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Top New Songs of 2011 Jacked by C.KhiD for Rap Mixtape; Lloyd Banks, Lil Wayne, More

Remixing top new songs of 2011 was not a priority for C.KHiD this year. However, after hearing Lil Wayne's Green and Yellow, Wiz Khalifa On My Level, and Lloyd Banks Start it up, he is back to jacking . Jacked 111 volume 3 rap mixtape is here and it's free new music.

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Remixing top new songs of 2011 was not a priority of C.KHiD.However, taking notice of new Lil Wayne songs like "Green and Yellow," the best selling of South Carolina rappers decided to finish his free rap mixtape "Jacked 111 Volume 3," today.

"The new Jacked 111 (volume 3) mixtape is hot.It's a free rap mixtape that had fun making.I used a few of the top new songs of 2011 and classic rap beats.First links will go on my twitter ( ; spoke C.KHiD on his new rap mixtape.

Jacked 111 Volume 3 is the third edition of C.KHiD's rap mixtape series.Featuring remixes to "Start it Up" by Lloyd Banks, "On My Level" by Wiz Khalifa, and other top new songs of 2011, the emerging rap sensation shows more than new school interests.Using the classic Notorious BIG "One More Chance" and Al B Sure "Night and Day" instrumental to address girls, it's a mixtape real Hip Hop music fans will play nonstop.

Currently receiving over 500 iTunes downloads ( singles and albums ) monthly and half a million YouTube plays, C.KHiD is far from a household name. However, the South Carolina rapper is becoming something like it.Releasing 4 albums in 2010 and 2 mixtapes, his work ethic is relentless.

"It would be nice to get signed to the right label but I feel my fans are wanting me to do more by myself. They are helping my YouTube music videos do 1 million plays worldwide. My Dream Team of fans... If they spread my good music, that's all that matters," continued C.KHiD.

Top New Songs of 2011 and mixtape track-listing and download link:[ download link ] 01. Jacked 111 Intro02. New Years Comet 2011 ( remix of TI "Poppin Bottles")03. Six Foot 7 Foot ( remix of Lil Wayne "6 foot 7 foot" )04. Lick My Balls ( remix of Lloyd Banks "Start It UP" )05. Motivated ( T Pain Motivated Contest Entry )06. She Got a Lace front ( remix of Wiz Khalifa "On My Level" )07. Wild Hair( remix of Tone Loc "Wild Thing" )08. I'm Looking For the One ( remix of DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince Looking for The One )09. One more Chance ( remix of Notorious BIG One More Chance )10. All Day Every Night ( remix of Al B Sure Night and Day )11. Juicy Dreams ( remix of Mtume Juicy Fruit )12. Outro13. Comedy Bonus: Back on Back ( remix of YC feat Future "Racks on Racks")

Download C.KHiD "Jacked 111 Vol 3" and other top songs atand official site, CKHiD.com.Distributed free, fans of C.KHiD and bloggers will be recieving emails about the new release throughout the week.

C.KHiD is the president of "CKHiD," a digital age entertainment group.Compromised of music artists, models, and comedians the brand focuses on developing original video and audio content for everyone.Over 250,000 impressions are made to CKHiD.com monthly.The official CKHiD YouTube ( ) receives Over 500,000 videos plays monthly.

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CPAmerica International Announces Two New Members

Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, P.C., and Spilman, Hills & Heidebrink, Ltd., have become new members of CPAmerica International, one of the nation’s largest accounting associations.

Alachua, FL (Vocus/PRWEB) February 15, 2011

Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, P.C., headquartered in Hudson, N.Y., and Spilman, Hills & Heidebrink, Ltd., located in Toledo, Ohio, have joined CPAmerica International, a national association of independent CPA firms that provides shared best practices, networking opportunities and access to expert resources to member firms.

“Our affiliation with CPAmerica will allow us to provide additional resources for our clients as they continue to grow in a competitive world marketplace,” said David M. Ackerman, managing partner of Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan. The firm provides certified public accounting, taxation and business consultation services to individuals and business clients in Hudson, Saratoga Springs and Albany, N.Y.

Spilman has been serving the accounting, tax and financing needs of individuals, closely held businesses, governmental entities and non-profits in the Toledo area since 1984.

“Our CPAmerica membership will allow us to pool our resources with other firms inside and outside of the U.S. to address the special national and international situations that our clients encounter,” said John S. Hills, managing partner of Spilman.

Applicants for CPAmerica membership must undergo a rigorous quality review, and only those firms with the highest standards in all practice areas are approved by members.

“Through their CPAmerica membership, both firms will establish alliances with other independent firms across the nation with whom they can access valuable expertise and networking,” said Alan E. Deichler, president of CPAmerica. “Our organization is very pleased to welcome both firms.”

About Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, P.C.:Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, P.C., headquartered in Hudson, N.Y., with offices in Saratoga Springs and Albany, provides certified public accounting, taxation and business consultation services to individuals and business clients and offers specialized services in such niche areas as real estate, manufacturing, retail and construction. For more information about Karp, Ackerman, Skabowski & Hogan, visit .

About Spilman, Hills & Heidebrink, Ltd.:Spilman, Hills & Heidebrink, Ltd., located in Toledo, Ohio, provides certified public accounting and financial advisory services to individuals and business clients, including closely held businesses, governmental entities and nonprofits. Spilman offers specialized services in such niche areas as manufacturing, construction and real estate.For more information about Spilman, visit .

About CPAmerica International:CPAmerica is a national association of more than 80 large CPA firms that provides practice management support, continuing education, marketing, online services and other programs for the improvement of its member firms. In alliance with Crowe Horwath International (), the association has more than 550 offices worldwide, and combined firm revenues of the alliance approach $3 billion. For more information about CPAmerica, visit . You can also find CPAmerica on Facebook () and Twitter ().

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Ashton Kutcher claims George W. Bush snubbed him at Super Bowl

President George W. Bush allegedly snubbed “No Strings Attached” actor Ashton Kutcher at last week’s Super Bowl,BBC.

Kutcher sat directly behind Bush in a luxury suite at last Sunday’s Super Bowl, but the two had minimal interaction with each other.

“I don’t think he’s very happy with me,” Kutcher said of Bush. “He just was not very nice to me. He just kind of snubbed me a little bit … [He was] kind of more than [ just ignoring me] … [He was], well, just curt. He just said, ‘eh’ … almost like a burp.”

Kutcher said Bush turned around to “scowl” at him, adding that Bush was also the only one in the private booth using a BlackBerry during the game. Kutcher recalled trying to look over the former president’s shoulder to read what he was typing. Kutcher repeatedly said Bush’s expression resembled a “poop face.”

“I think I said some mean things [about Bush] during the election,” Kutcher said. “I feel like he probably doesn’t like me very much.”

Kutcher campaigned for Bush’s rival, Democrat John Kerry in 2004 in what he called an attempt to redeem himself for his election 2000 vote for Bush.

“I voted for him because I thought he was like me,” Kutcheran Iowa crowd in 2004. “I thought he was a good old boy like me … [He's] not going to fool me again. I’m here to take responsibility for my mistakes.”

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US not ready to submit Panama, Colombia trade pacts

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US administration still needs to resolve "serious issues" with Panama and Colombia before submitting free-trade pacts with those two countries to Congress for ratification, Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Wednesday.

Kirk, appearing before the House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, offered no specific timetable for submitting the trade deals, which were negotiated by the administration of president George W. Bush.

"There remain serious issues to be resolved before the Colombia and Panama agreements can be submitted for congressional consideration," he said.

"Some of these issues go to core US values and interests, such as the protection of labor rights. Any timetable will be contingent on the successful resolution of these issues."

Colombian ambassador Gabriel Silva said the argument was outdated. "Sometimes it is easier to put forth old arguments based on Colombia's past; Colombia today is a different nation," Silva said in a statement.

Republicans, who have controlled the House since January, have called for ratification of these two deals by July along with a trade pact with South Korea, which was renegotiated by the Obama administration in December and now has White House backing.

But some Democratic lawmakers have raised objections to the trade deals with Colombia and Panama -- two of the closest US allies in Latin America -- out of concern over the lack of human rights and labor protections in those countries.

Democratic Representative Sander Levin said "union worker violence in Colombia remains unacceptably high, if not the highest in the world" and added "limited progress is being made in the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for union murders."

Levin said "the burden is on the Colombian government to act and address concerns that have been made abundantly clear to them for years."

According to Human Rights Watch, Colombia is the worst country for killings of union activists, with 47 deaths in 2009 and 36 in the first nine months of 2010.

Representative Jim McDermott, the ranking Democrat on the panel, said he has similar concerns about Colombia and additional worries "about Panama?s status as a tax haven."

McDermott said it was positive that "this administration is actively working to address those complex issues."

Republican Representative Dave Camp, who chairs the committee, said he hopes the two deals can be ratified by July 1.

"Unfortunately, it seems we need to keep reminding the administration that we have three pending trade agreements, not just one," Camp said. "What we need is action, concrete steps on how we are going to conclude this."

Camp said the three trade pacts "have the potential to add over $10 billion to our economy and will help to reinforce critical strategic partnerships."

He added that "the administration's absence from the Latin American region is both troubling and mystifying. Some of our greatest trade policy successes have occurred right here in our hemisphere."

In an exchange during the hearing, Camp said the administration should set "benchmarks" for the Latin American nations.

"The time for generalities is passed," Camp said. "To say we need to continue to work forward on these, we really need specifics... and we need an action plan of benchmarks that we can meet to move this forward."

Kirk noted that while "it is important to open markets," it is also critical "to protect labor rights."

Separately, senior US Republican Senator John McCain pressed for action on the Latin American trade deals.

"Our agreements with Colombia and Panama should have been passed yesterday, without changes, and I certainly do not think we need to resolve any 'outstanding issues' to pass them later this year," McCain said in a speech at the Council of the Americas in Washington.

"No trade policy can be serious and complete without a specific plan to move our FTAs with Colombia and Panama."

Backers of the trade agreements argue that the deals would be beneficial to US producers and exporters.

They point out that 90 percent of Colombian exports to the US are tariff-free already under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. Colombia exported some $14.2 billion of goods to the US in the first 11 months of 2010 and imported $10.9 billion in US goods.

Panama's exports to the United States for the same period were $350 million, and its imports were $5.3 billion.

Winners Announced for Eighth Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest

Carmine Dandrea is the winner of the eighth annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. This contest awarded $5,850 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $3,000, for the best original poems in any style or theme. Dandrea's poem "On the Silk Road", a narrative of an exotic pilgrimage through China, was judged the best of hundreds of entries from around the world. The top 11 winners and runners-up are published at

Northampton, MA (PRWEB) February 15, 2011 -

Tom Howard Books is pleased to announce the results from its eighth annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest. Carmine Dandrea of Pine City, New York won first prize and $3,000 for his poem . Hundreds of entries were received from around the world.

Dandrea's colorful narrative chronicles a journey on camelback through diverse regions of China where ancient ways of life persist, from the stark desert to the sensual overload of the bazaars and the tranquil splendor of Buddhist temples. The travelers return to their modern American lifestyle with a new awareness of the omnipresence of the sacred. Contest judges John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad said, "The setting is perfect, the language apt, the philosophy sharp... We readers travel every step of that Silk Road with Carmine because we not only see it so clearly through his eyes, but because he creates a journey so relevant to his own life--and our lives as well."

Second prize of $1,000 went to Berwyn Moore of Erie, Pennsylvania for , a feminist bestiary that is no less charming for the sharpness of its wit. The judges said, "The ancient poet, Semonides, viewed women as a plague created by the gods to disturb the mental tranquility of men. He caricatures women by dividing them into ten types--eight animals, plus mud and the sea. Only the industrious bee seems worthy of praise. Berwyn Moore not only strongly disagrees with this primitive analysis, but cleverly and ingeniously argues her contrary point of view."

Dorothy Anne Spruzen of McLean, Virginia won third prize and $400 for , a dialogue between scholarly speculations about the Egyptian Sphinx and the imagined thoughts of the famous statue itself. The judges said, "In Dorothy Anne Spruzen's most commendably imaginative approach, she expertly examines the Sphinx's legends and traditions from both thoroughly historical yet introspectively poetic viewpoints."

Laurence W. Thomas of Ypsilanti, Michigan won fourth prize and $250 for , a sestina that uses a phrase from Walt Whitman as both its title and the source of the teleutons, or ending-words, for each line. The judges said, "Although the writer's many forecasted concerns are familiarly matter-of-fact, he presents them all in an expressively poetic fashion, and even imaginatively resolves to regard winter not as autumn's rival but as a foil."

Eight Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each went to Eileen Baland, John Barrale (two awards), Ellen Ficarra, Netta Gillespie, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Debra Gundy, and Lynn Veach Sadler. The winning entries are published online at

About Tom Howard Books and John H. Reid

The Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest accepts original poems of any length, style or theme. Both published and unpublished works are accepted. The current contest opened on December 15, 2010 and will be accepting entries through the postmark deadline of September 30, 2011. The prize pool is $5,550, with a top prize of $3,000. Entries are accepted online and by mail. For guidelines, please see

Contest sponsor and final judge John Howard Reid has himself won first prizes and other awards in prestigious literary events. A former journalist and magazine editor, he is the creator of Merryll Manning, the Miami-based police sergeant who made his debut in Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island. He has also published several historical novels, a collection of poetry, a guide to winning literary contests, and over fifty books of film criticism and movie history. He lives in Wyong, Australia. Mr. Reid is assisted in the judging by Dee C. Konrad. A leading educator and published author, Mrs. Konrad was Associate Professor in the English faculty of Barat College of DePaul University, and served as Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the year 2000-2001.

About Winning Writers, Inc.

Winning Writers assists Tom Howard Books with contest administration. We have been selected as one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" by Writer's Digest for six years in a row (2005-2010). Our online database, Poetry Contest Insider, includes complete guidelines and rankings for over 750 poetry contests, plus over 300 of the top fiction and essay contests. Our free email newsletter offers news about quality free contests and literary resources. It has over 35,000 subscribers.

Winning Writers was founded in 2001 by Jendi Reiter and Adam Cohen. Learn more at

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