D. Miles’ MyDamnChannel.com series Horrible People. In October 2008, Schaal appeared in an episode of Spicks and Specks. On June 10, 2009, Schaal broadcast her first radio show, High Five!!, on Sirius XM Radio’s ‘RawDog’ channel with co-host Kurt Braunohler.[12]She played Gertha Teeth in the 2009 movie The Vampire’s Assistant. Schaal stars in her own web series, Penelope Princess of Pets, one episode of which doubled as the video for the New Pornographers’ “Mutiny, I Promise You”.[13]She voiced Trixie the Triceratops in Toy Story 3 and Alice in Shrek Forever After.[14]She also guest starred on Modern Family’s thirteenth episode, “Fifteen Percent”, as well as the music video for “Conversation 16″ by The National. Books Schaal wrote a book, titled Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, with her boyfriend, Daily Show writer Rich Blomquist. It was published in July 2010 by Chronicle Books.[15]They originally intended to write the book under pseudonyms, “because I don’t want anyone to imagine me doing those things,”[16]but soon realized that it would be harder to sell the book without using their own names. FilmographyYear Title Role Notes 2001 Kate & Leopold Miss Tree The Education of Max Bickford Valerie Holmes Episode: “In the Details” Episode: “A Very Great Man” 2002 The Education of Max Bickford Valerie Holmes Episode: “The Bad Girl” 2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Abby Episode: “Brotherhood” Poster Boy Bookstore Lady 2005 Adam & Steve Ruth Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker Emily Episode: “Dog Show/World Beard and Mustache Championshop” 2006 Conviction Allie Rubinoff Episode: “Madness” The Calderons Barbara TV movie Delirious Joelle Ugly Betty Nancy Episode: “Pilot” Six Degrees Gail Episode: “Pilot” Episode: “The Puncher” Freak Show Various (voice) 7 episodes 2007 Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents Earth’s New Robot Overlord (voice) Trixie Tangway Episode: “Two” Episode: “Three” Norbit E! vent Organizer Law & Order: Criminal Intent Alana Binder Episode: “30″ Human Giant Girl in Doritos Commercial Episode: “Lil 9-11″ Mad Men Nannette Episode: “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” Redeeming Rainbow Nameless Drifter TV movie Comedy: Shuffle Penelope / Princess of Pets Episode: “Jocelyn Jee Esien” How I Met Your Mother Laura Girard Episode: “The Platinum Rule” 20072009 Flight of the Conchords Mel 21 episodes 2008 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Tammy Tangerine (voice) Episode: “Bible Fruit” The Whitest Kids U’Know Homeless Woman Episode: “2.9″ Horrible People Margaret 10 episodes 2009 Xavier: Renegade Angel Frantic Spectator / Old Ryan’s Wife (voice) Episode: “Going Normal” Snake ‘n’ Bacon The Green Fairy TV movie The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Stewardess Stacey Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Gertha Teeth Comedy Showcase Tourist Episode: ! 0;The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” 2010! Modern Family Whitney Episode: “Fifteen Percent” When in Rome Ilona Valentine’s Day Ms. Kristen Schaal Encyclopedia
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; Radric Davis[1](born February 2, 1980),[2]better known by his stage name Gucci Mane , is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released. Gucci Mane has released many other mixtapes as well. While serving a six-month jail term for assault in late 2005, Davis was charged with murder, though the charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence. In 2009, he served a year-long prison term for violating probation for his 2005 assault conviction. BiographyEarly life Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and later moved with his single mother to Atlanta. He enjoyed writing poetry as a child, and began rapping at age 14.[1] 20052006: Trap House and Hard to Kill In 2005, Davis released his independent debut album entitled Trap House, which featured the successful single “Icy” with Young Jeezy. Disputes over the rights to this single caused a rift between the two artists. Hard to Kill followed in 2006. Hard To Kill included the hit single “Freaky Gurl”. The song peaked at number 12 on the Hot Rap Tracks, number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and at number 62 on the Hot 100. 2007: Back to the Trap House The official remix of Freaky Gurl featuring Ludacris and Lil Kim was included on his 2007 commercial debut album Back to the Trap House. Gucci Mane appeared on OJ da Juiceman’s “Make Tha Trap Say Aye” and began working on various mixtapes.[3]Gucci Mane signed to Warner Bros. Records in May 2009.[4] 20092010: The State vs. Radric Davis He appeared on remixes of the songs “Boom Boom Pow” by Black Eyed Peas, “Obsessed” by Mariah Carey and “5 Star Chick” by Yo Gotti and made a guest appearance on Mario’s “Break Up” (he has made 17 guest appearances total in 2009). Gucci Mane’s second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released under the label Warner Bros. Records on December 8, 2009. Its first single, “Wasted” featuring Plies, was originally from Mane’s 2009 mixtape Writing on the Wall. It peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100, number 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number 3 on the Rap Songs making it Gucci Mane’s most successful single to date. The second single is “Spotlight” featuring Usher. The third single is “Lemonade”. The fourth single is “Bingo”. On October 2, 2009, Gucci Mane was listed at number 6 on MTV’s annual Hottest MC in the Game list.[5] 2010present: The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted After being released from jail, Gucci Mane stated that he would start or change the label name from So Icey Entertainment to 1017 Brick Squad Records. He also announced that his next album would be titled The State vs. Radric Davis, The Appeal and would be released in late 2010,[6]although the latest journalistic reports gave the title as The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted, with a release date of August 31.[7]Mane has since announced via Twitter that the album has a release date of September 28, 2010.[8]The first single from this release is titled “Gucci Time”,[9]produced by Swizz Beatz. It premiered on Gucci Mane’s official MySpace page on August 6.[10]The single features Swizz Beatz and was released to US urban radio stations on August 24, 2010.[11] Legal issues In April 2001, Davis was arrested on cocaine charges and sentenced to 90 days in county jail.[12] On May 10, 2005, Davis was attacked by a group of men at a house in Decatur, Georgia. Davis and his companions shot at the group, killing one. The corpse of one of the attackers, Henry Lee Clark III, was found later behind a nearby middle school. Davis turned himself in to police investigators on May 19, 2005, and was subsequently charged with murder. Davis claimed that the shots fired by him and his party were in self-defense.[12]The DeKalb County[disambiguation needed] district attorney’s office dropped the murder charge in January 2006 due to insufficient evidence. The previous October, in an unrelated matter, Davis had pleaded no contest to a charge of assault for assaulting a nightclub promoter the previous June; at the time the murder charge was dropped, he was serving a six-month prison sentence for this.[13]Davis was released from jail in late January 2006.[1] In September 2008, Gucci Mane was arrested for a probation violation for completing only 25 out of 600 community service hours following his 2005 arrest for assault. He was sentenced to a year in jail but was released after six months.[14]He was incarcerated in the Fulton County jail for probation violation[15]and released on May 12, 2010.[16] On November 2, 2010, Gucci Mane was arrested for driving on the wrong side of the road, running a red light or stop sign, damage to government property, obstruction, no license, no proof of insurance and other traffic charges. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.[17] On January 4th 2011, A judge in the Superior Court of Georgias Fulton County ordered rapper Gucci Mane to a psychiatric hospital, according to court documents. The documents reveal that his lawyers filed a Special Plea of Mental Incompetency on Dec. Gucci Mane Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; From Wikipedia Radric Davis(born February 2, 1980), better known by his stage name Gucci Mane , is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released. Gucci Mane has released many other mixtapes as well. While serving a six-month jail term for assault in late 2005, Davis was charged with murder, though the charges were later dropped due to a lack of evidence. In 2009, he served a year-long prison term for violating probation for his 2005 assault conviction. BiographyEarly life Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and later moved with his single mother to Atlanta. He enjoyed writing poetry as a child, and began rapping at age 14. 20052006: Trap House and Hard to Kill In 2005, Davis released his independent debut album entitled Trap House, which featured the successful single “Icy” with Young Jeezy. Disputes over the rights to this single caused a rift between the two artists. Hard to Kill followed in 2006. Hard To Kill included the hit single “Freaky Gurl”. The song peaked at number 12 on the Hot Rap Tracks, number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and at number 62 on the Hot 100. 2007: Back to the Trap House The official remix of Freaky Gurl featuring Ludacris and Lil Kim was included on his 2007 commercial debut album Back to the Trap House. Gucci Mane appeared on OJ da Juiceman’s “Make Tha Trap Say Aye” and began working on various mixtapes. Gucci Mane signed to Warner Bros. Records in May 2009. 20092010: The State vs. Radric Davis He appeared on remixes of the songs “Boom Boom Pow” by Black Eyed Peas, “Obsessed” by Mariah Carey and “5 Star Chick” by Yo Gotti and made a guest appearance on Mario’s “Break Up” (he has made 17 guest appearances total in 2009). Gucci Mane’s second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released under the label Warner Bros. Records on December 8, 2009. Its first single, “Wasted” featuring Plies, was originally from Mane’s 2009 mixtape Writing on the Wall. It peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100, number 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number 3 on the Rap Songs making it Gucci Mane’s most successful single to date. The second single is “Spotlight” featuring Usher. The third single is “Lemonade”. The fourth single is “Bingo”. On October 2, 2009, Gucci Mane was listed at number 6 on MTV’s annual Hottest MC in the Game list. 2010present: The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted After being released from jail, Gucci Mane stated that he would start or change the label name from So Icey Entertainment to 1017 Brick Squad Records. He also announced that his next album would be titled The State vs. Radric Davis, The Appeal and would be released in late 2010, although the latest journalistic reports gave the title as The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted, with a release date of August 31. Mane has since announced via Twitter that the album has a release date of September 28, 2010. The first single from this release is titled “Gucci Time”, produced by Swizz Beatz. It premiered on Gucci Mane’s official MySpace page on August 6. The single features Swizz Beatz and was released to US urban radio stations on August 24, 2010. Legal issues In April 2001, Davis was arrested on cocaine charges and sentenced to 90 days in county jail. On May 10, 2005, Davis was attacked by a group of men at a house in Decatur, Georgia. Davis and his companions shot at the group, killing one. The corpse of one of the attackers, Henry Lee Clark III, was found later behind a nearby middle school. Davis turned himself in to police investigators on May 19, 2005, and was subsequently charged with murder. Davis claimed that the shots fired by him and his party were in self-defense. The DeKalb County[disambiguation needed] district attorney’s office dropped the murder charge in January 2006 due to insufficient evidence. The previous October, in an unrelated matter, Davis had pleaded no contest to a charge of assault for assaulting a nightclub promoter the previous June; at the time the murder charge was dropped, he was serving a six-month prison sentence for this. Davis was released from jail in late January 2006. In September 2008, Gucci Mane was arrested for a probation violation for completing only 25 out of 600 community service hours following his 2005 arrest for assault. He was sentenced to a year in jail but was released after six months. He was incarcerated in the Fulton County jail for probation violation and released on May 12, 2010. On November 2, 2010, Gucci Mane was arrested for driving on the wrong side of the road, running a red light or stop sign, damage to government property, obstruction, no license, no proof of insurance and other traffic charges. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. On January 4th 2011, A judge in the Superior Court of Georgias Fulton County ordered rapper Gucci Mane to a psychiatric hospital, according to court documents. The documents reveal that his lawyers filed a Special Plea of Mental Incompetency on Dec. 27 arguing that he is unable to go forward and/or intelligently participate in the probation revocation hearing. Gucci Mane Encyclopedia
_ads_auto_keyword = “1”; _ads_keyword = “safe auto insurance”; _ads_shown_type = “1”; _ads_saff = “newsfeed”; _ads_width = “210”; _ads_num = “3”; _ads_queue = “3-1-2”; _ads_bgcol = “ZZZZZZ”; _ads_bgcolon = “FFFFFF”; _ads_brcol = “FFFFFF”; _ads_tcol = “990000”; _ads_dcol = “000001”; _ads_ucol = “990000”; _ads_target = “_blank”; _ads_tsize = “12”; _ads_dsize = “11”; _ads_usize = “11”; _ads_font_face = “Tahoma”; _ads_tlen = “100”; _ads_dlen = “200”; _ads_bsep = “0”; The Greeks of antiquity were remarkable not only for being the first great thinkers, but also for the depth of their thinking. In the cruel world of antiquity where living itself was a struggle, they contemplated the unity of man and his relationship with others of his species. This manner of deep thinking is vividly demonstrated in Platos dialogs, specifically in The Protagoras. Plato, in the Protagoras, uses the famous sophist of that name to explain how man was given the skills he needed to survive in the world. One of them, virtue, must be taught because it does not come easily to human beings. Socrates asserts that virtue cannot be taught and Protagoras, disagreeing, responds in the following way: Once upon a time there were gods only, and no mortal creatures. But when the time came that these also should be created, the gods fashioned them out of earth and fire and various mixtures of both elements in the interior of the earth; and when they were about to bring them into the light of day, they ordered Prometheus and Epimetheus to equip them, and to distribute to them severally their proper qualities. Epimetheus said to Prometheus: “Let me distribute, and you inspect.” This was agreed, and Epimetheus made the distribution. Mike Anderson’s Ancient History Blog
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