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5 Dangerous Substances Big Ag Pumps Into Your Meat
Nicole D'Alessandro
Apr. 29, 2014 11:00AM EST Food
It is no secret that in the war against meat pathogens in commercial U.S. meat production, the pathogens are winning. The logical result of the tons of antibiotics Big Meat gives livestock (not because they are sick, but to fatten them up) is clear: antibiotics that no longer work against antibiotic-resistant diseases like staph (MRSA), enterococci (VRE) and C.difficile. Antibiotic-resistant infections, once limited to hospitals and nursing homes, can now be acquired in the community, Florida public beaches and on the highway behind a poultry truck.
The EU has not accepted U.S. poultry since 1997. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
Big Meat has found some novel ways to retard the growth of salmonella, E.coli and listeria on commercially grown meat, but it does not necessarily want people to know about them and these substances are conspicuously absent from labels.
1. Chlorine Baths
If you want to know the most problematic ingredients in our food supply, just look at the items the European Union boycotts, starting with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), hormone beef and chicken dipped in chlorine baths. U.S. Big Food lobbyists are pushing hard to circumvent the European bans, says MintPress News, especially "bleached chicken." They claim the "many unwarranted non-tariff trade barriers … severely limit or prohibit the export of certain U.S. agricultural products to the EU."
That's the idea. In fact, the EU has not accepted U.S. poultry since 1997.
Why do U.S. poultry processors use chlorine? It "kills bacteria, controls slime and algae, increases product shelf life [and] eliminates costly hand-cleaning labor and materials" in addition to disinfecting "wash down" and "chilling" water. "Pinners" in the slaughter facility who remove the birds' feathers by hand wash their hands with chlorinated water to "reduce odors and bacterial count" after which the birds are sprayed to "wash all foreign material from the carcass." Meat is similarly disinfected with chlorine, says one industrial paper, especially because conveyer belts are "ideal breeding grounds for bacteria."
In a 2014 directive, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) admits the many uses of chlorine in poultry and meat production, none of which are required to be on the label under the "accepted conditions of use" (which limit the parts per million of chlorine allowed). And it gets worse. The FSIS directive also reveals that chlorine gas is used on beef "primals," giblets and "salvage parts" and for "reprocessing contaminated poultry carcasses." Bon appétit.
2. Ammonia
It has only been two years since the nation's stomach churned when it saw photos of "pink slime" oozing out of processing tubes and bound for U.S. dinner tables and the National School Lunch Program. Looking like human intestines, "lean, finely textured beef" (LFTB) was made from unwanted beef "trim" and treated with puffs of ammonia gas to retard the growth of E. coli. While the company making most of the nation's LFTB, Beef Products Inc. (BPI) shuttered three plants and laid off hundreds of employees two years ago, it is since fighting back and has brought a lawsuit against ABC news.
The suit alleges "that ABC launched a disinformation campaign that had an adverse effect on BPI's reputation, and used the term 'pink slime' to describe the company's LFTB even after it had been provided factual information about the product," reports Beef magazine. And, indeed, a quick look at FSIS's 2014 directive, whose purpose is to provide an "up-to-date list of substances that may be used in the production of meat, poultry and egg products," shows that "lean, finely textured beef" is alive and well. "Lean finely textured beef," says the FSIS, is treated with anhydrous ammonia, "chilled to 28 degrees Fahrenheit and mechanically 'stressed.'" Ground beef is also treated with anhydrous ammonia "followed with carbon dioxide treatment." Neither treatment appears on the meat label.
In November, Ag giant Cargill announced it is bringing back pink slime, with two changes—instead of ammonia, E.coli will be killed with citric acid and the meat will be identified as "Finely Textured Beef" on its label.
3. Carbon Monoxide
Eight years ago there was an uproar about Big Meat using gases like carbon monoxide to color meat an unnatural red even as it was aging on the shelf. The brown color meat assumes after a few hours is as harmless as a sliced apple turning brown, says the American Meat Institute. But like mercury in tuna or ractopamine in beef, pork and turkey, Big Food didn't blink or make any changes because it knew the contretemps would blow over—and it did. Thank you for your short memory, John Q. Public. "Modified atmosphere packaging" of meat, using assorted gases, is still a mainstay of meat production and "safe and suitable" in meat production, according to the FSIS report.
According to the FSIS directive, carbon monoxide is used as a "part of Cargill's modified atmosphere packaging system introduced directly into the bulk or master container used for bulk transportation of fresh meat products. Meat products are subsequently repackaged in packages not containing a carbon monoxide modified atmosphere prior to retail sale." Carbon monoxide is also used to "maintain wholesomeness" in packaging Cargill's "fresh cuts of case-ready muscle meat and ground meat," says the FSIS directive.
Why is Cargill's name actually written into government directives? Maybe because it's one of the world's biggest Ag players according to Rain Forest Action. With annual revenues bigger than the GDP of 70 percent of the world's countries, Cargill is the world's largest privately held corporation, says Rain Forest Action. It operates in more than 66 countries and is one of a "very small handful of agribusiness giants that collectively are shaping the increasingly globalized food system to their advantage."
4. Other "Safe and Suitable" Ingredients You Don't Know You're Eating
Unless you're a chemist, you may not recognize some of the other ingredients in the 2014 FSIS directive, but that doesn't mean you want to ingest them. Take "cetylpyridinium with propylene glycol for bacterial control." While cetylpyridinium is a germ-killing compound found in mouthwashes, toothpastes and nasal sprays, in meat production it is combined with propylene glycol to "treat the surface of raw poultry carcasses or parts (skin-on or skinless)." Yum.
How about, "aqueous solution of sodium octanoate, potassium octanoate or octanoic acid and either glycerin and/or propylene glycol and/or a Polysorbate surface active agent," also to kill germs?
And, does anyone want to eat "hen, cock, mature turkey, mature duck, mature goose and mature guinea" into whose raw meat and tissue has been injected protease produced from the mold Aspergillus for tenderness?
Another unrecognizable chemical is sodium tripolyphosphate, used as an "anti-coagulant for use in recovered livestock blood which is subsequently used in food products," says FSIS. According to Food & Water Watch, seafood like scallops, shrimp, hake, sole or imitation crab meat may be soaked in sodium tripolyphosphate to make it appear firmer, smoother and glossier. Sodium tripolyphosphate, "a suspected neurotoxin, as well as a registered pesticide and known air contaminant in the state of California," says Food & Water Watch, also can make seafood weigh more. To avoid sodium tripolyphosphate, buy fish labeled as "dry," says Food & Water Watch, and avoid seafood marked as "wet." We have not found advice on how to avoid the chemical in meat.
5. Bacteriophages
An under-reported way in which Big Food is seeking to kill meat pathogens, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens, is with bacteriophages. Phages are viruses that infect and kill bacteria, essentially turning the bacteria cell into a phage production factory until the bacteria cell bursts, releasing hundreds of copies of new phages, which go on to infect and kill more bacteria. Phages, discovered in 1919, were used to treat bacterial infections but fell out of favor when antibiotics became widely available in the 1940s. Antibiotics had the advantage of attacking more than one bacterium at the same time and were not usually recognized by a patient's immune system, so they could be used over and over in the same person to fight bacterial infection without producing any immune response.
In 2008, OmniLytics, Inc. announced FSIS approval (issuance of a no-objection letter) for a bacteriophage treatment for poultry it developed in conjunction with Elanco, the animal division of Eli Lilly, to reduce salmonella. Other, similar products soon surfaced for meat production. At least nine bacteriophage uses are listed in the FSIS 2014 directive, mostly sprayed on the hides or feathers of live animals to reduce bacterial count before slaughter. While phages are certainly "greener" than antibiotics, there are two reasons many food activists do not laud the development. Bacteriophages accommodate rather than reform the high-volume, low-ethics factory farming and do not clean up drug excesses. The other reason is phages could become yet another tool of factory farming. Cattle and other livestock operators could use phages to make animals gain weight without risking antibiotic resistance, observed a recent documentary.
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WCN Transmedia Group Music Showcase "50 Cent": Rise Above Profiled on Ovation
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WCN Transmedia Group's Showcase of Queens Own ^50 Cent* Profiled on Ovation. As you may know I have been pretty hard on Cable TV with the constant reruns and commercial interruptions. Well we found something new on the Verizon Fios Platform a network called Ovation. Now did they re-run it all day sadly yes. However its seems that a number of Hip Hop Documentary's were programmed this Sunday that captured a couple of hours of my attention.
I may be biased as I too was born and raised in Queens; So folks like LL Cool J, Run DMC, comedian Alonzo Boden are all Boyz from the Hood so to speak.
It is an esteemed honor to present and provide this space for one of the world most successful Rappers, Writers, Actors and Businessmen.
My question is which Rap Icon will step up and work with WCN to monetize streaming video for the planet?
We can change the game of merchandising across streaming video so that anything seen can be clicked on purchased and delivered to the home.
When you see the level of fashion and coolness of the Transmedia Storytelling ability of 50's Music should be a clear indication to merchandisers and advertisers the opportunity to get into that Transmedia relationship between Artist and Fan. Brother 50 people could be shopping from your music videos. Lets cut a deal.
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For the 1980s Brooklyn-area robber known as "50 cent", see Kelvin Martin.
50 Cent in concert, 2009
Curtis James Jackson III
July 6, 1975 (age 36)
South Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States
Rapper, actor, entrepreneur, executive producer, investor
Shady, Aftermath, Interscope
G-Unit, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Sha Money XL,
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Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Get Rich or Die Tryin' has been certified eight times platinum by the RIAA[1] and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.[2] His album The Massacre has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA[1] and has sold 11 million copies worldwide.[3]
Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Jackson began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic.[4] After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot at and struck by nine bullets during an incident in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, Jackson was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre, who produced his first major commercial successes, Jackson became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.
Jackson has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Cam'ron, Rick Ross, and former G-Unit members The Game and Young Buck. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005, the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006, and Righteous Kill in 2008. 50 Cent was ranked as the sixth best artist of the 2000–2009 decade by Billboard magazine. The magazine also ranked him as the fourth top male artist and as the third top rapper behind Eminem and Nelly.[5] Billboard magazine also ranked him as the sixth best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000–2009 decade[6] and as the number one rap artist of the 2000–2009 decade.[7] Billboard ranked his album Get Rich or Die Tryin' as the twelfth best album of the 2000–2009 decade[8] and his album The Massacre as the 37th best album of the 2000–2009 decade.[9] He is currently working on his yet-to-be-titled fifth studio album, which is allegedly set to be released in November 2011.[10]
2 Music career
2.1 1996–2000: Early career
2.2 2000–01: Shooting
2.3 2002–2009: Rise to fame
2.4 2010–present
3 Non-musical projects
4.1 Family
4.2 Politics
4.3 Financial crisis of 2007–2010
4.4 Legal issues
4.5 Lawsuits
5 Feuds
5.1 How To Rob
5.2 Murder Inc.
5.3 Fat Joe/Nas/Jadakiss
5.4 Sean Combs
5.5 Cam'ron
5.6 The Game
5.7 Rick Ross
5.8 Lil Wayne
5.9 Young Buck
7 Awards and nominations
8.1 Voice work
Curtis Jackson III grew up in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, in New York City. He grew up without a father and was raised by his mother, Sabrina, who gave birth to him at the age of fifteen. Sabrina, a cocaine dealer, raised Jackson until the age of twelve, when she was murdered in 1988. Twenty-seven at the time, she became unconscious after someone drugged her drink. She was then left for dead after the gas in her apartment was turned on and the windows shut closed.[11][12] After her death, Jackson moved into his grandparents' house with his eight aunts and uncles.[13][14][15] He recalls, "My grandmother told me, 'Your mother's not coming home. She's not gonna come back to pick you up. You're gonna stay with us now.' That's when I started adjusting to the streets a little bit".[16]
Jackson began boxing around the age of eleven. At fourteen, a neighbor opened a boxing gym for local kids. "When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip", he recalled.[17] In the mid 1980s, he competed in the Junior Olympics as an amateur boxer. He recounts, "I was competitive in the ring and hip-hop is competitive too… I think rappers condition themselves like boxers, so they all kind of feel like they're the champ".[18] At the age of twelve, Jackson began dealing narcotics when his grandparents thought he was at after-school programs.[19] He also took guns and drug money to school. In the tenth grade, he was caught by metal detectors at Andrew Jackson High School. He later stated, "I was embarrassed that I got arrested like that… After I got arrested I stopped hiding it. I was telling my grandmother [openly], 'I sell drugs.'"[16]
Following time spent in a correctional boot camp, Jackson adopted the nickname "50 Cent" as a metaphor for "change".[20] The name was derived from Kelvin Martin, a 1980s Brooklyn robber known as "50 Cent". Jackson chose the name "because it says everything I want it to say. I'm the same kind of person 50 Cent was. I provide for myself by any means".[21]
1996–2000: Early career
Jackson started rapping in a friend's basement where he used turntables to record over instrumentals.[22] In 1996, a friend introduced him to Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC who was organizing his label Jam Master Jay Records. Jay taught him how to count bars, write choruses, structure songs, and how to make a record.[23][24] Jackson's first official appearance was on a song titled "React" with the group Onyx on their 1998 album Shut 'Em Down. He credited Jam Master Jay as an influence who helped him improve his ability to write hooks.[18] Jay produced Jackson's first album; however, it was never released.[11] In 1999, after leaving Jam Master Jay, the platinum-selling producers Trackmasters took notice of Jackson and signed him to Columbia Records. They sent him to a studio in Upstate New York where he produced thirty-six songs in two weeks.[12] Eighteen were included on his unofficially released album, Power of the Dollar in 2000.[25] He also started the now-defunct Hollow Point Entertainment with former G-Unit affiliate Bang 'Em Smurf.[26][27]
"How to Rob"
50 Cent's first underground single in which he comically describes robbing celebrity musicians.
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Jackson's popularity started to increase after the successful but controversial underground single, "How to Rob", which he wrote in half an hour while in a car on the way to a studio.[20][28] The track comically explains how he would rob famous artists. He explained the reasoning behind song's content as, "There's a hundred artists on that label, you gotta separate yourself from that group and make yourself relevant".[20] Rappers Jay-Z, Kurupt, Sticky Fingaz, Big Pun, DMX, Wyclef Jean and the Wu-Tang Clan replied to the song[28] and Nas, who received the track positively, invited Jackson to travel on a promotional tour for his Nastradamus album.[15] The song was intended to be released with "Thug Love" featuring Destiny's Child, but two days before he was scheduled to film the "Thug Love" music video, Jackson was shot and confined to a hospital due to his injuries.[29]
2000–01: Shooting
On May 24, 2000, Jackson was attacked by a gunman, alleged to be Darryl "Hommo" Baum, outside his grandmother's former home in South Jamaica, Queens. He went into a friend's car, but was asked to return to the house to get jewelry. His son was in the house, while his grandmother was in the front yard.[12] Upon returning to the back seat of the car, another car pulled up nearby. An assailant then walked up to Jackson's left side with a 9mm handgun and fired nine shots at close range. He was shot nine times: in the hand (a round hit his right thumb and came out of his little finger), arm, hip, both legs, chest, and left cheek.[11][16][30] The face wound resulted in a swollen tongue, the loss of a wisdom tooth, and a small slur in his voice.[15][16][31] His friend also sustained a gunshot wound to the hand. They were driven to the hospital where Jackson spent thirteen days. Baum, the alleged shooter, was killed three weeks later.[32] Baum was also Mike Tyson's close friend and bodyguard.[33]
Jackson recalled the incident saying, "It happens so fast that you don't even get a chance to shoot back…. I was scared the whole time…. I was looking in the rear-view mirror like, 'Oh shit, somebody shot me in the face! It burns, burns, burns.'"[16] In his autobiography, From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens, he wrote, "After I got shot nine times at close range and didn't die, I started to think that I must have a purpose in life… How much more damage could that shell have done? Give me an inch in this direction or that one, and I'm gone".[13] He used a walker for the first six weeks and fully recovered after five months. When he left the hospital, he stayed in the Poconos with his then-girlfriend and son. His workout regime helped him attain his muscular physique.[11][16][34]
While in the hospital, Jackson signed a publishing deal with Columbia Records. However, he was dropped from the label and "blacklisted" in the recording industry because of his song "Ghetto Qu'ran". Unable to find a studio to work with in the U.S, he traveled to Canada.[35][36] Along with his business partner Sha Money XL, he recorded over thirty songs for mixtapes, with the purpose of building a reputation. According to Shady Records A&R Marc Labelle in an interview with HitQuarters, Jackson shrewdly used the mixtape circuit to his own advantage saying, "He took all the hottest beats from every artist and flipped them with better hooks. They then got into all the markets on the mixtapes and all the mixtape DJs were messing with them."[37] Jackson's popularity rose and in 2002, he released material independently on the mixtape, Guess Who's Back?. Beginning to attract interest, and now backed by G-Unit, Jackson continued to release music including 50 Cent Is the Future. The mixtape revisited material by Jay-Z and Raphael Saadiq.[25]
2002–2009: Rise to fame
The breakthrough single from Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
In 2002, Eminem listened to a copy of Jackson's Guess Who's Back? CD. He received the CD through Jackson's attorney, who was working with Eminem's manager Paul Rosenberg.[29] Impressed with the album, Eminem invited Jackson to fly to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to Dr. Dre.[11][23][29] After signing a $1 million record deal,[23] Jackson released the mixtape, No Mercy, No Fear. It featured one new track, "Wanksta", which was put on Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack.[25] He was also signed to Chris Lighty's Violator Management and Sha Money XL's Money Management Group.
In February 2003, Jackson released his commercial debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Allmusic described it as "probably the most hyped debut album by a rap artist in about a decade".[38] Rolling Stone noted the album for its "dark synth grooves, buzzy keyboards and a persistently funky bounce" with Jackson complementing the production in "an unflappable, laid-back flow".[39] It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 872,000 copies in the first four days.[40] The lead single, "In da Club", which The Source noted for its "blaring horns, funky organs, guitar riffs and sparse hand claps",[41] broke a Billboard record as the most listened-to song in radio history within a week.[42]
Interscope granted Jackson his own label, G-Unit Records in 2003.[43] He signed Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and Young Buck as the established members of G-Unit. The Game was later signed under a joint venture with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. In March 2005, Jackson's second commercial album, The Massacre, sold 1.14 million copies in the first four days-the highest in an abbreviated sales cycle[40]– and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 for six weeks.[44] He became the first solo artist to have three singles on the Billboard top five in the same week with "Candy Shop", "Disco Inferno", and "How We Do".[45] Rolling Stone noted that "50's secret weapon is his singing voice – the deceptively amateur-sounding tenor croon that he deploys on almost every chorus".[46]
From left: With Olivia, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck in Bangkok, Thailand, February 2006
After The Game's departure, Jackson signed singer Olivia and rap veterans Mobb Deep to G-Unit Records. Spider Loc, M.O.P., 40 Glocc and Young Hot Rod later joined the label.[47][48] Jackson expressed interest in working with rappers outside of G-Unit, such as Lil' Scrappy of BME, LL Cool J from Def Jam, Mase from Bad Boy, and Freeway of Roc-A-Fella, some of whom he recorded with.[49] In September 2007, he released his third album Curtis, which was inspired by his life before Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[50] It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 691,000 units in the first week,[51] behind Kanye West's Graduation, whom he had a sales competition with, as both albums were released on the same day. He confirmed on TRL on September 10, 2008 that his fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct, will be "done and released in November". On May 18, 2009, Jackson released a song entitled "Ok, You're Right". The song was produced by Dr. Dre and will be included in Before I Self Destruct. In Fall 2009, 50 Cent appeared in the new season of VH1's Behind The Music. On September 3, 2009 months upon the release of his "Before I Self Destruct" album 50 Cent posted a video[52] for the Soundkillers' Phoenix[53] produced track "Flight 187" which introduced his mixtape, the 50th LAW, and was also featured as a bonus track on his iTunes release of Before I Self Destruct. The song ignited speculation that there was tension between rapper 50 Cent and Jay Z for Jackson's comments in the song.[54]
In an interview with the British entertainment website ContactMusic, 50 Cent announced that he was working on a dance album named Black Magic. 50 Cent said he was inspired by the European nightclubs. "First they played hip-hop which suddenly changed to uptempo songs, known as Eurodance".[55] He went on The Invitation Tour in the summer of 2010, in support of Before I Self Destruct album, and the then shelved Black Magic album. He "recorded 20 songs to a whole different album concept" before he put those to the side and did something different.[56]
50 Cent revealed that he wanted his new album to have the same "aggression" as his debut record, Get Rich or Die Tryin'.[57][58] He later tweeted that the album was "80 percent done", and stated that fans can expect the album in the summer of 2011: however the album has been delayed to 2012 at the earliest, due to tensions and disagreements at Interscope Records, Later 50 cent said that he will release his album in november of 2011[59] and it has also been confirmed that "Black Magic" will not be the album's title.[60] 50 Cent has already confirmed that Eminem will appear on the album, but he also confirmed that he has been working with new producers such as Boi-1da and Alex da Kid.[61] Cardiak, who produced Lloyd Banks' "Start It Up", also confirmed that he had produced a song for the upcoming album.[62]
DJ Whoo Kid confirmed in an interview that 50 Cent was filming a new movie with Robert DeNiro in New Orleans.[63]
50 Cent released the street single from his fifth studio album titled Outlaw to the internet on June 16, 2011. The single was produced by Cardiak. It is expected to be released to iTunes.[64]
50 Cent is set to release a book titled Playground. Unlike his previous literary efforts — which focus on his life story and the rules of power — this time he's aiming at a teen audience with a semi-autobiographical novel about bullying. According to a statement from the book's publisher, the first-person novel is slated for release in January 2012 and will tell the story of a 13-year-old schoolyard bully "who finds redemption as he faces what he's done."[65]
50 Cent has promised to deliver his fifth studio album album over the past few years, but the LP may be delayed until 2012. In a series of tweets, 50 Cent explained that him and his label Interscope Records aren't on the same page on how to roll out the album and that he's delaying its release until they see eye to eye.[66]
50 Cent later suggested that his album will be releasing in November 2011, along with his headphone line SMS by 50.[66]
50 Cent spoke to MTV in relation to the possibility of leaving Interscope Records. "I don't know," 50 told MTV News when asked if he would ink back with Interscope once his five-album deal was fulfilled. "It will all be clear in the negotiations following me turning this actual album in. And, of course, the performance and how they actually treat the work will determine whether you still want to stay in that position or not."[67]
On June 20, 2011, 50 Cent announced that he will release an LP titled Before I Self Destruct II. The announced sequel to his 2009 LP is suggested to be released after his fifth studio album.[68]
50 Cent spoke to Shade45 in relation guest appearances for his fifth studio album. "I did four songs in Detroit with Eminem. I did two with Just Blaze, a Boi-1da joint, and I did something with Alex Da Kid. We made two that are definite singles and the other two are the kinds of records that we been making, more aimed at my core audience, more aggressive, more of a different kind of energy to it."[69]
Non-musical projects
Jackson has established himself in a variety of fields. In November 2003, he signed a five year deal with Reebok to distribute a "G-Unit Sneakers" line as part of his G-Unit Clothing Company.[70][71] He provided the voice-over as the protagonist in the video game, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, which was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and the PlayStation Portable. Its sequel, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, was released in early 2009.[72][73] He worked with Glacéau to create a Vitamin Water drink called Formula 50. In 2007, Coca-Cola purchased Glacéau for US$4.1 billion. Forbes estimated Jackson, who owns a stake in the company, earned $100 million from the deal after taxes.[74] He has teamed up with Right Guard to launched a body spray called Pure 50 RGX Body Spray and a condom line called Magic Stick Condoms,[75] in which he planned to donate part of the proceeds to HIV awareness.[76] Jackson has signed a multi-year deal with Steiner Sports to sell his memorabilia.[77]
In 2005, Jackson made a cameo appearance on The Simpsons episode "Pranksta Rap", in which he makes light of his legal troubles. The same year, he starred alongside Terrence Howard in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin'. He starred in the 2006 film, Home of the Brave, as a soldier returning home from the Iraq War, traumatized after killing an Iraqi woman.[78] Jackson is working on a role as a fighter in an Angola State Prison in Spectacular Regret alongside Nicolas Cage, and starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in 2008's Righteous Kill, a movie regarding a police death.[79] He also started the film production companies G-Unit Films in 2007 and Cheetah Vision in 2008.[80][81] In August 2007, Jackson announced plans to launch a dietary supplement company in conjunction with his movie Spectacular Regret.[82]
50 Cent with Val Kilmer at the AMAs 2009
In August 2005, shortly before appearing in Get Rich or Die Tryin', Jackson published an autobiography entitled From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens. In it Jackson explores the cultural and economic forces that led him to sell cocaine and crack, details his entrepreneurship as a drug-dealer and then as a rapper, and reflects on his own ethos and on society. On January 4, 2007, Jackson launched his G-Unit Books imprint at the Time Warner Building.[83] He also co-wrote The Ski Mask Way, a novel about a small-time drug dealer who attempts to rob his employers, which is to be turned into a film.[76] Jackson said he read Robert Greene's The 33 Strategies of War and worked with the author on a book titled The 50th Law, an urban take on The 48 Laws of Power.[76][84] In May 2008, Jackson met billionaire Patrice Motsepe to forge a joint venture selling 50 Cent-branded platinum.[85]
In 2008, Jackson started a reality television show on MTV titled 50 Cent: The Money and the Power; the winning contestant, Ryan Mayberry, won a $100,000 investment from Jackson.[86]
On September 8, 2009, he published his book The 50th Law.[87]
In 2010, Jackson's film company Cheetah Vision landed $200 million in funding.[88]
Jackson has a tattoo of "Marquise" with an axe on his right biceps. "The axe is 'cause I'm a warrior. I don't want him to be one, though,"[36] he explains. He also has "50", "Southside", and "Cold World" inscribed on his back because "I'm a product of that environment. It's on my back, though, so it's all behind me."[36]
In 2007, Jackson was the second wealthiest performer in the rap industry, behind Jay-Z.[89] He resides in Farmington, Connecticut, in the former mansion of ex-boxer Mike Tyson.[90] He put the mansion for sale at $18.5 million to move closer to his son who lives in Long Island with his ex-girlfriend.[91] On October 12, 2007, the Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut declared it "50 Cent Curtis Jackson Day". He was honored with a key to the city and an official proclamation.[92] One of his homes in New York purchased for 2.4 million dollars in January 2007 and at the center of a lawsuit between Jackson and ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins caught fire on May 30, 2008 while he was out of town filming for a movie in Louisiana.[93]
On October 13, 1997, Jackson's then-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins gave birth to a son, Marquise Jackson.[4][94]
The birth of his son changed Jackson's outlook on life: "When my son came into my life, my priorities changed, because I wanted to have the relationship with him, that I didn't have with my father."[95] He credited his son for inspiring his career and being "motivation to go in a different direction".[96]
In 2005, Jackson expressed support for President George Walker Bush after rapper Kanye West criticized him for the slow response in assisting the Hurricane Katrina victims.[97] If his felony convictions did not prevent him from voting, he claimed he would have voted for Bush.[98] He later stated that Bush "has less compassion than the average human. By all means, I don't aspire to be like George Bush."[99]
Financial crisis of 2007–2010
In December 2008 50 told the Canadian press that he had been affected by the recession, losing several million dollars on the stock market. He also went on to say that he had been unable to sell his Connecticut mansion and pushed Before I Self-Destruct back because of the recent economic downturn.[100]
On June 29, 1994, Jackson was arrested for helping to sell four vials of cocaine to an undercover police officer. He was arrested again three weeks later when police searched his home and found heroin, ten ounces of crack cocaine, and a starter gun. He was sentenced to three to nine years in prison, but managed to serve six months in a shock incarceration boot camp where he earned his GED. Jackson said that he did not use cocaine himself, he only sold it.[13][101][102]
His ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins sued Jackson for $50 million, claiming that he said that he would take care of her for life; the suit, which includes 15 claims was later dismissed by a judge, calling it "an unfortunate tale of a love relationship gone sour."[103]
50 Cent was sentenced to two years probation on July 22, 2005 from an incident in May 2004 when 50 Cent jumped into the audience after being hit with a water bottle.[104] He was charged with three counts of assault and battery.[104]
On July 21, 2007, Jackson filed a $1 million lawsuit against advertising company Traffix Inc. of Pearl River, New York for using his image in a promotion which he claims threatens his safety. He became aware of the internet ad after one of his staff members saw it on a MySpace page. According to court documents, the ad features a cartoon image of the rapper and the message: "shoot the rapper and you will win $5000 or five ring tones guaranteed". Though the ad did not use his name, the image allegedly intended to resemble him, suggesting he endorsed the ad. The lawsuit calls it a "vile, tasteless and despicable" use of 50 Cent's image that "quite literally calls for violence against him". The lawsuit seeks for unspecified punitive damages and a permanent injunction against the use of his image without permission.[105][106]
In November 2009, 50 Cent won in a lawsuit against Taco Bell over the fast food chain using his name to promote the brand without his permission.[107]
Feuds
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50 Cent said that he intended the single to be a joke, and not meant to disrespect anybody. Nevertheless, a number of rappers mentioned on the song responded on record. The comments made towards the Wu-Tang Clan were responded to on the Ghostface Killah album Supreme Clientele on a track called "Ghost Deini" and even more directly on a skit called "Clyde Smith" which included one of the Wu-Tang Clan members talking about how they intended to harm the rapper, which is identifiable as Raekwon when the track is sped up. A supposed diss song, "Who the Fuck Is 50 Cent", which circulated the web in the beginning of 2001 was rumored to be by the Clan, but was proven to be recorded by Polite of American Cream Team (Raekwon's then-side project).
Jay-Z also reacted to the comments in the track called "It's Hot (Some Like It Hot)", off the album Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter:
"Go against Jigga yo' ass is dense
I'm about a dollar, what the fuck is 50 Cents?"
Sticky Fingaz responded to the diss with the track "Jackin' for Beats."
"The real 50 from Brooklyn god bless he got outed
You just a fake clown who front and rout about it."
Big Pun responds to this track on his album Yeeeah Baby, in the song "My Turn."
"And to the 50 Cent Rapper, very funny – get your nut off, 'cuz in real life, we all know I'd blow your motherfucking head off…If I'm gonna write a song, it'll be about how I had to beat your mothafuckin' ass. And that'll be the name of the motherfucker: 'That's Why I Had To Beat Your Motherfucking Ass', featuring Tony Sunshine."
Kurupt responded on the diss track "Callin' Out Names."
"Now it's 50 mc's that ain't worth shit
Get ya ass kicked 50 times, beat to 10 cent"
Wyclef Jean responded on the song "Low Income", from his 2000 album, The Ecleftic.
"I stay so hungry that if 50 Cent came to rob me
he'd be part of my charity.
Before signing with Interscope, Jackson engaged in a well-publicized dispute with rapper Ja Rule and his label The Inc. Records. Jackson claims that a friend robbed Ja Rule of his jewelry and that Ja Rule accused him of setting it up.[108] However, Ja Rule claimed the conflict stemmed from a video shoot in Queens because Jackson did not like seeing him "getting so much love" from the neighborhood.[109] In March 2000, while at The Hit Factory studio in New York, Jackson had an altercation with Murder Inc. associates. He was treated for three stitches after receiving a stab wound.[108][110] Rapper Black Child claimed responsibility for the stabbing, saying he acted in self-defense because he thought someone reached for a gun.[111]
An affidavit by an IRS agent suggested that Murder Inc. had ties to Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a New York drug lord who was suspected of being involved in the murder of Jam Master Jay and the shooting of Jackson. An excerpt of the affidavit read:
The investigation has uncovered a conspiracy involving McGriff and others to murder a rap artist who has released songs containing lyrics regarding McGriff's criminal activities. The rap artist was shot in 2000, survived and thereafter refused to cooperate with law enforcement regarding the shooting. Messages transmitted over the Murder Inc. pager indicate that McGriff is involved in an ongoing plot to kill this rap artist, and that he communicates with Murder Inc. employees concerning the target.[35]
Fat Joe/Nas/Jadakiss
Before releasing The Massacre, Jackson recorded a song "Piggy Bank", a response to Ja Rule's song "New York", which was leaked before the album's release. The song takes aim at rappers including Fat Joe, Nas, and Jadakiss.[112] Fat Joe responded with a song, "My Fofo", accusing Jackson of taking steroids, hiding in his home, and being jealous of The Game. Jadakiss also responded with a song, "Checkmate", and said that Jackson was trying to "create a buzz for his new album".[113] The "Piggy Bank" music video portrays animated caricatures of Jadakiss (as a Ninja turtle), Fat Joe (as an overweight boxer who receives a knockout), Nas (as a kid chasing a "milkshake" truck in a Superman costume), and The Game (as Mr. Potato Head). He also disses all of them on the beef version of his single "Window Shopper"[114] Kelis, Nas's wife, responded to the song on her single "Bossy".[citation needed] Nas later responded with "Don't Body Ya Self (MC Burial)." Nas later dissed 50 on the song "Street Ridaz" on Game's mixtape "Brake Lights".
Jackson spoke negatively about Bad Boy Entertainment mogul Sean Combs and recorded a song, "Hip-Hop", revealing the reasons behind his negative feelings: primarily, a contract dispute over Mase. In the song, he implied that Diddy knew about The Notorious B.I.G.'s murder and threatened to expose him through former associates.[115] The feud was resolved, with both rappers appearing on MTV's TRL and Sucker Free, respectively, stating that there were no longer problems.[116] The feud reignited in 2010 with 50 Cent dissing Diddy, saying his music "sucks".
On February 1, 2007, Cam'ron and Jackson had a live argument on The Angie Martinez Show on Hot 97 radio. Jackson commented that Koch Entertainment was a "graveyard", meaning major record labels would not work with their artists.[117] Cam'ron then ridiculed the record sales of G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Mobb Deep by stating that Jim Jones outsold their albums despite being signed to an independent label and that his group, The Diplomats, had a distribution deal from several labels.[117] Both rappers released "diss" songs with videos on YouTube. Jackson suggested in "Funeral Music" that Cam'ron is no longer able to lead The Diplomats and that Jim Jones should take his place. Cam'ron responded with "Curtis" and "Curtis Pt. II", in which he makes fun of Jackson's appearance, calling him "a gorilla, with rabbit teeth".[118] Jackson responded by releasing "Hold On" with Young Buck.
Main article: G-Unit vs. The Game feud
Although he was close with The Game, before The Game released his debut album The Documentary, they soon became at odds. After its release, Jackson felt The Game was disloyal for saying he did not want to participate in G-Unit's feuds with other rappers and even wanting to work with artists they were feuding with. He also claimed that he wrote six songs on the album and was not receiving proper credit for his work, which The Game denied.[119]
"Not Rich, Still Lyin'"
A track in which he takes aim at The Game.
Jackson later dismissed The Game from G-Unit on Hot 97 radio. After the announcement, The Game, who was a guest earlier in the evening, attempted to enter the building with his entourage. After being denied entry, one of his associates was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a group of men leaving the building.[120][121] When the situation escalated, both rappers held a press conference to announce their reconciliation.[122] Fans had mixed feelings as to whether the rappers created a publicity stunt to boost the sales of the albums they had just released.[123] Nevertheless, even after the situation deflated,[124] G-Unit criticized The Game's street credibility. The group denounced The Game and announced that they will not be featured on his albums. During a Summer Jam performance, The Game launched a boycott of G-Unit called "G-Unot".[125]
After the performance at Summer Jam, The Game responded with "300 Bars and Runnin'", an extended "diss" aimed at G-Unit as well as members of Roc-A-Fella Records on the mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 3. Jackson responded through his "Piggy Bank" music video, which features The Game as a Mr. Potato Head doll and also parodies other rivals.[126] Since then both groups continued to attack each other. The Game released two more mixtapes, Ghost Unit and a mixtape/DVD called Stop Snitchin, Stop Lyin.
Jackson posted a cover of The Game's head on the body of a male stripper for "Hate It or Love It (G-Unit Radio Part 21)" mixtape, as a response to The Game displaying pictures of G-Unit dressed as Village People.[127] Although he was signed to Aftermath Entertainment, The Game left the label and signed with Geffen Records to terminate his contractual obligations with G-Unit (although others claim Jackson pressured Dr. Dre to kick him off).[128] G-Unit member Spider Loc had also began to insult The Game on various songs. In addition, The Game released "240 Bars (Spider Joke)" and "100 Bars (The Funeral)" both attacking G-Unit, Spider Loc and others. Jackson's response was "Not Rich, Still Lyin'" where he mocks The Game.[129] Lloyd Banks replied to the Game on a Rap City freestyle booth session. The Game quickly released a "diss" record called "SoundScan" where The Game pokes fun at Lloyd Banks' album Rotten Apple falling thirteen spots on the Billboard 200 chart and disappointing second week sales. Lloyd Banks replied on his mixtape Mo' Money In The Bank Pt. 5: Gang Green Season Continues with a song called "Showtime (The Game's Over)". Lloyd Banks states that Jackson wrote half of The Game's first album The Documentary and pokes fun at The Game's suicidal thoughts.
In October 2006, The Game extended a peace treaty to Jackson, which was not immediately replied to.[130] However, a couple days later, on Power 106, he stated that the treaty was only offered for one day.[131] On The Game's album, Doctor's Advocate, he claims that the feud is over on a few of the songs.
In July 2009, The Game stated the beef was squashed with help from Michael Jackson and Diddy,[132] and he apologized for his actions during the beef.[133] Tony Yayo said that neither Jackson (50 Cent) or G-Unit would accept his apology.[134] Since then, The Game continued his old "G-Unot" ways at live concerts. Jackson released "So Disrespectful" a diss song on Before I Self Destruct targeting Jay-Z, The Game and Young Buck.[135] Game later responded with the song "Shake", poking fun of the music video for 50's single "Candy Shop", quote, "Me and 50 aint agreeing on shit so I had to (Shake) Aint no telling what he putting in that protein (Shake) Seen the candy shop video look at this nigga (Shake) And thats the same shit that made the nigga Young Buck (Shake)". He also takes shots at Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo, in which he says, "I'm surprised that Lloyd Banks and Yayo didn't (Shake) Wasn't selling no records Jimmy Iovine said (Shake)". Game also dissed G-Unit several times on the song "400 Bars".
In January 2009, Rick Ross started a feud with 50 Cent because he supposedly looked at him the wrong way at the BET Awards. However, Jackson told news sources that he did not even remember seeing Rick Ross there.[136] In late January, a track entitled "Mafia Music" by Rick Ross, leaked onto the Internet. There were several lines that seem to diss Jackson. Days later, Jackson released "Officer Ricky (Go Head, Try Me)" in response to Rick Ross's disparaging remarks on his "Mafia Music" song. The next day Rick Ross appeared on Shade 45, and told Jackson to come up with something better in 24 hours.
Before going to Venezuela, Jackson uploaded a video entitled "Warning Shot", where he warns Rick Ross: "I'ma fuck your life up for fun". In addition, Jackson released the first of a series of "Officer Ricky" cartoons. Early February, Jackson once again made a video which he uploaded to YouTube where he interviews "Tia", the mother of one of Rick Ross's children. She verifies his being a correctional officer and claims his whole persona is fake and fraudulent.[137] On Thursday, February 5, 2009, The Game, who Jackson has a long-standing "beef" with, called up Seattle's KUBE 93 Radio Station. When asked about the beef between Jackson and Rick Ross, The Game sided with Jackson and said that things are not looking good for Rick Ross. However, he offered to help Rick Ross get out of this situation, stating "Rick Ross, holla at your boy, man," and "50 eating you, boy."[138]
On his album Deeper Than Rap, Ross references Jackson in the song "In Cold Blood". A video for the song was released that portrayed Jackson's mock funeral. Upon release, Ross stated that he has ended Jackson's career.[139]
In an interview, Jackson said: "Rick Ross is Albert From CB4. You ever seen the movie? He's Albert," he added. "It never gets worse than this. You get a guy that was a correctional officer come out and base his entire career on writing material from a drug dealer's perspective such as "Freeway" Ricky Ross."[140]
After hearing word that Lil Wayne had prepared a song for him after 50 made some unkind remarks, 50 lashed out at Wayne first on August 17, 2007 with the song "Part Time Lover".[141] Wayne never really responded to the song, although a 50 Cent diss track called "Louisianimal" did leak much later on November 17, 2008.[142] Jackson responded to Lil Wayne in January 2009 in a song entitled "Play This On The Radio".[143] As of August 14, 2009, the controversy between Jackson and Lil Wayne seems to have ended after Jackson appeared and performed at Lil Wayne's America's Most Wanted Musical Festival stop in Anaheim, California.[144]
Young Buck
After numerous rumors of a "beef" within G-Unit, Jackson officially dismissed Young Buck from the group, in 2008. He later assured that he was still signed with the label.[145] Numerous slander songs then arose on the internet from both camps, with Young Buck appearing in a music video of former rival The Game.[146][147] Jackson then leaked a taped phone conversation between himself and Young Buck, which showed one of the true reasons for the falling out; Jackson was owed money by the Southern rapper. Young Buck later stated the conversation took place over a year before the leak.[148] The two camps have since released a multitude of songs against each other, with the feud settling down by 2009, with Young Buck stating he's been working on his latest album, which is still to be released under the G-Unit label.[149]
Main articles: 50 Cent discography and G-Unit discography
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
The Massacre (2005)
Curtis (2007)
Fifth studio album (2011)[57][59][60]
Before I Self Destruct II (TBA)[68]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by 50 Cent
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^ 50 Cent Sues over 'Shoot the Rapper'. Fox News (July 20, 2007). Retrieved July 27, 2007.[dead link]
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^ a b Tannenbaum, Rob (April 2004). "Playboy Interview: 50 Cent". Playboy, p. 140.
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^ Reid, Shaheem (April 25, 2003). DJ Tells 50 Cent, Ja Rule: One More Dis Record, Then Quit It. MTV. Retrieved June 5, 2007.
^ Reid, Shaheem (February 22, 2005). 50 Cent's LP Pushed Up, Harsh 'Facts' Sound Like Disses on Leaked 'Piggy Bank'. MTV. Accessed May 23, 2007.
^ Reid, Shaheem (March 10, 2005). Jadakiss, Fat Joe Retaliate for 50's 'Piggy Bank'. MTV. Accessed May 23, 2007.
^ Reid, Shaheem (August 4, 2005). 50 Mocks Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Game, Nas in 'Piggy Bank' Video. MTV. Accessed May 23, 2007.
^ Reid, Shaheem (September 6, 2005). 50 Goes after Diddy on New Mixtape. MTV. Retrieved June 4, 2007.
^ Strong, Nolan; Jeffries, Alexis (September 7, 2006). Exclusive: 50 Cent, Sean 'Diddy' Combs Declare 'Cease Fire'. AllHipHop. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
^ a b Sanneh, Kelefa (February 27, 2007). Rappers Find That a Small Label Can Have Its Uses. The New York Times. Accessed May 22, 2007.
^ Petipas, Jolene (February 9, 2007). It's Official, Jackson Starts War with Cam'ron. SOHH. Accessed May 25, 2007.[dead link]
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^ Reid, Shaheem (February 28, 2005). 50 Drops Game from G-Unit; Shots Fired at Radio Station. MTV. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
^ Hope, Clover (March 2, 2005). 50 Cent Cancels New York Appearance amid Shooting Inquiry. AllHipHop. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
^ Fresh, Remmie (March 9, 2005). The Game and 50 Hold Press Conference Today to End Dispute. AllHipHop. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
^ Rodriguez, Jayson (March 1, 2005). Update: Man Shot Not with 50 Cent; Violator Offices Shot Up. AllHipHop. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
^ Williams, Houston (May 9, 2005). Game: Winds of Change. AllHipHop. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
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^ Reid, Shaheem (July 10, 2006). Mixtape Monday: 50 Cent Strips Down The Game. MTV. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
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^ Michael Jackson Tried To End Beef Between 50 Cent/The Game. Hip-Hop DX.
^ The Game Apologizes To 50 Cent, Interscope. Hip-Hop DX.
^ Tony Yayo Says G-Unit Isn't Accepting Game's Apology. MTV News.
^ 50 Disses Game, Young Buck On BISD Snippet. All Hip-Hop.
^ "How feud Started Rick Ross and 50 Cent". Vide.com. February 7, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
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^ HipHopDX.com – Lil Wayne – Louisianimal (50 Cent Diss). HipHopDX.com. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
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^ The Game – "My Life" on FNMTV MTV. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
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^ "50 Cent Visits Infinity Ward (Creators of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2)". ThisIs50.com. August 7, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
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Ovation is a television channel that airs programming dedicated to the arts and contemporary culture. It features programming devoted to performance, people, art, music and film. In addition, Ovation features in-depth profiles on various artists and performers, Arts news from the U.S and around the world and special programming aimed at children. Despite being considered an "arts channel", Ovation censors its content, most notably in films and documentaries.[citation needed]
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Ovation TV relaunched on June 20, 2007 coinciding with its premiere on DirecTV, which gave the channel full national coverage for the first time in its 10-year history. In 2010, Ovation also became available on DISH Network.
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Why is the Iran Lobby Obsessed with Sanctions?
For an organization that considers itself an activist group fighting for the rights of Iranian-Americans, you would think the National Iranian American Council would be hard at work trying to build grassroots support for the release of Iranian-American hostages.
Maybe Trita Parsi, head of the NIAC, might offer a blistering editorial attacking the regime's policies of not recognizing dual nationalities?
Maybe Reza Marashi or Tyler Cullis could take a break from giving interviews demanding a lifting of economic sanctions and instead question what else could be done to help get these Iranian-Americans released?
The stark reality is that the NIAC and its members cannot even be bothered to send out tweets, let alone press releases in support of these captive Iranian-Americans, nor try to persuade the Iranian regime to let go of such a damaging and harmful policy that puts countless Iranian-Americans at risk who travel back to Iran to visit relatives.
Instead, the most pressing priority for the Iran lobby—judging by the volume of press releases, statements, editorials, tweets, interviews and speeches—is the lifting of all economic sanctions against the Iranian regime, including all of those not included in the nuclear agreement and were originally imposed because of Iranian regime's support of terrorism and abysmal human rights record.
The arguments being made by the Iran lobby, especially the NIAC, for lifting of economic sanctions still in place, such as restrictions on Iran's use of US currency exchanges, resemble the kind of twisted pretzel logic you might find from an extremist that claims to be helping people as he beats them with a club.
One recent example is an editorial by Marashi on the self-publishing blog TopTopic (probably because no self-respecting mainstream publication could print it with a straight face), in which he makes the silly argument that the US is not in compliance with the noxious nuclear deal and is purposely dragging its feet because:
It is intentionally squeezing Iran because it has nothing better to do;
President Obama wants to protect Hillary Clinton from having to bear an unpleasant political cost of appearing friendly to a bloodthirsty regime widely untrusted by American voters; and
The US government is still fighting an internal battle between those committed to punishing Iran and those wanting to set it free.
It is an utterly inane position to advocate since it ignores the most basic and unavoidable truth about the Iranian regime which is compelling most Americans and their leaders to be remain wary of the mullahs in Tehran: the Iranian regime is simultaneously engaged in three wars, while grabbing dual citizens and trying them in secret courts, all during a human rights crackdown that abuses women, religious minorities, children and even gays.
About the only thing most Americans can agree on in this divided political season is that Iran should be restrained, not encouraged.
The sight of pallets full of cash delivered on midnight flights to buy the release of Americans left a sour taste that is hard to forget. The sight of American sailors made to kneel under the guns of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps soldiers was unforgettable.
The sight of Iranians hanged publicly almost on a daily basis, including women and children as young as 15 when convicted horrifies most Americans.
And yet, the Iran lobby does not tackle any of these issues. Instead, it focuses on trying to get the mullahs more cash. One might think NIAC's fundraising budget is dependent on earning commissions for every billion raised for Iran's coffers.
The fact that the Iran lobby ignores the almost daily pronouncements proving the regime's true intentions demonstrates clearly it has no regard for the enormous human suffering being caused by the Iranian regime.
Take for example statements made by Salar Abnoush, deputy coordinator of Iran's Khatam-al-Anbia Garrison, an IRGC command front, who was quoted as saying in an Iranian state-controlled publication closely tied to the IRGC that is sending assets to infiltrate the United States and Europe at the direction of Iran's top mullah Ali Khamenei.
The IRGC "will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon," according to Abnoush, who said that these forces would operate with the goal of bolstering Iran's hardline regime and thwarting potential plots against the Islamic Republic.
"The whole world should know that the IRGC will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon," he said.
According to Fox News, the military leader's comments come as Iran is spending great amounts of money to upgrade its military hardware and bolster its presence throughout the Middle East and beyond. Iran intends to spend billions to purchase U.S.-made planes that are likely to be converted for use in its air force.
Given these developments, it's easier to understand the rationale for NIAC's emphasis on lifting sanctions and it's not about the poor Americans being held in Iranian prisons.
It's about cash for Iran, plain and simple.
Not even the sham punishment of 135 lashes given to Saeed Mortazavi, former head of the regime's Social Security, because of accusations of widespread financial violations and irregularities could cover from his past record as a former prosecutor who was responsible for the mass killings of detainees and political dissidents following the infamous 2009 protests over the stolen presidential election.
It seems in Tehran, you get punished for ripping off your fellow regime leaders, but not for killing innocent protestors.
Too bad the NIAC didn't have anything to say about it.
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HCVKC6 steam conditioning valve combines pressure and temperature control in a single valve. It is commonly used as turbine start or discharge valve.
HCVKC6 is an angle valve. The water is delivered by a set of highly efficient nozzles assembled in spray chamber under the valve's seat. Forged body of the valve has equal walls' thickness (gauge), what reduces the thermal stresses during valve's warming up and cooling. Basically, the valve consists of: body, self-sealing inner bonnet integrated with cage,main plug (perforated or piston-type, pressure balanced by inner plug-so called pilot plug), and slip-in seat (pressed by screw plug). The cage drives the main plug. The mentioned seat has the perforated throttling device on its outlet. At the very beginning of the valve's stroke the pilot plug works. It controls small flows and reduces the pressure differences which affect the main plug. The reduced dynamic forces acting on main plug might permit choosing a smaller actuator. If the pilot plug fully opens, the main plug starts moving. Piston-type one opens the vents of active cage. In case of perforated plug, only its perforation is responsible for pressure reduction; the cage does not. HCVKC6 valve works with media flow directed over the plug. A medium undergoes multistep expansion. Firstly, the expansion occurs on plug itself (active stage). Next two steps (of passive nature) occur at seat's perforation and on throttling plate. Valve's construction allows to increase the number of expansion's steps (additional appliances are assembled on the outlet connection pipe). Any control of coolant's flow demands an implementation of additional injection valve.


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Q: How to Add data to Dropdown in windows forms applications in C# I am trying to create a windows form application. To create a .Zip file with a password and sending the .zip file to the clients email address in one email and another email to send password of the .zip file to the client...
I am using a dropdown box to enter "TO:" email address... and I want the user not to write the entire email address if it is an frequently used email ID.. So want the whole email ID to display if entered starting part of it... (Like an intellisense) and if it is a new one then make a new entry.. I am not sure how to implement this.. as looks like dropdown does not do this..
Any one please help me or suggest how to achieve this functionality..
Thanks in Advance!

A: You can tell it to use the items in your ComboBox as a sort of "suggestion" list for the user. It'll display the nearest match as they type, which I think is exactly what you're looking for.
Set these properties on your ComboBox, either in the code-behind or at design time:
comboBox1.AutoCompleteSource = AutoCompleteSource.ListItems;
comboBox1.AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend;

A: You are talking about autocomplete.
See here: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/AutoCompletion02012006113508AM/AutoCompletion.aspx

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Vertical clouds: meeting industry needs
June 27, 2011 Anthony Plewes , Cloud
Following on from the announcement about the Orange Business Services and SITA announcement on the development of the Air Transport Industry (ATI) cloud, I thought it might be useful to outline what Thierry Coupaye from Orange Labs has to say about the development of Vertical Clouds.
"At Orange Labs, we have a vision of five different scenarios: the Open Cloud, the Inter Cloud, the Vertical Cloud, the Community Cloud and the Personal Cloud," says Thierry Coupaye , Head of the Cloud Computing & Networking Research Program at Orange Labs. "They cover everything from services designed to meet the specific requirements of individual markets to those focused on delivering users' applications and data to them wherever they are and on any device."
The Vertical Cloud vision refers to cloud computing environments that address specific applications and domains. For example, Cloud Gaming refers to games played and streamed from servers instead of being bought or downloaded onto games consoles. "The most significant development we see in this domain is the emergence of vertical platform as a service (PaaS) environments that are designed specifically for developers to test and develop vertical applications," says Coupaye. "Our own researchers are using, or are planning to use, cloud platforms for VoIP, machine-to-machine (M2M), remote device management platforms or health services."
The key requirement for Vertical Clouds is that they meet the specific demands for their market, such as security, communications or specific tools used by each domain. Also important is that they incorporate search functionality so that users can find and compose the right applications. Vertical Clouds make a lot of sense for both providers and consumers: they allow smaller enterprises to access expensive software and hardware resources that they could not afford by themselves and larger organizations to benefit by selling spare computing capacity.
"For example, video transcoding is very resource intensive and smaller video or animation production companies could access this application through the cloud," explains Coupaye. "The service could either be provided by a cloud provider that developed an offer for this vertical domain, a larger production house that sells its spare capacity, or by a group of smaller companies that club together in a community cloud model." Vertical Clouds made an impact in 2010 with plenty of activity in video animation and gaming, such as OnLive.
You can read more about the different types of cloud in our recently published Cloud Computing Insight.
Anthony Plewes
After a Masters in Computer Science, I decided that I preferred writing about IT rather than programming. My 20-year writing career has taken me to Hong Kong and London where I've edited and written for IT, business and electronics publications. In 2002 I co-founded Futurity Media with Stewart Baines where I continue to write about a range of topics such as unified communications, cloud computing and enterprise applications.


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Q: Redirect error 404 Angular 5
I am trying to handle 404 error when urls are wrong, http://localhost:8100/#/login. This is my login url and if I write something like http:.../loginasdasd i would like to automatically open my own NotFoundPage.

const appRoutes3: Routes = [
  {
    path: '',
    children: [
      {
         path: 'login',
         component: LoginPage
      },
      { path: 'login**', redirectTo: '/notfound' }
   ]
 },
 { path: 'notfound', component: NotFoundPage }
];

RouterModule.forRoot(
  appRoutes3,
  { enableTracing: true } // <-- debugging purposes only
)
,
IonicModule.forRoot(MyApp, {}, {
  links: [
    { component: HomePage, name: "Home", segment: "" },
    { component: LoginPage, name: "Login", segment: "login", defaultHistory: [HomePage] },
    { component: SubscribePage, name: "Signup", segment: "signup", defaultHistory: [HomePage] },
    { component: SubscribeExtendPage, name: "Signup", segment: "signup-extend", defaultHistory: [HomePage] },
    { component: MainPage, name: "Main", segment: "main", defaultHistory: [HomePage] },
    { component: WelcomePage, name: "Welcome", segment: "welcome" },
    { component: NotFoundPage, name: "notFound", segment: "login/**", defaultHistory: [HomePage] },
  ]
}
)
],

I am an angular noob and I don't how to properly do it, the best info i've found is https://vsavkin.com/angular-router-understanding-redirects-2826177761fc in some other angular redirection posts.
Please some help or any clue would be grateful.
Thanks.

A: You need to use a wild character (**). The ** path should be last route. The router will select this route if the requested URL doesn't match any paths for routes defined in the configuration. This is useful for displaying a "404 - Not Found" page or redirecting to another route.
const appRoutes: Routes = [
  { path: 'crisis-center', component: CrisisListComponent },
  { path: 'hero/:id',      component: HeroDetailComponent },
  {
   path: 'heroes',
   component: HeroListComponent,
 data: { title: 'Heroes List' }
 },
 {  path: '',
 redirectTo: '/heroes',
 pathMatch: 'full'
 },
 { path: '**', component: PageNotFoundComponent }
];

Hope this helps.

A: As Angular tries to match the routes in the order you declared in your Routes array. You could do this:
const appRoutes3: Routes = [
  {
    path: '',
    children: [
      {
         path: 'login',
         component: LoginPage
      }
 },
 { path: '**', component: NotFoundPage }
];

But if you really want a route /notfound, change the redirectTo: '/notfound' for redirectTo: 'notfound'.

A: Below code working fine in my case,
{ path: '404', component: PageNotFoundComponent }

Add below code in your app.component.ts
constructor(private router: Router) {
    this.router.errorHandler = (error: any) => {
        let routerError = error.toString();
        if (routerError.indexOf('Cannot match any routes') >= 0 ) {
           this.router.navigate(['/404']);
        } else {
           throw error;
        }
    }
  }


Welcome to the first in a regular feature here at the SciFi Movie Page, the Classic Science Fiction Book Review of the Week. Each week we will take a look back at a classic sci-fi novel (1930s to the 1980s) and share our thoughts on why it is a classic.
Cliff Simak's Way Station was published as "Here Gather the Stars" in the June and August 1963 issues of Galaxy Magazine and was one of his most notable works, winning the Hugo in 1964 as Best Novel.
Enoch Wallace was a veteran of the American Civil War who is chosen by an alien named Ulysses to be the caretaker of an interplanetary way station through which aliens from all over the galaxy travel.
Enoch's is responsible for monitoring the machinery of the way station and making sure arrival conditions meet the biological needs of the wide variety of aliens. The work is not difficult, but requires him to adopt an extremely broad and open-minded perspective. Sometimes he is able to communicate in some fashion with them, befriending and gaining a sense of fellowship with many individuals and races.
Enoch becomes friends with a number of the more frequent alien travelers who will bring him gifts in exchange for a cup of his coffee which is considered a delicacy to the aliens. As a side benefit of his manning the way station, time does not move for Enoch so he still appears to be in his thirties even though the book is set in the 1960s and would make him over 120 years old.
Even though Earth is the location for the way station its existence is kept secret from the rest of the population of the world because they are not deemed ready to join the Fraternity of Galactic Races.
While studying one of his visitor's culture's unique mathematics, he sees a high probability that human civilization will be destroyed by nuclear war in the near future. Even more troubling to Enoch than the fact that millions may die in the war is the idea that this act of aggression could forestall Earth's entry into the Galactic union.
Even more troubling to Enoch is that he learns that the Galactic Council intends to shut down the way station, leaving Enoch without access to the alien knowledge and technology that he has grown accustomed to having access. On top of that, Enoch has to deal with local rednecks who have becoming increasingly suspicious of his unchanging appearance and begin to make trouble.
Written at the height of the Cold War, Way Station plays upon those fears of global annihilation and ups the ante by giving one man, Enoch the chance to know that the Earth can have a bright future with alien beings throughout the galaxy if they can only control their violent tendencies. Through Enoch's decades of service at the way station he has become more isolated among his own people and longs to form a connection with something greater than him and the human race.
Individualism is a reoccurring theme in many of Simak's works owing in part to his own upbringing in a rural part of Wisconsin. Enoch is in many ways an example of the rugged, pioneer spirit the still exists today.
Way Station isn't what one would call an exciting or thrilling read. It is a though-provoking story of what one's existence is and what potential it could have. It is definitely a product of its era but still one that resonates today.


The prestigious international award, which is now in its 13th edition, has for the first time introduced an important section dedicated to design, thanks to the support of Antrax IT.
As of this year, the Prize is divided up into ten categories: painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art and short films, performance, virtual art, digital graphics, environmental art, urban art and design. The introduction of this latter new section, supported by Antrax IT, testifies to the on-going growth of the Arte Laguna Prize and expresses the increasingly strong bond between art and design.
In 2019 a panel of outstanding experts will gather together as a jury to select the works of 120 finalist artists, originating from the various categories, who will give rise to a large collective exhibition in the extraordinary spaces of the Venice Arsenal, from 16th March until 7th April 2019. Among the many creations on display, the jury will then identify six absolute winners who will be awarded the various prizes.
A focus on the environment, on cultural initiatives in its local area and the desire to enhance its value are what made Antrax IT the ideal concern to support the new section of Arte Laguna Prize dedicated to design.
The interest and involvement of Antrax IT in projects that go beyond the brand's production activity express its desire to establish itself as an industrial concern which takes an interest in the cultural formation of its local 'places'.
It is with this intention that the company has, for example, created the Parco del Design (Design Park), a unique and mesmerising space, located just a stone's throw from the company headquarters in Resana (Treviso), dedicated to the community and designed to create an unexpected and enjoyable oasis of greenery where one can stroll surrounded by nature and by the unprecedented creations of international architects and designers. A place where art and design 'merge' together.
Its strong sensitivity to aesthetic styling and its taste for beauty have led Antrax IT to direct its production towards heating solutions that go far beyond their specific function, and are turned into genuine items of interior décor.
Antrax IT has in fact been capable of providing a significant contribution to the design of designer radiators thanks to its ability to reinterpret an everyday object in solutions that skilfully combine technology and styling.
Created with the support of Antrax IT, the new design section of Arte Laguna Prize therefore aims to promote and value creativity in contemporary furnishings. Designers who enter in this category are therefore invited to design furniture and furnishings that are capable of enhancing the domestic experience, thanks to a strong visual component. The design section will also have an ad-hoc jury, consisting of Alfonso Femia, architect and designer, Danilo Premoli, architect and designer and also Igor Zanti, general curator of the Prize and director of IED Venice.
The Prize has already been awarded a medal by the President of the Italian Republic and it is sponsored, among others, by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, by the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, by the Veneto Region, by the Municipality of Venice, by Cà Foscari University in Venice and by the IED (European Design Institute).