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WASHINGTON — Identity theft is the type of crime that's easy to dismiss. Until it happens to you.
WASHINGTON — Identity theft is the type of crime that's easy to dismiss. Until it happens to you.
Just imagine, you've filed your tax return and are eagerly awaiting your refund. It's money you desperately need to pay some bills or buy whatever you've been hankering for.
But then you get a notice from the Internal Revenue Service saying that your return has been rejected. You won't be getting a refund because it has already been claimed. You've become a victim of identity theft. Now identity theft becomes very real. And it's getting frustratingly real for a growing number of taxpayers.
Typically, an identity thief will steal someone's personal information, including his or her Social Security number, and file a bogus return claiming a refund. This is often done early in the tax season, before most people have a chance to file their legitimate returns. "In some situations, fraudulent filings may cause us to initiate an adverse enforcement action against the innocent taxpayer until we are able to confirm that someone else has used his or her information," the IRS said in written testimony submitted to the House of Representatives.
When defrauded taxpayers aren't getting the help they need from the IRS, they can turn to the Taxpayer Advocate Service. From 2008 to 2012, the number of tax-related identity theft cases the service handled increased 666 percent, according to the latest report to Congress from National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson. During fiscal 2012, the service worked 55,000 identity theft cases, or 25 percent of its total case inventory, Olson said.
Here are just a few recent cases reported by the IRS:
— A Chicago man was sentenced on Jan. 8 to 62 months in prison for filing fraudulent returns using the identities of prisoners and deceased persons.
— A former member of the military got false federal refunds by targeting fellow Marines, many of whom served in his unit in Afghanistan. He stole more than 100 names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
— A Memphis woman was sentenced to 262 months in prison and ordered to pay almost $700,000 in restitution to the IRS. She got some of the stolen identities from a "warrant book" from the Memphis Police Department. She would then give the information to others, who used it to prepare and electronically file the fake returns claiming refunds.
The IRS had nearly 650,000 active cases in its queue at the end of last year, Olson wrote in her report. She was particularly perturbed that it takes the agency six months or more to resolve them and provide refunds or other relief to the victims.
Because it takes so long, "many victims are left exposed to identity theft-related problems the following filing season," Olson said.
The IRS says the growth of identity theft cases has challenged the agency. From 2011 to 2012, it has doubled to 3,000 the number of employees working on them, according to Terry Lemons, a senior spokesman for the IRS.
"We know it's frustrating to folks, but it's frustrating to us too," he said. "Across the IRS we are doing everything we can to tackle the issue and help the victims as quick as we can. We've taken aggressive steps to go after the perpetrators."
The IRS has created a special identification number to authenticate that a return belongs to a legitimate taxpayer. For filing season 2012, the agency issued an Identity Protection Personal Identification Number to about 250,000 taxpayers. For this year's filing season, the program is expanding the program to more than 600,000 taxpayers.
The agency has created on its website (www.irs.gov) a section devoted to identity theft. There is also a dedicated telephone line. You can reach the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit at (800) 908-4490.
Still, Olson was critical of the bureaucracy of the specialized units within the IRS set up to handle identity theft. People need a single point of contact, she recommended. The agency should assign a "traffic cop" to monitor the cases.
"The IRS reports that it is making progress in blocking fraudulent claims and assisting victims, but as the problem grows, the IRS is falling further and further behind," Olson said.
If your return is rejected, contact the IRS immediately.
As challenging as I'm sure this issue is for the IRS, it's more so for the poor folks victimized. I hope the agency continues to make its fight against identity theft a top priority.
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In spite of its title, Simian Mobile Disco's Live doesn't play so much as a showcase of their live performance as it does an attempt to escape certain pigeonholes, and to provide a new statement of intent by way of an overview of their existing body of work. Recorded from the mixing desk of a show in Philadelphia without edits, the production is nonetheless remarkably sharp, dynamic and immersive, putting the clean analogue electronics front and centre, and playing down the sense of occasion.
To be sure, it's a far reaching set, melding 15 tracks from the nooks and crannies of their back catalogue into an hour-plus mix. But this is no instantly gratifying crowd pleasing sleepwalk through the biggest hits, accentuating the wildest drops. Instead this is a matured, measured meditation on their move towards deeper house music, and a set which is unafraid to shy away from their early reputation as four to the floor indie-dance artists just as well known for producing the Klaxons as for their dancefloor-smash 'Hustler'.
The resistance of straight up beats and high flying tempos occasionally extends to the point of outright contrarianism. The iteration of early hit 'It's The Beat' works excellently – its reconfigured bassline, all wobbly, filthy and irresistibly groovy, acting as inarguable justification of SMD's rhythmical refocus from the beat to the bassline. But the extent to which 'Hustler' is reduced to such a skeletal and frankly unrecognisable state makes you wonder why they even bothered putting it in at all, and plays out like a borderline mean-spirited attempt to undercut expectations. Time and time again, SMD underline the fact that they're more than happy to let the beat bubble along on a softly pumping kick drum, letting the songs evolve as a pulse rather than with the urgency of their earlier recorded output.
It's their prerogative of course, and it's a frequently successful approach, resulting in moments of exquisite release achieved from very understated shifts in texture. Nevertheless, the final third of the set – where they permit themselves to air a few of their most assured numbers in a more brazenly showy manner – really does distinguish itself with a sense of vitality some of the early passages lack, purposefully or not. As the excellent 'Put Your Hands Together' entwines itself into the even better 'Sleep Deprivation', with a whip cracking snare sound moving up through the mix, it's hard not to wish that Simian Mobile Disco had permitted themselves to indulge in this more visceral euphoria a few times more often.
Live ultimately plays more like an accomplished mixtape than it does a live concert. And it's hard not to suspect that this is at least partly deliberate. Rather than demonstrating their abilities to provoke a dancefloor to hysteria, Live uses Simian Mobile Disco's past to signpost their future – resulting in a record which is occasionally frustrating and even underwhelming, but one which is also a demonstration of confident execution, and a promising forecast of mature dance music to come.
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London: The "uncrackable codes" made by exploiting the branch of physics called quantum mechanics, have been sent down kilometres of standard broadband fibre.
This "quantum key distribution" has until now needed a dedicated fibre separate from that used to carry data.
But a new technique reported in Physical Review X has shown how to unpick normal data streams from the much fainter, more delicate quantum signal.
It may see the current best encryption used in many businesses and even homes.
The quantum key distribution or QKD idea is based on the sharing of a key between two parties - a small string of data that can be used as the basis for encoding much larger amounts.
Tiny, faint pulses of laser light are used in a bid to make single photons - the fundamental units of light - with a given alignment, or polarisation. Two different polarisations can act like the 0s and 1s of normal digital data, forming a means to share a cryptographic key.
What makes it secure is that once single photons have been observed, they are irrevocably changed. An eavesdropper trying to intercept the key would be found out.
Sending these faint, delicate quantum keys has until now been done on dedicated, so-called "dark fibres", with no other light signals present.
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Now, Andrew Shields of Toshiba's Cambridge Research Laboratory and his colleagues have hit on the solution: plucking the quantum key photons out of the fibre by only looking in a tiny slice of time.
Dr Shields and his team developed detectors fit to catch just one photon at a time, as well as a "gate" that opens for just a tenth of a billionth of a second - at just the time the quantum key signal photons arrive, one by one.
The team achieved megabit-per-second quantum key data rates, all the while gathering gigabit-per-second standard data.
Financial institutions are likely to be the first who are interested in the technology when it does escape the lab, senior author of the paper Dr Shields told BBC News.
"We're not too far away from that type of application already. QKD isn't so expensive, probably comparable to a high-grade firewall - in the range of tens of thousands of pounds. So certainly in a corporate environment it's already affordable, and as time goes on I'm sure we'll see the technology get cheaper and cheaper," he said.
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If you're a contractor who wants to do low-voltage work, you have two options: Open a new low-voltage company or run such projects within your existing company. Which way is best?
Believe it or not, most of the "Communications Contractor" minivans you see on the road actually belong to old-fashioned electrical contractors. In fact, in the past couple of years, hundreds of electrical contractors have spun-off low-voltage divisions.
If you want to get into the low-voltage contracting business, you can either run these projects within your existing company or open up a new division. For many reasons, most electrical contractors are opting for the latter. Here's why:
1. Many low-voltage customers don't think a power-and-light electrical contractor is competent to do data work. They're much more comfortable dealing with a specialty company. (This in itself is reason enough. Alienating possible customers is a huge mistake.)
2. You'll need to keep separate accounting records for the two different operations (power wiring and low-voltage wiring). If you don't separate them cleanly, you'll jumble your record keeping. Then, you'll have a hard time analyzing true costs and profits.
3. It confuses your existing power wiring customers. "Are you still going to focus on regular electrical work?" "You'll get distracted with that data stuff and your regular work will suffer." These are things that go through some customers' minds when you market your communications capabilities.
4. By setting up a separate low-voltage corporation, you're keeping your liabilities separate.
5. There'll be separate (and different) groups of people working in the two companies. If you're a union contractor, the workers are probably from different locals.
Setting up your business. Starting up a new company allows you to design it right:from the ground up. With no preexisting operations to contend with, you can organize it the way you've always wanted. Here's where to begin.
First, set up an operating system that covers everything the company will do. Make a list of all necessary activities (marketing and sales, estimating, billing, collecting, accounting, purchasing, answering the phones, supervision, etc.). Assign each to a specific person. Then compare the list with what you had in mind, see how all the activities will work together, and modify where necessary.
Second, set up a separate corporation for the new company. Don't automatically choose a local corporation:the laws in your state may not be the best for you. Shop around; you can form your corporation in another state, or even in another country. Doing this is not that hard, and it can save you a lot of money in the long run. There's not much difference between the rates lawyers charge in California, New York, and the Netherlands. And your bank account doesn't have to be in the same place in which you incorporate.
Third, get your accountant to review your plans before you put them into place. None of us has enough time to be specialists on everything, so pay the accountants and lawyers to look things over.
Fourth, make sure you'll be able to staff your company with enough qualified workers. This is not a given. Make some good plans for keeping a healthy supply of qualified installers. Don't cut any corners. If you run out of skilled installers, you're "dead in the water." Both the IEC (Independent Electrical Contractors) and IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) have apprentice datacom training. Check your local chapter for status and apprentice availability.
Finally, make sure you have a shop area, supply sources, delivery methods, and all necessary tools.
Now comes your real job: getting work. You'll have to spend time developing a marketing plan and coming up with multiple strategies and options. Data work comes from scattered sources. That means it takes a lot of energy to find customers. (I know of no plan rooms where you can find many low-voltage jobs to bid.)
The average electrical contractor spends less than half of 1% of its sales volume on advertising. In the low-voltage business, you'll have to do a lot better than that. In fact, you may want to have a full-time outside salesperson.
We covered sources of jobs in last month's datacom article, so it's not necessary to repeat them all here. But, here's a recap of the important ones:
Your existing power customers.
Subcontracting from electrical and mechanical contractors.
Referrals from distributors and component dealers.
Sales calls on local businesses.
Direct mail and telemarketing.
Spend some time learning about marketing before you start selling. Two marketing books you must read are: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, by Reis and Trout, and Guerilla Marketing, by Levinson.
Getting your business off the ground. Prepare yourself for a slow start. New companies take a while to get moving. If your first marketingplans don't bring you much business, try a different angle:but keep going! Don't get scared if your first results are slow in coming. If you've done your research, it shouldn't take more than one to two years before your business thrives.
Once you begin to get work, go very slowly. These are new types of projects to both you and your workers. As such, you'll face many new, confusing, and difficult situations. In addition, you'll need time deal with these as they appear. If you go slowly, you can resolve these difficulties without creating problems for your customers. However, if you go too fast, you won't be able react to problems fast enough, and you'll end up disappointing your customers. Don't let that happen.
Once you get past your first series of projects, you can begin to expand. Even so, don't expand too quickly; handling a number of projects at the same time will also present obstacles. Don't be in a hurry, and in a year or two you can be very profitable.
New world-old world. Remember, almost all electrical contracting companies are designed around a method of operating that came of age 50 years ago. If you're designing a new company, don't assume the old way is best. Make your own decisions, and design your company for what works best now; not what worked in 1950.
Here are a few ideas:
Involve as few people as possible in each activity. There should be a minimum of cross checking and waiting for approvals. Make decisions as close as possible to the place where the problems or question areas appear, not back at headquarters.
Don't centralize authority for company operations. This will carry with it the obvious risk of employees making costly mistakes. But, it will also avoid the continual paralysis that occurs while your people on the job site wait for answers from the office.
Hire people you can trust. If you're giving employees increased decision-making functions, they need to be more than technically competent. They should be trustworthy as well. Obviously, you can't simply hire nice people and hope they'll work out. You'll have to give your employees financial incentives. They should make extra money for being honest and reliable. This is different and will require some innovation, but it makes good sense.
Try to make your company a place where people like to work. Mix a strong work ethic with a bit of comic relief and camaraderie.
Focus all your activities on one central concern: the needs of the customer. In every decision, ask yourself: "How does this affect the customer?" Even when dealing with suppliers or employees, relate your decisions to the customers' needs.
Transfer information quickly, easily, and in a usable format. Free and fast communication between the people in your company is paramount. Blow money on communications equipment when you must, but don't let important information get lost.
Supply your technicians and installers with everything they need to get their work done. If things go wrong, blame should fall on management.
Supply solutions to your customers' needs. This is your purpose in the market place. In fact, you should provide solutions your customer didn't even know existed. Your objective is to make your customer operate better and cheaper. Your services are valuable only to the extent that you improve the situation. You must recognize this fact and periodically spend time brainstorming about each of your customer's needs. Then you have to come up with beneficial ideas (whether they involve your services or not).
Continual learning and flexibility. In any of the low-voltage fields, you must keep learning and be flexible. Since datacom technologies are continually changing, new opportunities open up all the time. On the other hand, opportunities that used to be great are winding down.
To find out what's best for you, you'll have to spend a fair amount of time researching new opportunities and learning new technologies. That means you'll have to spend a lot more time reading and taking training courses. Keep in mind the best opportunities in low-voltage contracting pop up somewhere just off the beaten path. That means you should be flexible, willing, and able to consider jobs a little bit different from the norm.


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Last night's episode of The Sisters Pose 'n' Swag was basically about the same old fights as always. Well, the issues were the same, but the circumstances were different. Also, Juicy Joe fell down.
Ugh, I am so sick of talking about Teresa and Melissa fighting. First off, why the hell is this season so long? This was, by my count, the FIFTEENTH episode of the season! That is way too many episodes! I'm sorry, but the Teresa/Melissa/Joe/whoever the fuck else fight is not interesting enough to sustain this many episodes. Sure they threw us a bone for a couple of weeks with the hilariously dumpy Bouffant nonsense, but mostly this entire season has been about Teresa being stupid and her brother being stupid and Kathy being stupid and Melissa being stupid, all pointing their stupid at one another. It's a big circle of stupid that we're forced to stare at for an hour every week on Sunday night, of all nights. It's just cruel and annoying! And boring!
Do I care that Teresa finally invited her brutha Joe to a book signing and that he was like "Absolutely, I will of course support my sister."? Nopers, I do not really care. Do I care that Joe then decided he didn't want to go because Teets' husband, also named Joe, was sending him mean text messages about bashing his fuckin' head in and wiring his jaw shut? (It was nice of Joe to offer to at least do the wiring, I mean usually the person that beats you up doesn't do that, the hospital does, so that was gracious of him.) No I do not care! I'm actually thinking about it and is there any way, ever, to care about the dynamics of someone's book signing? Nope! I don't think so. "Well, we've all had our book signings, so we know what that's like." - Absolutely nobody. It's just not good dramatic territory, guys. And also, were you to have a book signing (none of us will ever have a book signing), why would it be a thing that your family came? If it's a book reading, perhaps. If it's a book talkback and cocktail reception, maybe. But just you sitting at a shitty table covered in a shitty cloth and signing autographs and taking pictures with dopey fans? No, why would you ever subject your family to that misery? It make-a no sense! But make-a no sense translates to "makes perfect sense" in Gorgon tongue, so it was a big deal for Jiggles to get invited to his sis's thing. And then it was hard for him because his brother-in-law was being mean, so he didn't know what to do.
He ended up coming. Yeah but it wasn't til the end. Teresa sat there all night signing autographs and taking pictures with people, and Joe was nowhere to be found. People passed by — dopey women, a few young girls, one teenage boy who said "Omigod you look great" and then "proposed" to her and it was like, oh ha ha, have fun in the next, what do you think dear readers, eighteen months? It's going to be an interesting eighteen months for that boy, but then he'll be so happy! — and Teresa stared at the doors, wanting so desperately to see her Pachycephalosaurus-headed brother come lumbering through them. But she waited and nothing happened. All her fans cleared out, even Kathy and Jerf Goldblum came by for a seriously frosty and awkward exchange, and still no Joe. But then, finally, at long sweet last, the doors of the empty bookstore creaked open and there was Joe with his nougat sliver of a bride Melissa. Teresa was happy. And she understood. It's the Gorgon way to be late. That's just how Gorgons are. So Joe asked her to sign his book and she weakly protested but then did anyway, but not before hesitating, not sure what to write. Finally she figured it out and scrawled out with her crayon "2 Joe who I lov moar then enything. I miss my brother. Lov, Tereesma." She could barely stifle her weeping as she wrote this but even so Joe forced her, creepily, to read it out loud. They bonded and were kind to each other and it was great for them.
Until of course Joe then brought up Other Joe's nasty text messages and Teresa hardened up into defensive mode and Melissa stood behind her husband, arms folded, like some sort of gum-clacking henchman. Melissa and Joe went back and forth about how badly Juicy Joe treats the Pachycephalosaurus, and nothing got resolved, it just ended with a mild detente and Teresa curious to talk to her husband. So the book signing was officially over. A weary store clerk came out and broke down the table and shut the lights off and locked up the place and got in his car (well not "his" car, his mom's car, she let him use it when he has work, "I'll just walk over to Gail's house, she'll keep me company while my man's out working!", the clerk hating that his mom called him her "man," but technically his father was gone, so he was the man of the house) and drove over to his friend's house just to hear him gush all night about meeting Teresa (the clerk let his friend skip the line), the two of them sitting on the friend's bed, all the while the clerk saying over and over in his head "Just do it, just do it, just kiss him, he wants to, he just doesn't know he wants to, he won't know until you just do it, just do it, just do it," but he won't, he never does, so it's another night of sighs for this poor book store clerk.
While that sad scene was playing out, Melissa went home to go sing with her sisters. Or rather Melissa was going to sing while her sisters watched in the producers' booth. She was recording yet another version of "On Display," so she wailed out her flat notes and stuck notes and guttural notes and sharp notes and wonky notes while the producers shook their heads in the booth and tried to focus on the checks they'd soon be cut. The sisters were loving it, fancying themselves all Solange Knowleses perhaps, dancing in the booth and singing along in their furs, just the sad thump of a bunch of people in a basement in New Jersey, making their synth music to pass the time before they eventually slip off into wintry death. Sigh.
Back at Villa Giudice, Teresa arrived home to get some answers about these texts from Joe, but she wasn't really gonna get 'em. Not straight, at least. See Joe was pretty far in his cups, guzzling down sour Dornish reds (sorry guys, the references will stop someday, maybe) like they were water, so was not about to give Teresa any real, concrete answers. Instead, in fact, he was busy encouraging his daughter to do gymnastics on the hard marble floor, protected only by a small rainbow collared mat. Great idea, everyone! It was such a great idea, in fact, that Joe decided he wanted to show everyone how he could do a flip. So he basically threw himself down onto the mat, twisted his oafish body over itself, did some strange kind of bounce, and landed with a squishy thud on the hard, hard marble. Then Gia the Gymnast started shrieking bloody murder (was she drunk too?) because it seems that Joe had chipped a toof. Oops! Haha, yikes. In front of guests! Teresa said "I'm a little embarrassed..." Uh, a little? Try a lottle. You should be a lottle embarrassed that your husband, drunk as a monk in front of his approx. twenty-six small children and in front of adult guests, did a flop-sault onto the floor of your foyer and broke his damn toof. You should be very very embarrassed about that.
Teresa should also be embarrassed about the stupid conversation that happened afterwards, during which Joe started bellowing to Teresa about her brother, and then the cellphone was brought out to inspect the text messages, but nothing was resolved. That was embarrassing, in front of guests. Joe just kept bellowing on about how awful Joe Gorgon is and Teresa's face grew darker and sadder, sadder and darker, and you could see, maybe just barely see, a little speck in her eyes, a tiny but growing seed of doubt in Joe's authority. Maybe he really was being too mean to her brother. Maybe she really could see her brother anyway. Hm. Hm. At the end of the scene Teresa was possessed of a small, quiet Hm., thrumming somewhere deep inside her own body, the string note of knowledge, of recognition. The first dawnlike sunbeams of figurin' it out.
That is that for them! There were other interludes this week. Lauren Manzo finally got the T-shirts she'd requested from her cousin Bouffant, so it seemed like Bouffant had actually delivered on a promise. Of course, though, Lauren pointed out that Bouffant had said she'd take care of the whole process, which she didn't do, she merely put her cousin's face on a T-shirt and Lauren did the rest. But oh well! Oh well. Jacqueline was pleased that Bouffant had even done anything, so I guess the bar is going to firmly remain pretty low. Which I guess isn't unrealistic. Not for ol' Flop Hat. Not for that glazed rumproast.
While Bouffant was busy not making T-shirts, her mother was going to a strange hookah den with her friends to get high on smokes and elixirs and sway around like a desert slave girl. It was Jerf Goldblum's birthday, so Kathy planned a party at a Middle Eastern bar/restaurant/lounge kind of place that had belly dancers and hookahs. Everyone was taking tokes and getting "high," being all strange and nasty and weird. Joe Gorgon asked to smell his wife's armpit. Jacqueline's eyes rolled back in her head and she took to the dance, flailing and swaying about, limbs akimbo, hair big and wild and weird. The music grew louder and louder and the room began to spin. Caroline cackled her low basso profundo, the sound warped and slowed-down like a monster's. Chris lay twitching on a stack of pillows, belly dancers encircling him, enticing him with their fabrics and gyrations. They were all totally fucked up, taken in by the smoke and the dancing and the music, which Caroline said "enveloped you," but said it like an envelope you get in the mail. I blame the hookah. The hookah's mysterious magic. The smoke and the toke. Hiss, bell, and rattle.
Finally, we look upon the show's two true sons, the two princes of this kingdom, one the young lordling of light, his sigil a flaming chalice. The other the dark duke of night, his standard a mangy rat on a dark purple field. Though they are forever opposed opposites, they do work together to better their kingdom. In this instance, they want to start a business together, preferably with the help of their uncle Chris, who is in some sort of clothing business. But clothing is not what Christopher and Albie are after. At their first big boys business meeting with their uncle, Christopher suggested a travel guide to toilets, mainly to be used to look up the best place to take a shit wherever you may be. "Other than a whore's mouth!!!" Christopher roared, slamming his cup of mead down on the table, his brother and uncle looking at him with revulsion. "No, Christopher, we don't want to be in the shit business," Albie said. Instead, it seems, they'd rather be in the water business. They met with the owners of a small company that sells water, a business lead they like, one they hope their uncle Chris will be able to pass on to his sons. (Bouffant will be kept high in a tower for the rest of her life, as no man will marry her.)
You see, this is not just any water! This is black water. Yes, black water! Like what Bette Midler thought roads were in the beginning of Hocus Pocus. I don't actually know what this black water is, I can't really imagine it, I'm maybe even hearing the phrase "black water" incorrectly, but I'm just going to go with black water. They think there could be a good market for it, for this mysterious dark potion, so they'd like to invest. Uncle Chris isn't quite as convinced, but it looks like it might happen. If one of the young lords doesn't fuck it up, of course. The potential for that is present and great, but we'll keep our fingers crossed that they'll pull it off. An adventure! Setting off into business together, the two of them, the two brothers! I wish them luck with their accursed black water. It's demonry to be sure, but I know they'll sell it as honest and noble as they can. Godspeed!
And godspeed to the rest of you. Whether you're fighting with a sibling or blissed-out on hookah juice, I wish you luck. And I wish you luck too, book store clerk. You've put in the work and I hope it pays off. I hope that your friend, with his Teresa Giudice posters in his room and (undoubtedly) large iTunes library of pop divas, comes to his senses and sees you there too. That he says he is sorry and foolish to have missed it for so long. Or maybe just pretended to miss it, that really he knew it all along, knew it every day that he'd wait outside the book store for the clerk to get off work, and when the clerk came outside and saw his friend there, oh that look he would get. The sweetness and sadness and weary relief of it. The friend must have known then. But sometimes these things take time. Sometimes the waiting's just part of the story.
In this show's case, the waiting is too much of the story. Just get to it already, huh! Come on! Just do it! Just end! I'm sitting here on the bed next to you, just waiting for you to end. C'mon. Just do it. Just do it. Just do it.


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Based on feedback from club players and suggestions and guidance from senior GAA officials, the CPA has drafted eight motions for the 2018 Congress that have been placed into the GAA democratic decision making process through clubs nationwide.
CPA chairman Micheál Briody said: "During our discussions with GAA management, when we were invited to meet the CCCC, and in comments and feedback from County board officials we have been told that the CPA should pursue change through individual clubs using the GAA's democratic processes.
"To do this we have drafted eight motions that we made available to clubs and county boards to take forward. We look forward to seeing how they progress and the debate they generate.
"In truth how many club members understand the GAA democratic process, or would be comfortable taking it upon themselves to bring forward their ideas in a motion with confidence it can go all the way? It is the GAA's version of the Log Cabin to the White House and sounds great. But is it?
"It may be that one of the first actions of the new GAA Director General in 2018 should be to do a root and branch review of the decision making process in our Association to ensure transparency and accountability. That appointment in itself comes at a critical time for the GAA.
"The motions we have made available to clubs and county boards relate to a variety of procedural matters, for example one relates to full voter transparency and accountability at Annual Congress. It is not helpful to the GAA as an association that there is innuendo out there that officials are influenced to vote contrary to their mandated position. This motion will put that malicious rumour to bed."
Other motions relate to player representation in Congress delegations; measures to reinforce April as Club month; a proposal for a fixture appeals process where matches are fixed in a way that causes a club genuine difficulty. These are issues that the CPA believe the GAA must debate and agree upon. If they are defeated so be it but let the GAA at least debate the issues.
Briody added: "As a democratic organisation, the principle is that any member of this association can go to their club AGM, put forward their idea, bring it to Congress, have it discussed, debated and looked at inside-out.
"It is possible for motions to make it through this labyrinthine process. It is hailed a great strength of the GAA. In reality there are several routes to getting a motion to Congress. The Hurling motions can be drafted, debated at a Special Congress in a matter of months. Had this motion emanated initially from a club the whole process would have taken much longer with no guarantee of success.
"Over recent years a number of motions have made their way from Clubs all the way to the Congress floor. Some have been debated, others received little consideration, or were withdrawn or ruled out of order.
"Procedurally the GAA is very clear on how Motions must be brought forward, and this allows for some brilliant ideas to get to the top table. But what other good ideas to the benefit of the GAA have withered on the vine because of a procedural roadblock. In theory could we have Rules on the Statute book that are procedurally unsound?"


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That's where the campaigns and outside political groups come into the picture. America Rising, a Republican opposition super PAC that conducts research on Democratic candidates, began using Genius in May as a way to annotate and fact-check Hillary Clinton's op-eds by highlighting certain words and linking to a primary source – a news report or a video, for example – that either refutes or adds context to a particular claim.
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Before even delving into the actual text of the op-ed, America Rising used Genius to add an annotation to the headline that linked to a Washington Post story explaining that the "everyday Iowans" were actually people hand-picked by her campaign. (They were supporters who had previously attended two different "staged roundtables.") This was intended to call into question the line where Clinton says, "And everywhere I went, I met Iowans with great ideas for how we can get there."
Jeff Bechdel, communications director for America Rising, said Genius has proven itself to be an invaluable rapid-response tool. "It gives us the opportunity to say, 'Here's the pushback on that,' in a very easy, digestible, easy-to-navigate way," Bechdel told RealClearPolitics in an interview. "Nothing is more effective than when you get a candidate on video saying something counter to what they said before."
The Clinton campaign decided to follow suit by employing Genius as part of its digital outreach strategy, which already includes using live-stream apps like Periscope and making a public Spotify playlist. But rather than attacking or fact-checking opposing candidates, a Clinton aide told RealClearPolitics their initiative aims to empower supporters with supplementary content, including verifying claims and posting GIFs or other images. The first project of the effort, which kicked off on June 14, began with supporters annotating the text of Clinton's campaign launch speech in New York the day before.
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Political observers were surprised that, for the first two months of her presidential campaign, Clinton did not have an "issues" section of her website (an area where her political beliefs and policy ideas would specifically outlined). That webpage was finally added on June 16, and America Rising immediately seized on another opportunity to fact-check Clinton.
"We began talking with Genius back in February, but until Clinton started holding public events and putting content online, we couldn't use it to its full potential," Bechdel said. "Now, we plan to use Genius more and more as she lays out her failed, liberal agenda."
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New Mexico State University is giving new meaning to the phrase "food for thought." The recently opened NMSU Food Pantry is a free and confidential service that distributes nonperishable food to students, staff and faculty in need of emergency assistance.
The service is available to anyone with a current NMSU ID at the Christian Challenge building, at 1313 East University Ave., from 4-6 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday.
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"Some have been around for awhile," she said. "A lot of them have popped up over the last five years, around the same time our economy started plummeting."
The NMSU Food Pantry opened this fall and Haussamen is pleased with how it has been operating.
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You have likely seen recent news reports about developments in the Legislature and potentially devastating cuts to higher education. Please allow me to update you on where things stand at this time.
The state faces a severe financial deficit and the governor submitted a proposed budget that would fill most of that hole. The House, however, passed a budget that cut over $200 million from higher education including stripping out one-time funds of approximately $134 million, leaving a crippling deficit in place.
Frankly speaking, without the one-time funds to fill the deficit, we face dire straits at LSU. Despite the fact that LSU leads the state in virtually every performance measure, we still face significant damage from underfunding. We must contemplate the elimination of entire units, the loss of faculty and staff, and cuts that could set this university back by decades. Without a solution, LSU may not recover for a generation or longer.
The budget has now shifted to the Senate, where we must hope the one-time funds will be reinstated or some other resolution develops. The budget is far from final and during this week there could be more amendments. There is much more to be done and more debates to be had. Hopefully responsible leaders will find ways to avoid further damage to Louisiana's flagship university.
Please understand that, even with the replacement of the one-time funds, we are facing cuts to programs and personnel losses. These are great challenges to our core mission.
To be clear, at stake is the very future of our state. The young people we educate in our classrooms and the research we conduct in our labs are our hope for Louisiana.
Stay tuned. I am sorry I do not have better news today, but I have always promised to level with you on these issues.
We will continue to do everything we can to make our case for the funding that we need to remain a first class university. I will keep you informed as news develops.


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One of Brooklyn's most beloved boutiques, Flirt, is gearing up to release it's first sewing book called Flirt Skirts, and we are giving away two copies to our BurdaStyle members!
With 3 basic patterns, Flirt's creative minds Patti Gilstrap and Seryn Potter show you how to make 20 different skirt variations plus provide tips for adding unique details to create your own customized pieces! Easy to follow diagrams, step-by-step instructions and great styling tips make this a must-have book for all skirt enthusiasts.
Want to take home your own copy of Flirt Skirts? Simply leave a comment below telling us your favorite skirt style by 9:30am EST on Tuesday, March 15th for your chance to win!
Established in the Summer of 2000, Flirt originally housed a small namesake collection designed and made by hand in Brooklyn, NY. Soon enough Flirt caught the eye of local designers and became known as the place to pick up wares by the scores of talented creatives throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. In 2007 Flirt expanded to include Home Ec, a space where they host beginner to advanced sewing classes and provide studio space to local designers.


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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - New Providence Mayor J. Brooke Hern is, in fact, a partner for a New York-headquartered law firm, contrary to rumors and an email circulating among Borough residents.
Questions were raised after Mayor Hern posted on social media that he was now a partner at the firm of Peltz, Walker and Hern. At the time, the Peltz Walker website listed the firm as Peltz, Walker, not Peltz, Walker & Hern and did not mention him anywhere on the site. When The Alternative Press called the firm to verify Mr. Hern's employment, the receptionist at Peltz Walker stated Mr. Hern did not work there. Another website, Petlz, Walker & Hern, was located by The Alternative Press which had Peltz spelled "Petlz" and only discussed Mr. Hern and not the firm or the other partners, adding to the confusion. Soon thereafter, unrelated to the inquiry being conducted by The Alternative Press, a resident of New Providence circulated an email to many Borough residents raising similar issues.
After further investigation by The Alternative Press, Mr. Hern explained that the Peltz Walker website had not yet been updated and that because he is working out of the New Jersey office of the firm, the New York receptionist had not yet met him. He said that the website would be updated to show he worked at the firm.
An examination by The Alternative Press of the website of the law firm, Peltz Walker, which is located at the same 222 Broadway, New York City, address given in the Linked In law firm listing for Hern, does now in fact indicate that the mayor is a partner of the firm's New Jersey office, Peltz, Walker & Hern, in Short Hills and chairs the firm's long-term disability benefits department, as stated on Linked In and referred to on disabilityinsattorney.com.


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Budget bike transport.
You shouldn't have to spend as much on your rack as your did on your bike—at least that's the way Thule sees it. The Parkway Hitch Carrier is simple to install and simple to use. The Parkway uses Thule's classic cradles, which secure and protect your bikes' frames during transport. And, because of the dual arm design, you don't have to mess around with wonky top tube adapters—the Parkway carries them all. Thule even includes tie-down straps, but recommends upgrading to Zip Sticks for added stability.
- 2 bike capacity
- Eliminates need for top tube adapters
- Tie-down straps included
- Item #THU0181
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
So.. I've used this thing a few times... and every time I use it for a long trip I get nervous my bike is going to fly off. The wind and the air from driving at high speeds nearly forces the bikes off the carrier. I had to pull over several times and redo the staps multiple times. I even used extra rope to tie it down. End of the day, you pay for what you get. If you only drive very short distances, then I can see how this could work. But if you plan on making trips, it's best to use something else... borderline dangerous.
Clankity Clank
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Does the job for a bike rack, especially for the price! I get nervous about the bikes rubbing though and certain bikes are a real challenge to get on.
Does the Job
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This rack does great carrying two bikes. However, it does stick out pretty far from the car and does not fold down. But it gets the job done!
it works
So far works for me 2 weeks. I had no problem w/using it. Few extra rubber bands will help to prevent rattling and sliding along bars. I would recommend to get a long secure cable and a separate weather resistant lock w/dial code for it. IMHO auxilary pin-lock that thule suggests will be trashed by road dirt and you won;'t be able to stick the key in.
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my bike has never fallen off
works fine. mine has a sleeve to fit both hitch receivers though. bikes stay on the rack and the securing strap deals are pretty nice (and replaceable). bikes bounce around and swing a lot but i have never seen a hitch mount that doesnt - and yes, i use the zip stick.
i prefer the bikes on the roof or in the back of a truck. i guess if youre a baller and drive a hummer or escalade or similar, a roof rack wont work for you so this is a good option.
Good for the price
It is a nice rack and does the job of holding two bikes like it says. I have been having problems with the clips at the top sliding back in forth while driving with the bikes on it (I fixed it buy using rubber bands as gaskets to stop the movement). If you have a small bike, like my wife has, it will be a tight fit on the rack. I find that the zip stick is very useful in keeping the bikes from swaying around. Bottom line is it works good for the price but there are better ones out there.
Thule Parkway Hitch Bike Carrier - 2 Bike
Pros - Good price, excellent functionality, easy to assemble, bikes ride well, excellent overall design
Con - Discovered that the Thule Zip Stick 2 that is recommended was an unnecessary purchase for me
Thule 2 bike, hitch mount bike rack
I have only used it once so far but like most Thule products, it is made of quality materials and built solidly. I thought it was very easy to assemble and install. It holds 2 mountain bikes nicely away from the back of my Denali and swings away easily for access to the back of the SUV without removing the rack or bikes (although Thule recommends that you remove the bikes before lowering the rack). The rubber tabs held the bikes securely and the tie strap kept the bike wheels straight on the rack. All in all, a good value for a high quality product.
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Does it fold down when not in use??
Does it fold down when not in use??
No, you can lower it down to easily load a bike, but the rack that holds the bikes won't fold down flat.
will the parkway carrier clear spare tire...
will the parkway carrier clear spare tire on 2011 jeep wrangler
I'm not exactly sure how far out this thing sits from the end of the receiver but I would recommend the Thule Spare Me 2 carrier...it has the same capacity and is designed with your Jeep in mind (I'm not a rep, just a bike nerd).
we are buying our first bike rack so, we...
we are buying our first bike rack so, we have a 2010 escape. will this fit? we have towing package.
Measure your receiver hitch to make sure it's 2". Many are 1 1/4". Though you can pick up a reducer at a store to make this work if you really like this particular bike rack.
It should work fine, just find out the specific size of your receiver hitch (2" or 1.25") and order the correct one...
Escapes typically come with a 1 1/4". I would strongly recommend that you buy a rack with the correct size hitch because it will give you a more solid connection to your car than if you have to use an adapter.
You can also get an extension to take your hitch from a 1 1/4" to a 2". I would suggest not doing this though. I tried it at first and you get a lot more movement from the rack while driving. I hit a speed bump and knocked my bikes into my bumber and scratched the paint. Shoot for a rack that is an exact match for your hitch.
Can this bike rack fit on a Toyota Rav...
Can this bike rack fit on a Toyota Rav 4?
we have 2 beach cruisers - will this bike...
we have 2 beach cruisers - will this bike carrier work for us?
Write your question here...I have a hummer...
Write your question here...I have a hummer h2 with hitch extender does the Thule parkway bike carrier work with the extender ? Some bike racks are not recommended with a hitch extender
Your best bet is to enter your information in the Car Rack Configurator at the top of the page and that should tell you if it will work or not.
configurator doesnt have a extension question
Do you have the hitch extender only so that the bike rack will be far enough away from the spare tire? If that's the case, it should be just fine. Racks aren't 'recommended' to be used with extenders because they increase the torque placed on the hitch and because with the additional junction they aren't as stable.
My wife uses an extender on her Escape to convert her 1 1/2" receiver to a 2" for our Thule T2. It works fine, but isn't quite as stable as when the rack is directly into a 2" receiver.
will this fit an H3 with spare tire mounted...
will this fit an H3 with spare tire mounted on back?
It will work on an h3. depending on the tire size, you mite need a hitch extender and silent hitch pin. the silent hitch pin gets rid of the wobble.but the 7" extender decreases your tounge wieght by a third. with 2 bikes you have no worries. the roadway 912 is a lil bit better rack. Take my advice i work at Rack N Road. A rack specialty store
does it fit a Jeep Commander Hitch?
does it fit a Jeep Commander Hitch?
Measure your hitch to see what size it is and then go from there. Hopefully it's 2 inches because that is all we have in stock right now. You can also reference the Thule fit guide. http://www.thuleracks.com/default2.asp
can I use this on the back of a pickup...
can I use this on the back of a pickup truck --it has a trailer hitch
and if so do I have to remove every time I want to put back down --or is there a better product I should be looking at
You can use it on a pickup, you will have to fold it down (but not remove it) to get into the back, and there are bed-mounted racks that would better suit you.
I have a ladies mountain bike...do I need...
I have a ladies mountain bike...do I need the bar in order to mount it? We are traveling on fairly smooth roads from Maine to Florida...and how easy is it to swing away from my vehicle in order to get to the hatch?
For most ladies bikes, you'll need the frame adapter in order to hang your bike from this rack". It hooks onto the stem and seat post to create a straight top tube. It's Item # THU0324 on our site
How would you lock down bikes with this...
How would you lock down bikes with this rack?
You cannot lock the bikes, you would need to buy a lock, but you can secure them with the straps provided.
I have a spare tire mounted above my hitch...
I have a spare tire mounted above my hitch on both vehicles I would use this rack on. Question is there enough clearance for the rack or will I have to buy an extender?
Some friends of mine have a Toyota RAV4 and their rack works just fine. Check out the image to see if the style is similar to your vehicles.http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/T/toyota/rav4/03-large/06-rav4-r3q-a.jpgAre you dead set on hitch rack in this style? Bikes swing back and forth and collide with one another, and if you have any dual suspension bikes you're just asking for mounting troubles.Personally I prefer fork mount roof racks, but I'm a huge fan of Yakima's tray racks. They're quite a bit more expensive, but I like to think that my bike deserves the best after I ride it so hard.http://www.backcountry.com/store/YAK0233/Yakima-HoldUp-Bike-Rack-%96-2-Inch.htmlhttp://www.backcountry.com/store/THU0128/Thule-Transport-T2.html (Thule version, not as good in my opinion)


text: Hey guys ... long time no hear Anyway, to not waste your time. I think I've found a bug with the autoresponder, specifically relating to time conversion when saving the autoresponder start and stop time. Was kinda stumped why my autoresponder (tried roundcube integrated with ISPConfig) wasn't working only to figure out, that the start time is in the future. The ISPConfig version in question is current (ie: 188.8.131.52). How to reproduce it: 1) logon to the ISPConfig3 UI 2) go to the email mailbox of the user in question 3) Autoresponder tab, enter the message, enter the start time, end time and enable the lot In my case I've set the following times: Start on: 02 Jul 2012 09:00 End by: 02 Jul 2012 11:00 Once we've done this, let's check what happens on the OS: /var/vmail/mailfilters/domain.tld/username/.autoresponder: Code: ... if (1341219600 lt $NOW && 1341226800 gt $NOW) ... Converting these unix timestamps back we find, that: 1341219600 equals Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT and 1341226800 equals Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:00:00 GMT Problem being - only a part of this world lies in the GMT timezone - the rest of us live with an offset. The GUI also expressly prohibits from setting the autoresponder in the past (so allowing the user to set it to 07:00 GMT for a GMT+2 timezone to start at 09:00 local time) so basically we can only set it in the future. Fix? A conversion from the local time to GMT/UTC before saving it. Took me an hour to figure out what was going on D.


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Big Sean Cries In Toronto From Being Overwhelmed By Fan Pandemonium!
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ok, so first a little about myself and why i'm here. i'm currently deployed to afghanistan and have been doing crossfit for about the last 6 months and i loved it. my main problem was strength, so i decided to take some time off to dedicate to strength training and putting on some size. i'm a hard gainer and always have been. i'm 32 years old, 5'9", and about 160 lbs. i was going to do starting strength, but didn't want to get fat and wanted to be able to continue doing metcons, so several of the guys over at crossfit.com turned me on to gslp. here i am. started today and really stoked after reading the results others have had and looking forward to being able to experience results myself. so here's what i got today. i know, not impressive for you more experienced guys, but hey, i gotta start somewhere.
Squat: 135x5x2, 135x13
Weighted Chins: 5#x8, 10#x10
Presses: 95x5x2, 95x11
wasn't planning on starting until monday so didn't do the frequency pushups, chins, and low intensity today, but will hit it tomorrow. diet is going to be fun since i'm deployed to a small fob and we dont have a lot of choices, but i'm going to do what i can to get all the calories and protein i need while keeping it clean.


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Netflix Cancels Plans For New Netflix Prize As Part Of Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
from the careful-what-you-crowdsource dept
Netflix has announced that it has now settled the lawsuit, but as a part of that settlement it is canceling the plans it had announced for additional Netflix prizes. While the company can still do contests in the future, it will need to make sure that the data cannot be reconnected to an actual person, which may be quite difficult in practice. This does raise some interesting questions for other attempts to crowdsource research. There are certainly benefits to opening up data to a community of smart people -- but companies are going to need to be extra careful in those settings in dealing with privacy issues.


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Ooooo... gawa!
Few weeks ago I was invited to have dinner with Ogawa in Pavilion. Initially I thought it was going to be a few, probably 20 (max) bloggers attending. Free dinner. Why not eh?
Little did I know, 60 bloggers turned up and I was flabbergasted to the amount of invitees. Great, now so many people have to see me in my ragged clothes and Bali sandals wtf.
Thank god I just dyed and cut my hair.
But I can always count on someone to dress down a notch and make me feel better.
Thanks Simon~! *blink blink*
(skip dinner scene)
(Actually I forgot to take photos here. Hehe.)
But eh hem, dinner was good. And soon the fun part began.
We were ushered to visit Ogawa outlet located on the 6th floor of Pavilion to enjoy some FREE massages.
This is the Smart Mate.
And it's sooo comfortable!
Remember how massage chairs a few years back (when it first started) cost?
I remembered seeing one at a relative's place costing over RM20-30k just for a typical standard massage chair with no extra functionality whatsoever.
Ogawa is selling Smart Mate at a promotional rate of RM4,699 now!!! (Retail: RM9,398)
Like Oh My God. Imagine the DIFFERENCE of those two price tags! I can put a down payment on a house with the cost difference!
It's SO BLOODY CHEAP! (honestly, maybe I've been out of touch, but I honestly didn't know that massage chairs are getting so cheap nowadays! Or is it really just Ogawa doing their insane price slash?!)
Saw Redmummy's red LV next to the discount tag. Thought the scene was hilarious!
Redmummy, can I buy the LV bag off you? 70% plssss…
Good news to all readers, there's some online vouchers you'll be able to print out from Nuffnang blog entry that entitles you to some great discounted prices on Ogawa products. I've checked them out, they're totally affordable.
I also have to remind you about the Mega Raya promotion lurking nearby. With sales up to 50% and shopping vouchers giveaway up to RM10,000 AND a chance to go shopping with Aznil!
You know, this guy?
Hint: You'll probably find him extremely familiar for 5 consecutive seasons of Akademi
Anyway, I wanted to try the Smart Aire next, which I heard was heavenly.
But Rojaks got way ahead of me.
Apparently he's doing a yoga pose called zero gravity that Smart Aire is famous for.
The first Zero Gravity Massage Chair (in Malaysia?).
I had to wait so long because he just refused to get up from the chair.
Just look at how syok his face was.
"Er… Rojaks, I think there some vege stuck on your teeth."
So while waiting, I went to play some games on the Ogawa Gaming Massage Chair (what better combination).
Seriously, I sucked at games.
I couldn't even cycle on a straight line. T_T
Finally it was my turn.
Oh look, mini
Smart Aire was unmistakably more comfortable, retailing at RM13,999 (I heard from the sales man that promotion rate is going at RM8.7k if I'm not mistaken).
I felt like I was clasped in a capsule. Just like a baby.
Inspired by NASA's space shuttle seats, the seats maneuver itself into a position that helps to remove the pressure on the spine to near zero. Good for those with a slip disc. ;)
When the sales man helped me to reach Zero Gravity position, it didn't feel that bad at all. In fact, it was really relaxing.
Ooo.. I can see my feet!
No wonder it took Rojaks forever to get up!
I almost wanted to sleep on it.
But what got me up was something the sales man said to me.
Something that he's going to show me.
Something remarkable.
Something even more amazing than Smart Aire.
Behold, this will be my luxurious piece to my new home in a very near future.
The FUJIIRYoKI.
Two rollers instead of four.
This expensive chair retails at RM27,999!!!
Oh la la!!
And I don't have to ask why?!
Just look at how orgasmic Simon's face look.
"Simon, are you having a seizure with all the comfort?"
10 kissed Nicole
Oh my god, Exorcist 4!!! You're welcome my dear Nicole and the vege in the teeth is da bomb lol.ReplyDelete
OMG!!! you found my supper!!! (the vege stuck on my teeth) wai u no tell me gehhhh?ReplyDelete
HAHAHAHAHA rofl at simon aka Exorcist 4!ReplyDelete
- Huey Lynn2/9/09 6:22 PM
its cool ! my mom just bought one too :PReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/9/09 12:04 AM
Simon is experiencing orgasm in seventh heaven while Rojak's decayed tooth needs urgent extraction!ReplyDelete
No such thing as a free lunch or dinner! The catch is u hv to advertise and promote their products for them lah.....
the chair looks awesome...it kinda look like an alien chair to me with the white pad on top on the chair...ReplyDelete
hmm...it does seems to look like a baby capsule from the side view...too bad i cant afford it...
yeeeeeeeee......rojaks teeth super disgusting lor...ReplyDelete
I've been reading many other bloggers write about this event too.ReplyDelete
Looks like a nice one here.
Jerine is so so right!ReplyDelete
- James Remo13/9/09 10:00 PM
nice tripReplyDelete