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Androgynous Male Model, Andrej Pejic Covers Elle Magazine
Male Model Andrej Pejic's Beauty Has Become Mainstream
He's been a modeling sensation since New York Fashion Week in 2011 and now andorgynous male model Andrej Pejic has landed his first major fashion magazine cover.
The 21 year-old Bosnian born model, a muse to designer Jean-Paul Gaultier among others, graces the latest cover of U.S. fashion magazine, Elle.
He was born in Bosnia (pre-war) and moved to Australia with his family when he was 8. His career launched in London where he'd pose as both a male and a female -- he does the same in the issue of Elle.
"I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear makeup sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter," Pejic told New York Magazine which he covered last year. "I don't really have that sort of strong gender identity — I identify as what I am."
Love it! Such a beauty. It is amazing how makeup can transform.- crystal
no comment i take the plead and thats the 5th- cassandra alampi
Make up ha- Make up has nothing to do with this persons beauty,not knowing his preferred pronoun, I will use mal
Welllllhl lol i dnt hate nor judge;) & i have to say i dnt see a adams apple lol get Paid! Do you boo I aint your judge & only God can judge Me Period;)- J1
What a Fag!- country
What a Fag!- country
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Lil richard n prince paved the way this isnt new. Bible says the wheat n tares grow together he will be the judge not us in the end. Congrads on an elle cover shoots.- nothing new under the sun
The Bible also says that men are suppost to look like men and women look like women!in other words,your suppost to be able to tell the Difference!what the hell is wrong with this social media tainted,jaded World!!- country
god mad man n women not twenere your a man or woman you aint a man in a womana body or woman n a mans body thats stupied god dont make mistakes in he dont make youi gay u quardos- go stright
i'm so fucking tired of these people on here quoting the bible. dont you morons understand that IT'S ONLY A FUCKING BOOK!!!??? it wasnt even wrote by any religious figures, just by a bunch of dorks. i understand that there was actually a jesus, but if anyone can prove a "god" to me, i will retract my statement. and i mean actual proof, not "oh, He spoke to me in a dream! He is real!" no, thats just either a dream or a bad trip from that acid you did during high school that made you turn to your religious bullcrap. there are two things that are like penises- religion and opinions. its ok to have one, just dont pull it out in front of kids and dont try to shove it down my throat. i know that this comment will stir up a big argument, and i dont care. like i said, give me actual proof that god exists and i will apologize for this comment. but until then, FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
and to the comment about "god made man n woman not in between" (if thats what you were trying to spell you dumbass) go on google and look up shemale or heshe or ladyboy. you will see men with vaginas and women with penises. there are even man and women out there who find that attractive, and they are the definition of "in between". so, 1st learn to spell and 2 do your research cuz now you look like a supid son of a bitch. i don't stand up for gay or lesbian or bisexuals because i am one, i do it because thats whats right. i stand up to bullies because i was bullied so much in grade school i was almost expelled for standing up for myself. whenever i see someone trying to justify a stupid comment or opinion with a "holy" book, i get mad. when i get mad, i either run my mouth or kick ass. and since there is no ass to kick, ill run my mouth and not one person can keep me from doing that. im 15 and it seems like im more knowledgeable than at least half of the retards that post religious shit on here. you want ridiculous? try living in a world where unless you are religous, nobody cares about your opinion. nobody cares unless you go to church every sunday. nobody cares about you except for your family, then get back on these forums and talk. go ahead. i dare you. thats how ive lived for my whole life, and i bet some of you wouldnt las a day without saying some kind of religious shit. and for anyone who is like, "ooh youre going to hell" im gonna go ahead and stop you right now. if there is a hell, fine. if not, fine. if i go there, fine. if theres nothing to go to, fine. the pont is, it does not matter at all. what mater is people need to leave the gays and lesbians alone. yes, its ok to make jokes one in a while. but when all you do is gay bash, gay bash, god, jesus, the bible, gay bash, blah blah blah, then youre being a bully.- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
Wow this a messed up site. Its suppose to comments, but its a outlet for hateful opinions. Each of us was raised differently nd we live in different places and are different ages. People are different. Thats wat makes us unique. I believe in God weither i see him or not. I dnt hate u cuz u dnt. That ur bizness. Sorry-
Wow! That's a rlelay neat answer!- Darold
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you teenage jerk you get picked on a lots dont you gay bait fagget dick sucker you need to read the bible god is real if you doubd it you will know one day when your soul is burten in hell cuz you fagget-
yes i did mean inbetweeners you dumbass fagget you need to get a real life jerk in grow up im so glad your not my child by the way the word is cause not cuz get it n yourself stright puck fagget-
to last commenter: number 1 how am i jailbait if im not offering anything but my opinion? number 2 doesnt your almighty "bible" say you shouldnt cuss? number 3 i couldnt be a straighter guy i have a girlfriend right now number 4 how about you shut the fuck up just because a fucking book says god is real doesnt mean he really is. have you ever heard of "fiction" books before? if you havent, go back to 3rd grade, learn what they are and how to read, and then go to your nearest library (you wouldnt know where one is because you coulnt fucking read before) and ask the librarian where they are. go read one or two (easy ones, we dont want you hurting yourself) and then come back here and tell me the "almighty works of god" dont sound like something out of a fiction book. number 4 i said cuz because i didnt feel like writing cause you fucking moron havent you ever heard of text speaking? ill give you a few examples: lol (laughing out loud), wtf (what the fuck), gfywsymfcydff(go fuck yourself while sucking your moms cock you dumbass fucking faggot) number 5 if you love your "god" so much, if "He" is so almighty and powerful, then i have 2 arguments for you. argument 1 if god is all-powerful, can he make a rock he himself cannot lift? argument 2 if "god" is so forgiving, wh do peole die every year because of accidents like car crashes and because of weather disasters? and finally number 6 im still waiting for proof that "god" exists like i said, if someone can prove it, i will apologize for this and my earlier comments. but until then, i will remain steadfast in my beliefs. you christians are te easn the crusades started and look how well that turned out for everyone. (sarcasm if, like the ladt commenter, you are too stupid to notice it) you all are just like the comunists you repress everyone who isnt like you nd once they convert you dont let them leave. you all started the spaish inquisition (if, again, like lat commenter, you are too stupid to know what this is, it was a tie when the christian church caught, torchered, converted, and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people whose only "crime" was not being christian) and you will never be forgiven for your many evil actions against mankind.- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
oh and by the way, i used to picked on, but then i beat one kids ass and made another one shit his pants out of fear. you still wanna fuck with me? go ahead and do it cuz youre lucky your saying this shit on the internet not in real life if someone called me a faggot in real life i'd puch the in their face, hit them in the stomach, and knee them in the face, then proceed to beat their face into the ground. so go ahead, piss me off, you have no idea what im fucking capable of. i've got about 9 years of nothing but pent-up anger just itching to be let out, so go ahead. "poke the bear". just don't be surprised if the bear rips your arm off and beats you with it.- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
hey fagget boy you meane you got a girl as stupied as you its a sex change i bet your as gay as two left shoes in your anger is because your crazyass dont believe in god i feel so sorry for your soul you will bust hell wide open when your stupid ass dies you need a good ass whippen what kind of low life parents do you have i bet there just as sorry in lowdown as you n just as sick in the head as you are your the one who needs school puck ass trash-
hey cockeater, i bet the reason why you dont put a name is cuz your too fuckin scared of me. ill give you my address right now go ahead bring whatever the fuck you want to a gun a bomb i dont fuckin care ill still kick your punk ass you son of a crack baby and youre the one who needs to go to school you cant even spell right you little bitch nugget the only reason i spell shit wrong is cuz im typing too fast the last person who made fun of my parents i kicked them in their nuts you wanna be next fucking niggerdick sucking, grape koolaid sucking, fried chicken eating terrorist its maniacs like you that is why the spanish inquisition started and where did you get all your insults from anyway? your mom? tell her she needs some new ones to give to you cuz ive heard all of those before. that shit doesnt faze me i could whip your ass 6 times to saturday with my hands tied behind my back so say one more thing im gonna find where you live and pop the trunk on yo bitch ass. that means i'm gonna go to my car pop the trunk, get a gun, and shoot your shit up sobad, your 12 year old son is gonna be like "i was jackin off and i shot the dog!"- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
dont you know its against the law to make threats you can br n so much trouble your parents are so retarted letting you make treats n that commenter is rite there is a god you can see the wind but you know its there are you that retarted yes you are you must be a deveil worshiper your soul will be in hell before your eyes close whats that address you didnt put it punk-
really? wind is a sign that god exists? i havent heard bullshit like that since... never actually. its the single biggest load ive ever read or heard. and if you really think im going to post my adress on a public forum then youre more retarded than you think i am. and if you say im so retarded how about you learn to spell. its devil and worshipper and retarded. how about you find out where i live some other way instead of asking me on public forums cuz thats the kind of molesting creeper freak that you are, and come to my house so i can beat it off and drop a big load on your face you fucking douche canoe floating in a lake of fags.- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
you are one stupied little child grow up then come to me baby we can teach you in your snot face little know nothing girlfriend some things about life in respect of others in i was saying you cant see wind but you know its there stupiedagain your mother n dad are so stupied for bringen you into this world you dont amount to anything but sewer trash stop playing with your little pecker your dad does that for you in your mom does that girlfriend of yours dont be mad at us for it-
hey bitch hole how about you say that kind of shit to my fucking face the only reason why youre saying shit like this is because youre on the internet you faceless motherfucker. and for your information, my girlfriend is very smart, so are my parents, and my "little pecker" is 11 inches long and about an inch thick how about i shove it down your throat and cum in your stomach you gay ass fag you would like that if i did it so go ahead find out where i live ill unzip my pants and do you like the prison bitch you are and my parents dont play with my dick thats what your mom is for while youre out at gay bars im fucking your mom in her mouth and she cant stop cumming thats why you have all those stains on your bed that and your a bedwetter and i only give respect to those i get respect from or who i believe deserve it and guess what you are so far off the list im laughing just thinking about it and by the way yo say im dumb but then you cant even spell stupid right- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
so you do fuck your stickenwhore mother i thought you was sick now i know why you fuck your parents if you fuck other peoples moms in your crazy bitch girlfriend is as sick as you n your familt you know your dreaming about your picker it maybe four inches n you smell bad from fucking your old man-
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oh, love, if only you knew... this commenter is so scared he wont even put down a name he calls me stupid but then look at his posts... pretty much any word that is supposed to be spelled with 6 letters or more is spelled completely wrong, and s/he has the audacity to call me stupid and retarded. get this: he oesnt know about people with the look of a woman but they have a penis ormen with vaginas. look at one of his earlier posts! hes ike "god made man and woman notin between" (even though he mispelled bettween) wheb hermaphrodites (what i described earlier, look up there if you were not reading so you know what a hermaphrodite is) are the definition of in between! someone please explain to this tardo on terms that s/he understands: YOU ARE NOT SMARTER THAN ME, YOU WILL NEVER BE SMARTER THAN ME, AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD SPELL I COULD UNDERSTAND YOUR INVALID POINTS!!!! someone please dumb that down for him, and make sure he is wearin the helmet when you are telling him. if he understands (for once) give him his juice and cookies an make sue that his juic is n the sippy cup we dont want him geting all sticky so we have o give him another showerbecause we ll rememberpoor phil who used to have ten fingers now he only has nine.- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
im trying to make it as simple as i can for you dumdassso you will know what im saying since your a total jughead that funks your mom n dad you sicko n you dont think theres a god how sick are you you mother n father fucker you need to stop fucking your parents in go back to school your whole family are a bunch of retareds no wonder no one likes you or your family now go n play with your self im tired of your sickass in why should i leave my name you dont-
1 i didnt tell you to leave your name 2 if you think im going to leave my name you must be fucking retarded 3 i cant understand what your stupid ass is trying to say because you cant fucking spell worth a shit not because youre oh so advanced (sarcasm is a bitch, isnt it) 4 just because i believe different from you does not mean that i am a sick person 5 i said i dont fuck my parents, thats what YOUR mother is for 6 at least i dont need a helmet 7 i still am in school you fucking moron im 15 fucking years old learn to read but dont try to read too much, nobody wants you to hurt yourself 8 if god is so fucking great and can make anything and is all powerful then can he make a rock he himself cannot lift? if god is so fucking great and infallible then how the hell did you come to be here? guess some people just slip through his fingers... there is no god only chance i feel sorry for you whoever or whatever ruined your life must have done a pretty good job- i\'ma stir some sit up and i dont give a fuck
i see you can count can you count to ten is that all you have learned in school thats your problem not mine you sorry ass young no good for nothing punk i didnt ask you to leave your name thats how stupied you are but you do fuck your on mother n father you will go to hell one day jerk-
omg you are so hilarious i just posted these comments to see how much some people would react and if there really were any maniacs in the world i was right i was joking this entire time! omg this was hilarious i had so much fun PRANKING YOU!!!!! peace off morons!! BOOP!- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
About time! we are all unique and it should be embraced without judgement! just acceptance.- robin
About time! we are all unique and it should be embraced without judgement! just acceptance.- robin
what you need to do you retared dick sucking jerk is go suck on your mons flabby titts then suck on your drugedout brain fried dads dick thats why you say things like dada dada where is my titts you do it because you have a fried brain from all the drugs you do-
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dude really? number one i havent ever seen a drug, let alone smoked, inhaled, or mainlined one. number two did you not read my post ive been joking with yiu this entire time. number three nobody in my family does drugs and number four i dont do anything like that with my parents. thats just nasty.- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
you just proved what iv been saying your stupied i said juggehead not drug hes from a cartoon you need to learn to read in spell im done with you now suck your momas titts now-
you didnt say anything about a "juggehead" so that shows hou drugged out you are and i have someone whose tits i can suck whenever i want to and it isnt anyone in my family it is my girlfriend- i\'ma stir some shit up and i dont give a fuck
come on leave the above commenter alone hes prolly just some guy who is tired of seeing bible references on this site. if there were a lot of koran references, wouldnt you get tired of readin them too? what im sayin is that errybody has they own opinions and they should be allowed to say em. thug life- thug life one wife a mistress and a girlfriend
hey ferk whats a errybody you need to go back to school thats not a word tor thoese who believe theres no god may god have mercy on your soul the devil sure wont- god is real in great
"errybody" is everybody in cracker terms- im sorry sir i speak jive
any girls think they can handle an 11 inch cock hmu 5023386642- got a huge cock
last commenter how oid are you where do you live-
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im a single female looken for someone to text with men only no younger then thirty five please must be single to someone who likes to talk n text text me your number please i want a honest man- looken for honest man
hey any women out there like 18 year old guys and 11 inches of cock hit me up 5023386642 must be at least 18- who wants my cock
Faggot cocksucker taking dick up the asshole also gay ass lover faggot fuck are you a man or a women you look like a she he with man and woman sex parts bitch ass motherfucker- cocksocking faggot taking dick up the ass go be a faggot with another faggot dick licker ??
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I'm a son of a minister don't judge no one or hate anyone we should care for each other don't matter who you are the day will come chess remember that- Tx
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New CES Provider Renewal Process
By Aaron Neumann
Manager, CES Data Reporting and Compliance
August 27, 2013
This year, CES is excited to be launching a new online invoicing platform to renewing your 2014 CES Provider Subscription! In an effort to better serve our CES Provider, this new application will streamline the renewal process and give providers a better renewal experience. All CES Providers will be required to log into this online application to renew. Below you will find screen shots of the application along and explanations on the various features.
From this online renew platform, CES Providers will be able to update their organizational information, read and sign the Quality Assurance Statement, View the provider video, a video that contains important updates about the CES provider program, and pay their subscription using 3 methods: by credit card, by electronic check, and by mailing in the check. Providers can view and print the invoice from this online application, as well as print a receipt for your payment!
We are excited to offer our CES providers this new and enhanced service! Note: This application will be available for 2014 CES Provider Subscription online renew on October 1.
Please view the screen shows below to familiarize yourself with the new renew process. Both Primary and Secondary Points of Contact will be able to log in and pay the subscription.
This is the log in page. Provider Primary and Secondary points of contact will simply enter their email and password to log on.
Once you log on, your subscription for renewal will be available. Simply select the renew button to begin the renewal process!
The renew process will consist of four steps: Organization and contact information, Sign Quality Assurance Statement, Watch Provider Video, and Pay invoice. There are numersou features built in to the application to notify providers of their progress towards completion and of completed and required information.
For the first step, providers can update basic information about their company, including corporate email address, website, and company address.
The quality assurance statement will be the next step. Providers will be required to read the quality assurance statement and sign and approve it.
The new provider video is the most exciting feature of this application. This video serves as an opportunity for CES to update providers on new resources available to them and on new initiatives that the CES team is engaging in. Providers will be required to watch this enjoyable and informative video.
Lastly, Providers will be able to pay their subscription using multiple payment methods including, printing the invoice and mailing a check, paying by credit card, paying by electronic check and Amex.
At any point, the provider can log out of the application and it will automatically save progress. Once the provider logs back in, the landing page will include an overview of your progress.
We hope that Providers will find this new renew process simple and convenient. We look forward to your continued partnership in 2014!
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Lake Palace
Lake Palace (formerly known as Jag Niwas) is a luxury hotel, of 83 rooms and suites featuring white marble walls, located on a natural foundation of 4 acres (16,000 m2)rock on the Jag Niwas[1] island[2] in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India. The hotel operates a speed boat which transports guests to the hotel from a jetty at the City Palace. It has been voted as the most romantic hotel in India and in the world.
It was built in 1743[1]- 1746[2] under the direction of the Maharana Jagat Singh II (62nd successor to the royal dynasty of Mewar) of Udaipur, Rajasthan as a royal summer palace and was initially called Jagniwas or Jan Niwas after its founder.[1] The palace was constructed facing east, allowing its inhabitants to pray to the Surya(Hindu Sun god) at the crack of dawn.[3] The successive rulers used this cool haven as their summer resort, holding their regal durbars in its courtyards lined with columns, pillared terraces, fountains and gardens.[1]
The upper room of the palace is a perfect circle and is about 21 feet (6.4 m) in diameter. Its floor is inlaid with black and white marbles, the walls are ornamented with niches and decorated with arabesques of different colored stones dome is exquisitely beautiful in form.[3]
During the famous Indian Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 several European families fled from Nimach and used the island as an asylum, offered to them by Maharana Swaroop Singh. In order to protect his guests the Rana destroyed all the town's boats so that the rebels could not reach the island.[3]
By the later half of the 19th century, time and weather took their toll on the extraordinary water palaces of Udaipur. Pierre Loti, a French writer, described Jag Niwas as "slowly moldering in the damp emanations of the lake." About the same time two colonial bicyclists, Fanny Bullock Workman and her husband William Hunter Workman, were distressed by the 'cheap and tasteless style' of the interiors of the water palaces with "an assortment of infirm European furniture, wooden clocks, colored glass ornaments, and children's toys, all of which seems to the visitor quite out of place, where he would naturally expect a dignified display of Eastern splendor."[3]
The reign of Maharana Sir Bhopal Singh (1930–55) saw the addition of another pavilion, Chandra Prakash, but otherwise the Jag Niwas remained unaltered and decaying. Geoffrey Kendal, the theater personality, described the palace during his visit in the 1950s as "totally deserted, the stillness broken only by the humming of clouds of mosquitoes."[3]
Bhagwat Singh decided to convert the Jag Niwas Palace into Udaipur's first luxury hotel. Didi Contractor, an American artist, became a design consultant to this hotel project. Didi's accounts gives an insight to the life and responsibility of the new Maharana of Udaipur : " I worked from 1961 to 1969 and what an adventure! . His Highness, you know, was a real monarch – really like kings always were. So one had a sense of being one of the last people to be an artist for the king. It felt the way one imagines it was like working in the courts of the Renaissance. It was an experience of going back in time to an entirely different era, a different world. His Highness was actually working on a shoestring. He was not in dire straits, mind you, but when he came to the throne he inherited big problems like what to do with the 300 dancing girls that belonged to his predecessor [Maharana Bhopal Singh]. He tried to offer them scholarships to become nurses but they didn't want to move out of the palace so what could he do? He had to keep them. They were old crones by this time and on state occasions I remember they would come to sing and dance with their ghunghats [veils] down and occasionally one would lift hers to show a wizened old face underneath. He had something like twelve state elephants, and he had all these properties which were deteriorating. The buildings on Jag Niwas were starting to fall down and basically the Lake Palace was turned into a hotel because it seemed the only viable way that it could be maintained … It was really a job of conservation."[3]
In 1971, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces took over management of the hotel[4] and added another 75 rooms.[5] Jamshyd D. F. Lam of the Taj Group was one of the key people involved in the restoration of the original property, bringing it to such high standards with his work and experience & was also the first General manager there & the youngest at that time in India.
In 2000, a second restoration was undertaken.
The "Royal Butlers" working in the hotel are descendants of the original palace retainers.[2]
As both royal abode and luxury hotel, the Taj Lake Palace has captured the affection of the likes of Lord Curzon, Vivien Leigh, Queen Elizabeth, the Shah of Iran, the king of Nepal and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
The palace was used as shooting place for several movies :
- 1959 : the couple of movies by Fritz Lang The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb as palace of Chandra, the maharajah of the fictitious town of Eshnapur.
- 1983 : the James Bond film Octopussy, as the home of titular character Octopussy (played by Maud Adams). The films was also shot in the other palaces of Udaipur Jag Mandir and Monsoon Palace.
- 1984 : the British television series The Jewel in the Crown as guest house of the Nawab of Mirat.
- 2001 : the Bollywood Indian film Yaadein directed by Subhash Ghai.
- 2006 : film The Fall directed by Tarsem Singh.
Coordinates: 24°34′30″N 73°40′49″E / 24.57507°N 73.68022°E
- 2013 : Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was also filmed here.
- Crump, Vivien; Toh, Irene (1996). Rajasthan (hardback). London: Everyman Guides. pp. 400 pages. ISBN 1-85715-887-3.
- Crites, Mitchell Shelby; Nanji, Ameeta (2007). India Sublime – Princely Palace Hotels of Rajasthan (hardback). New York: Rizzoli. pp. 272 pages. ISBN 978-0-8478-2979-8.
- Badhwar, Inderjit; Leong, Susan. India Chic. Singapore: Bolding Books. p. 240. ISBN 981-4155-57-8.
- Michell, George, Martinelli, Antonio (2005). The Palaces of Rajasthan. London: Frances Lincoln. pp. 271 pages. ISBN 978-0-7112-2505-3.
- Preston, Diana & Michael (2007). A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time (Hardback) (First ed.). London: Doubleday. pp. 354 pages. ISBN 978-0-385-60947-0.
- Tillotson, G.H.R (1987). The Rajput Palaces - The Development of an Architectural Style (Hardback) (First ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 224 pages. ISBN 0-300-03738-4.
- William Warren, Jill Gocher (2007). Asia's Legendary Hotels: The Romance of Travel (hardback). Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-0-7946-0174-4.
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The Valley Industrial Association's monthly luncheon today focuses on "The Business of Green: Energy, Technology and Initiatives."
Women Entrepreneurs of SCV is hosting a business seminar Oct. 21.
Kristin Nelson founded the local Kids Consignment sales seven years ago, when she organized the events as an alternative to driving from garage sale to garage sale in search of items her sons needed.
Monday, Oct. 11
Any person who has experienced therapeutic relief from a spinal adjustment performed by a board-certified chiropractor might be surprised to learn that, for a period of time, the American Medical Association railed against the practice, urging people to boycott the treatments and calling the practice an "unscientific cult."
The SCV Community Expo begins Friday night with the Taste of Expo at 5 p.m. The admission fee is $20, which buys food and drink tickets.
"My advice to entrepreneurs would be to just do it, step out on in the ledge and go for it," said Julie Smith.
Despite triple-digit temperatures, Stonefire Grill estimated 2,500 people came out to support the restaurant's fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and to celebrate the eatery's 10-year anniversary Sept. 26.
The Valencia Nissan dealership on Creekside Road opened Friday with a new owner and management team.
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Driving as fast as 182 mph, Frank Cervetto endures gravitational forces greater than astronauts face when a space shuttle takes off. Shifting gears at neck-breaking speeds, he takes corners on racetracks banked steeply enough that the tracks would send ordinary drivers hurtling into concrete barriers.
Power Chevrolet Valencia is teaming up with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), Region 677, to provide its players and coaches with soccer kits filled with equipment bags, soccer balls, sport cones, practice jerseys, T-shirts, a monetary donation and an opportunity to help them raise funds. Region 677 covers Canyon Country.
The SCV Expo begins Friday, Oct. 8, beginning with the Taste of Expo at 5 p.m.
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Well-known serial entrepreneur, software engineer, architect and manager, Ole Eichhorn spoke with Santa Clarita's startup community and tech accelerator group SCV Startup last Thursday.
When Samsung opened its research and development audio lab this year, it was the first known Korean-based company to locate an operation in Santa Clarita.
The Valley Industry Association has elected Anna Frutos-Sanchez as its Chair for the Board of Directors in 2015.
The New Home Company, builder of Santa Clarita's Villa Metro development on Soledad Canyon Road, has been selected as the fastest-growing company on Builder magazine's list.
The dry cleaning industry has been undergoing radical changes in the past two decades as environmentalists and consumers push for more earth-friendly cleaning processes.
As the second generation of Stonefire Grill owners came of age, and became involved in the Harrigan family's management of its seven restaurants, the youngest members made a daring move.
Members from three business organizations are personally visiting 100 companies of varying sizes and gathering data on the Santa Clarita Valley business climate to identify ways to help companies grow.
A 30-unit multi-family property in Santa Clarita sold for approximately $4.8 million.
Taking advantage of the growing food truck industry, Tiffany Ramos opened her own mobile food business and has organized a weekly gathering of other food trucks in Santa Clarita every Saturday evening.
Speakers delivered two distinctive messages to the business leaders attending the Valley Industry Associations' luncheon Thursday at its annual Business-to-Business industry trade show.
An entrepreneur hasn't been successful unless he or she has experienced at least one failure, said the owner of a former Santa Clarita-based party store.
The Bank of Santa Clarita's net earnings for the first quarter of 2014 were $248,000, representing a growth of 6 percent over the amount netted in the same period of 2013, the bank reported this week.
The Fitness Compound gym in Canyon Country has closed its doors abruptly, posting a hastily scribbled notice on its door apologizing to members and referring them to another fitness center.
Wine lovers storing their treasured cargo at Lee's Wine Storage in Santa Clarita have until May 6 at the latest to claim any wine or property stored at the location – or lose it, according to the property owner.


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks began trading modestly higher Monday, as the yen extended its downward march, sending the dollar and euro near their highest levels against the currency since April. The Nikkei Stock Average (TYO:JP:NIK) rose 0.3% to 9,478.35, with the Topix also up 0.3%, as strength in retailers and some techs offset weakness in industrials and energy shares. Gains for the tech majors included a 2.1% advance for Renesas Electronics Corp. (TYO:JP:6723) (OTC:RNECY) , a 1.7% gain for Canon Inc. (TYO:JP:7751) (NYSE:CAJ) , and a 1% rise for Panasonic Corp. (TYO:JP:6752) . Retailers also improved, as Takashimaya Co. (TYO:JP:8233) added 1.3%, and J. Front Retailing Co. (TYO:JP:3086) (OTC:JFROF) improved by 1.5%, though Fast Retailing Co. (TYO:JP:9983) (OTC:FRCOF) lagged with a 0.4% gain after the Uniqlo clothing-chain operator said Friday it planned to buy just of 80% of U.S. peer J Brand Holdings LLC. On the downside, most major car makers traded lower ahead of the release of November auto sales figures, with Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:JP:7203) (NYSE:TM) down 0.4%, and Mazda Motor Corp. (TYO:JP:7261) (OTC:MZDAF) lower by 0.8%. Energy names Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (TYO:JP:1662) (OTC:JPTXF) and JX Holdings Inc. (TYO:JP:5020) (OTC:JXHGF) each lost 0.9%, while tech-focused conglomerate Sharp Corp. (TYO:JP:6753) (OTC:SHCAF) dropped 0.6% after a report over the weekend in the Sankei newspaper that it would sell some of its television factories outside Japan to Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (TPE:TW:2317) (OTC:HNHPF) , as well as news it was ending its solar-cell joint-venture with Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:JP:8035) (OTC:TOELF) . Shares of Tokyo Electron fell 0.8% in early trade.
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Reggie Bush shines, Lions beat Patriots 40-9
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Reggie Bush had five catches for 103 yards to help the Detroit Lions rout the New England Patriots 40-9 on Thursday night.
The Patriots' first-team offense, which was precise and efficient in the first two games of the exhibition season, was anything but in preseason game No. 3. Tight end Zach Sudfeld and running backs Brandon Bolden and Shane Vereen lost fumbles and Tom Brady threw an interception in four of New England's first five possessions. The other possession was a three-and-out that ended with Zoltan Mesko's punt.
Brady played four series in the first two preseason games combined, completing 18 of his 20 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns in two victories. But in a half of work Thursday at Ford Field, he was 16 of 24 for 185 yards and the second-quarter interception by Detroit cornerback Chris Houston.
Detroit starter Matthew Stafford also played the entire first half, and helped lead Detroit's first team to a better showing than it had in its first two exhibition efforts. The starters played seven series in those games — a win over the Jets and a loss in Cleveland — and managed only a pair of field goals. Stafford finished 12 of 25 for 166 yards.
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Friday Finds, Signing Off
It's been a long strange trip, but this is the last installment of Friday Finds—our weekly column that's been going strong since 2009. Moving forward, find our editors' picks on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and, of course, dwell.com.
We love the work of illustrator Craighton Berman so much that we've had him draw the table of contents page for our In the Modern World section for a while now. But we'd be utterly remiss if we failed to laud one of his other pursuits, the very funny menswear Tumblr Real Men Swear. Get the pun? Real Menswear. Real Men Swear. That's right, dapper dudes with foul-mouthed captions. Just what your Friday needs.
I know, I know, you're likely distraught that this is the last Friday Finds. Parting is indeed such sweet sorrow. To end on a lighter note watch this stunt gone awry. Thanks to Julia and Aaron for bringing this oh-so-funny video to my attention.
Peter Biľak, former editor of Dot Dot Dot magazine, founder of Typotheque design studio and the designer of the Greta type family (used throughout Dwell) is launching a new semi-annual design magazine called Work That Works. See more at worksthatwork.com.


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Once the defense rebounds the missed or made shot (diagram D), they advance the ball quickly up the court, with O3 and O4 sprinting onto the court. X1, X2 and X3 sprint back on defense and now we have a 4-on-3 situation (diagram E).
When the X (white triangle) teams gets the ball (diagram F), they quickly advance it up the court, as the yellow defenders sprint back on defense. Now white has a 5-on-4 advantage (diagram G).
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by Beau Wicker
Many area sports fans know Logansport has one of the top girls basketball teams in the state.
Some of those fans might not know the Berries were also expected to have a very strong gymnastics team this winter.
But like the girls basketball team, the gymnastics team has been hit by a key member of the team suffering a serious knee injury.
Logan senior Morgan Kline, who finished sixth on beam and 15th on vault at the state finals as a sophomore, blew out her left knee while practicing on Nov. 7 and had surgery shortly afterwards.
"I tore my ACL, LCL, MCL and both meniscuses," Kline said. "I was doing a leap that I've been doing since I was 8 years old, and my ankle twisted and my knee just went from there. It was a twisting jump which made it all that much more worse.
"There was a really loud pop, and my first initial thought was I'm done for the season and it's my senior year. And that made it all that much more worse emotion-wise. But the doctor told me I definitely would be out the rest of the season, but his goal was to put me up on bars one time. Whether it was for score or not for score, just so I could compete my senior year."
Kline said her doctor told her she'd be out 3-6 months, which runs into the IHSAA Tournament in March, but Kline thinks she can at least compete on bars by then with a brace on her knee.
"Bars doesn't really put any pressure on my legs, so there's still hope for that," she said.
Kline was one of three high Level 9 gymnasts the Berries were going to feature this year, the other two being a pair of freshmen, Kelley Platt and Emily Pomasl.
"I still have high hopes for the team because they have two really good incoming freshmen and a couple other good gymnasts. They have well over enough girls for events," Kline said. "If they can stay healthy they can still have stately aspirations for sure."
The Berries are seeking their first-ever trip to the state finals as a team. Two years ago they had a great chance before Madison Baldini blew her knee out and missed the tournament her senior year.
Logan coach Dannan Mordenti is expecting a good season despite Kline's injury.
"I think we'll be successful. We have a couple good freshmen coming up and a lot of depth," she said.
Other members of the team include senior Kaleigh Wilkinson, junior Jess Brazzle, sophomores Maddy Rosenberger, Ashlyn Brown and Shelby Adams and freshmen Liz Nies, Lindsey Biggs and Hanna Brandt.
The Berries competed at the LaPorte Pairs Meet to open the season last weekend in what Mordenti said was a "fun meet." The next event is the Northwestern Invite on Jan. 19.
Kline said she was doing the best gymnastics of her life before her injury. She had battled shoulder injuries earlier in her career but was completely healed from those.
"I worked. We did four days a week over in Kokomo and I came here and conditioned, which made it six days a week for awhile. I worked the whole summer. Since the last high school meet I've been in Kokomo training and training and training," she said. "But I think that will help my recovery being more in shape now.
"There's definitely still a good chance for the team. ... They're pretty strong still, even losing me. I'm just going to work really hard and come back for that bar routine because I'm going to do it."


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The accuser and accused provided very different accounts Wednesday to the jury deciding whether a Glasgow Police Department lieutenant colonel committed fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), minor injury, in February.
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Special prosecutor James Howard told the jury in his opening remarks it was not a complicated case, and he described the evening of Feb. 18 as one full of conflict that eventually led to an intoxicated David Graves' kicking the woman, causing her to fall. [The Daily Times does not name victims of alleged domestic abuse.]
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President Barack Obama has commented publicly about the death of Michael Jackson, telling the AP "I grew up on his music — still have all his stuff on my iPod." Obama added that Jackson "will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers." As Rock Daily previously reported, Obama personally sent a letter of condolence to the Jackson family, the contents of which were not revealed.
"I think that his brilliance as a performer also was paired with a tragic and, in many ways, sad personal life," Obama said. "I'm glad to see that he is being remembered primarily for the great joy that he brought to a lot of people through his extraordinary gifts as an entertainer." The President's comments today mark the first time a news agency has asked him to speak publicly about Jackson. Obama was prepared to address Jackson's death during a press conference with the German chancellor last week, but no one asked the President to comment on the King of Pop.
"The president obviously believes that he was an important and magnificent performer," Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod told Meet The Press last weekend. "Obviously, he led a sad life in many ways as well but his impact is undeniable." Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs spoke on behalf of the President after Jackson's death, saying "I talked to [Obama] about it this morning. He said to me that obviously Michael Jackson was a spectacular performer, a music icon, and I think everybody remembers hearing his songs, watching him moonwalk on television during Motown's 25th anniversary."
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COUPEVILLE, Wash. -- An Island County court judge on Friday sentenced an 18-year-old girl to more than 5 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed three of her friends last year.
Kaylea Souza, 18, was charged with vehicular homicide after the November 12, 2011, crash that killed Rob Knight, Marcel "Mick" Porter and Charles "Mack" Porter on Whidbey Island. She pleaded guilty.
Prosecutors had requested that Souza be sentenced to a little over 4 years in jail, but the Island County judge rejected that recommendation and handed down a sentence of 68 months -- or just over five-and-one-half years.
Souza admitted she had been drinking the night of the crash. She passed another car in her 2003 four-door Chevrolet, lost control and slammed into a tree, causing the car to burst into flames.
One witness was able to pull Souza from the burning wreckage, but the flames were too intense to get the other three. The victims were burned beyond recognition.
According to probable cause documents, Souza told Langley Police that she had consumed a 40-ounce "Micky's" and some "Olde English."
Souza also said, "I wasn't that drunk," and later yelled out, "I can't believe they let me drive," documents say.


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While advocates of a multi-use trail system have developed more than six miles of trail in less than a decade, Trail Recreation Effingham County isn't content to rest on its collective laurels.
TREC Board President Frank Brummer outlined several loose ends the group can work on in 2013 during the board's annual meeting Thursday. For one thing, financing is in place for a section of trail that will extend from the intersection of Outer Belt West and Calico Trail southeast to the Fayette Avenue interstate interchange. From there, a pedestrian bridge will take trail users over the interstate and into Effingham.
Brummer said that segment will be primarily financed by an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant for $251,670. Total project cost is expected to be around $322,000.
Brummer also talked about a pending land acquisition that would add 50 acres to TREC property. He declined to discuss many details of the proposed sale, but he did say TREC hoped to develop the square tract into a rest area for trail users that would include a playground, benches, and possibly restrooms.
"We don't have a designated plan," Brummer said. "But the goal is amenities for trail users."
Brummer said the land is between the Ryan's Crossing bridge and Lake Sara. Ryan's Crossing is the bridge over the Little Wabash River completed as part of Phase 1.
Upcoming goals for the group in 2014 include:
* Partnering with Effingham County to build Phase 3 trails, one from Nazarene Church Road to Hilltop Estates and from the current trail to the Lake Sara area.
* Completion by the county of a 6-foot shoulder on both sides of West Evergreen Avenue between Outer Belt West and Nazarene Church Road.
* Completion of the bike-pedestrian bridge over Interstate 57/70
* Building a trail along U.S. 40 from the Effingham High School sports complex to Outer Belt West.
* Completion by the City of Effingham of a sidewalk between the Effingham Performance Center to Outer Belt West.
* Begin engineering for Phase 4, the segment from Calico Trail to Fayette Avenue.
* Continue to support a comprehensive plan for bikes and pedestrians.
During Thursday's annual meeting, board members Dan Woods, Eric Zeller, Karen Luchtefeld and Bill Austin were all re-elected for three-year terms.
All existing officers were retained for another one-year term. They include Brummer, president; Austin, vice president; Woods, secretary; and Ken Vogt, treasurer.
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A counsel's castle
Check out Greg (and Melissa) Isaacs' palatial digs!
Among the highlights of Kevin Cowan's eye-witness account:
-- "an activities room with a ball-toss game, where players hurl balls into cut-outs in the wall, complete with a return";
-- a script 'I' marks the spot on the stained concrete floor of the landing;
-- and this description of the high-profile attorney's walk-in closet: "Greg's side is filled with suits and dress shirts (some still in original packaging). A few shelves are lined with his trademark Gucci loafers, often worn without socks." (Scope's emphasis)
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MARSHALL: Michigan Final Four run revives Fab Five memories
Fab Five memories revived
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Twenty years ago, Michigan's Wolverines lost in the NCAA Championship game to North Carolina, 77-71, on the first Monday of April, 1993.
I was to have been in New Orleans for that major sporting event.
Roy Williams was coaching at Kansas then, and I had been a Lawrence resident since 1984.
As fate would have it, I had just accepted a new job, in of all places, Michigan. The Wolverines were playing Kentucky in one national semifinal while Kansas was playing North Carolina in the other. I was still in Lawrence on that Saturday, watching from my home as the Tar Heels defeated the Jayhawks and the Wildcats fell to the Wolverines.
On that Monday night, I found myself at a sports bar in suburban Detroit, watching the championship game between Michigan and Carolina.
It was an easy game for me to be rooting for the Heels, coached by Kansas native Dean Smith.
Michigan was noted at the time for having a group of players who when they were recruited two seasons prior, became nationally known as the Fab Five.
That 1991 recruiting class (they would be freshmen for the 1991-92 season) included four of the top 10 ranked prep basketball players that year. They were Chris Webber (No. 1), Juwan Howard (No. 3), Jalen Rose (No. 6), Jimmy King (No. 9) and No. 84-ranked Ray Jackson.
Brash, talented, showboats. This group could do it all, and did.
They slam-dunked and hung on the rim. They chest-pounded and fist-pumped. It was in-your-face and to heck with everybody else. They didn't fit the stereotype basketball player or team at that time.
They introduced baggy shorts into the college basketball scene. They were a marketing dream.
You either loved them or despised them.
Being that I was a Kansas alum, a resident of Lawrence and a big Jayhawk fan, it should come as no surprise that I found it easy to root for Carolina in that championship game. I also watched in near silence.
It only served to make my first full day of living in Michigan a happy one when Webber inadvertently called a timeout that Michigan didn't have late in the game and the Wolverines down by just two. The ensuing technical foul enabled Carolina to go on and win the game.
Yep, I was a happy camper with nobody to talk to.
That year was the second consecutive year for the Fab Five to reach the NCAA championship game, only to come up short. They had lost to Duke in the 1992 finals.
Webber turned professional after his sophomore season, leaving four of the group behind. The next year, my first full year of living in Ann Arbor and following Michigan basketball, the Wolverines reached the Elite Eight.
Over the next two decades, Michigan basketball would have fleeting moments of success.
In the late 1990s, the program came under NCAA investigation into illegal money provided to Webber. NCAA probation followed, as well as having to victories deleted and banners removed from Crisler Arena.
I bring up the Fab Five of two decades ago because this year's Michigan edition has three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior in its starting lineup, and they have been mentioned in the same breath as the Fab Five.
Rest assured, this Michigan team might accomplish something the Fab Five never did — winning an NCAA title — but I will tell you, they are not the Fab Five. I'll be watching to see if this group can trump the Fab Five.
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Pompano Beach is looking to score a goal for multiculturalism this summer with a huge beach party that's both a celebration of South Florida's diversity and a viewing party for the World Cup in Brazil
Winter might be popular for tourists, but locals know that there's nothing like summer in Fort Lauderdale beach.
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Seventy Miss Florida USA Pageant contestants competed.
Chef Ralph Pagano celebrated the grand opening of his pop-up eatery, Ferris Restaurant, inside Alba Seaside, with a beachside full moon party complete with fire dancers, a drum circle, a fire pit, hookah bar, 2-4-1 drink specials, and breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean.


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The Official Blues Brothers Revue
Blues Brothers Combine Music, Humor And Mayhem Into A Raucous Performance
You don't have to be a fugitive from justice to join Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues for this raucous evening of humor and song based on the original motion picture. The Official Blues Brothers Revue pays homage to Chicago's rich history of blues, soul music and gospel in the true spirit of the original Blues Brothers.
- Produced by Judy Belushi Pisano and Dan Aykroyd
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Can you survive the insanity of Sony's TWISTED METAL 2? In this sequel to the highly acclaimed TWISTED METAL, you choose from a variety of heavily armed racers and see if you can survive the combat-on-wheels that follows. Select from a deadly array of weapons like flamethrowers, machine guns, and homing missiles as you slip behind the wheel of bizarre vehicles like a devilish ice cream truck, police car, motorcycle, and many more. Fight in Single-Player missions or go head-to-head against a friend in Two-Player networked competition. TWISTED METAL 2 is a fast and frantic, car-zapping hellride that will leave you spinning.
Twisted Metal 2 is a Shooter/Vehicle Shooter video game for PlayStation developed by 989 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America on January 1, 1996. It's rated Teen by the ESRB and 32 of our users have voted it 4.4 out of 5 stars.
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At the vehicle selection screen, press L1, Up, Down, Left. Note: The stage password will not be accessible with this code.
While playing the game hold down R1, R2, L1, L2 and press Up, Down, Left, Right, Right, Left, Down, Up - dont pause while doing it.
Press Left, Right, Down.
In the level Paris: Monumental Disaster, in the secret area with the teleporter, burn the painting of Mona Lisa and it should say Up, Down, L1, and R1. This was supposed to be the cheatcode for cyburbia, but the accual one is Down, Up, L1, R1.
Level Password Axel Moscow X, Triangle, X, X, _, _ Paris Circle, Triangle, Square, _, Triangle, _ Amazonia Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle, Circle, _ New York _, Triangle, Square, Square, X, _ Antarctica X, X, Triangle, Square, Triangle, Circle Holland Circle, X, Circle, Triangle, Circle, Circle Hong Kong Triangle, X, Circle, X, X, Circle Dark Tooth Triangle, Square, Triangle, Square, _, Square Grasshopper Moscow Triangle, X, Circle, _, _, _ Paris X, Triangle, Circle, Square, Square, Circle Amazonia _, X, Circle, Circle, Triangle, Circle New York Circle, Triangle, X, Circle, _, Square Antarctica X, Square, Square, Circle, _, Triangle Holland Triangle, Triangle, X, Square, Circle, Triangle Hong Kong Circle, Square, Square, Circle, X, Triangle Dark Tooth X, _, X, Square, Square, _ Hammerhead Moscow _, Triangle, X, X, X, _, Square Paris _, X, Triangle, Square, X, Triangle Amazonia Triangle, _, _, _, X, Circle New York Triangle, Triangle, X, Triangle, X, X Antarctica Triangle, X, Triangle, Circle, X, Square Holland Triangle, Square, Square, X, Square, _ Hong Kong Circle, Triangle, Circle, Square, Square, Triangle Dark Tooth Circle, Circle, Circle, _, Triangle, X Mr. Grimm Moscow Triangle, Triangle, X, X, Circle, _ Paris Circle, X, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, X Amazonia X, Circle, Circle, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle New York Triangle, _, _, Circle, X, Circle Antarctica Circle, Triangle, X, Triangle, X, _ Holland X, X, Triangle, _, Circle, X Hong Kong _, X, Circle, Triangle, Square, Square Dark Tooth _, Square, Triangle, Circle, Circle, Triangle Mr. Slam Moscow X, X, Triangle, Square, X, _ ParisX, _, _, Circle, X, Square Amazonia Circle, Triangle, Square, _, Square, X New York Triangle, X, Circle, Square, _, Circle Antarctica Triangle, _, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, Triangle Holland _, Circle, _, _, Circle, _ Honk Kong Square, _, _, Triangle, _, Triangle Dark Tooth Square, _, Square, Triangle, Circle, X Outlaw 2 Moscow _, X, Circle, _, Triangle, _ Paris Triangle, Triangle, X, Circle, Triangle, _ Amazonia Triangle, Square, Square, Square, Triangle, _ New York Circle, X, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, _ Antarctica X, Triangle, Circle, X, Triangle, _ Holland X, Square, Square, _, Triangle Hong Kong _, Triangle, X, Square, X, X Dark Tooth _, Circle, X, _, Triangle, _ Road Kill Moscow Circle, X, Triangle, Square, Square, _ Paris Triangle, _, Triangle, _, _, Circle Amazonia X, X, Triangle, Circle, Square, Triangle New York Circle, _, _, X, _, X Antarctica _, Triangle, Square, X, Circle, _ Holland X, _, _, Triangle, _, Square Hong Kong Triangle, Triangle, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle Dark Tooth Triangle, Circle, X, Triangle, Square, X, Shadow Moscow Square, _, _, Triangle, Triangle, _ Paris X, Triangle, X, Square, Circle, Triangle Amazonia X, X, Circle, _, Triangle, X New York X, _, _, X, Circle, Square Antarctica Circle, X, Circle, Circle, X, Circle Holland Circle, Triangle, Square, Triangle, Square, _ Hong Kong Circle, _, Triangle, _, Square, X Dark Tooth Circle, Triangle, _, Triangle, Circle, _ Spectre Moscow Circle, Triangle, X, X, Triangle, _ Paris _, Triangle, Square, Circle, Circle, X Amazonia Circle, X, Triangle, Square, Triangle, X New York _, X, Circle, X, X, Triangle Antarctica X, _, _, _, Circle, Triangle Holland Triangle, _, _, Square, X, Square Hong Kong X, Triangle, X, Triangle, Circle, Square Dark Tooth X, Circle, Circle, Circle, _, Triangle Thumper Moscow Circle, _, _, Triangle, X, _ Paris X, Square, Square, Circle, Circle, Triangle Amazonia Triangle, X, Circle, _, Square, _ New York X, X, Triangle, Triangle, X, Triangle Antarctica Triangle, Triangle, Square, _, _, _ Holland X, Triangle, X, _, Square, Triangle Hong Kong Triangle, _, _, Square, Triangle, _ Dark Tooth Triangle, _, Square, Square, X, Circle Twister Moscow X, _, _, Triangle, Circle, _ Paris Triangle, X, Circle, Circle, X, Triangle Amazonia _, Triangle, Square, X, Square, Circle New York X, Triangle, X, Circle, X, _ Antarctica Circle, _, _, X, Square, Triangle Holland _, X, X, _, _, Circle Hong Kong X, X, Triangle, X, Square, _ Dark Tooth X, Square, _, Square, Triangle, Circle WartHog Moscow Triangle, _, _, Triangle, Square, _ Paris Triangle, Square, Square, Square, X, Square Amazonia Circle, Square, Square, Circle, X, X New York X, Square, Square, _, X, Circle Antarctica _, X, Circle, Triangle, _, Square Holland Triangle, X, Triangle, Square, _, X Hong Kong Circle, X, Triangle, Circle, _, Circle Dark Tooth Circle, Square, Space, Circle, Circle, Square Note: "_" indicates a space.
Invisibility (three seconds) - Right, Down, Left, Up Shield - Up(2), Right Freeze - Left, Right, Up Napalm - Right, Left, Up Jump - Up(2), Left Mines - Right, Left, Down Rear attack - Left, Right, Down Rear freeze - Left, Right, Down, Left, Right, Up Rear napalm - Left, Right, Down, Right, Left, Up Minion attack - Up, Down, Up(2), R2 Note: Minion's Attack can be used by any vehicle.
At the SingleTrac logo screen, press Up, Down, L1, R1. Enter the code when the logo changes into its second form.
At the two player challenge match track selection screen, press Down, Up, L1, R1. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a loud noise.
At the two player challenge match track selection screen, press Down, Left, R1, Down. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a loud noise.
At the two player challenge match track selection screen, press Up, Down, Right, R1. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a loud noise.
At the vehicle selection screen, press Up, L1, Triangle, Right. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear the sound of an explosion. Note: The stage password will not be accessible with this code.
Get at least two napalms. Fire a napalm, keep the button held, and press Up, Down (2), Left(3), Right(2). If you entered the code correctly, extra napalms will appear in your inventory. Any napalms collected will act as homing napalms when fired and track their intended target.
While playing a game as Axel, hold R1 and press Up, Down, Left, Right(2), Left, Down, Up. Now when Axel runs into something, it will do a large amount of damage. Note: This code only works for Axel.
While playing a game, press Down, Up, Right, Left, Up(2), Down(2). This will trade all weapons in your inventory for health. The more weapons you have in your inventory, the more health you will receive.
While playing a game, hold R2 + L2 and quickly press Up, Down, Left, Right(2), Left, Down, Up. If you entered the code correctly, a sound and text message will appear.
While playing a game, hold R2 and quickly press Up, Down, Left, Right(2), Left, Down, Up. If you entered the code correctly, a sound and text message will appear.
Watch out for falling glaciers. If your on one, you'll be able to tell if it's going to fall. Blue crack-lines will appear on it. Get off while you still can!!
First you must be Twister. Then while playing press right, left, up. Twister will shoot a fire ball.
Place the game disc in any cd player to hear bonus songs.
Everytime on the energy meter (not life) when it is green, use your sheild (up, up, right) to not be damaged. This is most effective while being put through Mr. Slam's, Twister's Minion's Darktooth's, or Thumper's weapon. Also, on Amazonia, use the sheild to prevent lava damage.
This is most effecient while using Spectre. 1.) Frezze your enemy and place a remote right next to him or her. Back away and blow it up. 2.) Use Spectre's speed advantage by going really fast, droping a remote in front of a slow enemy like Mr. Slam or Hammer Head and detnate it after a second. You will be far enough to be mildly affected or to not be affected at all. 3.) In Paris, get on the transporter pad and lay the bomb. Collect all the weapons up there and then get out. Sooner or later, a enemy will land on it and go flying.
To do this code play a 2 player match and go to California. Do the invincibility code, then get on one of the tunnels and face the other tunnel. Next switch your bombs to a remote, back up and turbo into the bomb and jumping over the fence. Then to get back over the do about the same thing. If it doesn't work the #1 time keep trying.
Refill life bar Run over ten people to regain energy. Subway recharge Enter the subway tracks In Hong Kong, then jump on the train and remain there. When you go up through an archway the message "Free Train Ride" will appear accompanied by a loud bang. Your health and special items will be recharged. Ride the Subway in Hong Kong When the subway starts coming around, drive in front of it, lining yourself with the subway's path. Do it someone on the track where it's flat and easy to jump, and if you time a jump correctly, you can get on top of the subway. Things to destroy in Los Angeles The Hollywood sign will blow up after one hit from a power missile. The small bridge will explode after one remote bomb. The glass to both tunnels will break open. The water jets that shoot water can be blown up. The buildings near them can also be destroyed. Shoot the box labeled Twisted Metal with your machine guns to reveal a remote bomb. Things to destroy in Moscow Blow up the ramps by going to the purple taser beam. Place a remote bomb in the exact center and run. It will blow up all the ramps. Go up the ramp and shoot a napalm at the object hovering in the middle to blow up the remaining ramps. The pictures on the side of the fence all will burn except the picture of the ice cream truck. Things to destroy in Paris Use the transporter to beam up, then plant a remote bomb at the Eiffel Tower. Immediately use your turbos, then detonate the bomb. Things to destroy in Amazonia Shoot a missile at the large statue to reveal a tunnel leading underground. Shoot another missile at the end of the tunnel to reveal the exit. Go to the large stone structure (not the statue). Look carefully to find two hidden doors. After destroying the door on the right, shoot out the candles with your machine guns to find ammo. Things to destroy in New York Shoot the Statue of Liberty until the torch lights in the New York stage. Then, shoot it until its clothes explode to see the statue in a bikini. Continue to fire at the statue to eventually destroy it. The top of one building has a silver box. Destroy it and fall through to find a hidden pool inside the building. Things to destroy in Holland Fire one or two missiles to destroy the windmills. Things to destroy in Hong Kong Keep shooting at the railroad cars in the tunnel to destroy them after a certain amount of time passes. Ramming hit Select Minion as a character and enable the "Invincibility" code for infinite turbos. Turn on the turbo and ram into the other cars. Flying over Paris Select Twister as a character, enable the "Invincibility" code and play the Paris level. Destroy the Eiffel tower and drive down the ramp. Then, go left at the left walkway. Take another left and go to the edge of the building. Use a remote mine and ride the explosion into the sky. Use the turbo as soon as the mine detonates to take off. Leaving Los Angeles Select Twister as a character, enable the "Invincibility" code and play the Los Angeles level. Get on top of the tunnel that does not have the transporter. Drive to the very edge of the grassy area and place a remote mine at this location. Wait and ride the explosion. Use the turbo as soon as Twister leaves the ground to leave the level. Playing as Spectre Use your speed to get way from opponents, then come right back at them with long rang homing missiles. Speed and missiles make him a very effective character. The following strategy works best in Hong Kong and is useful when fighting Dark Tooth. Put some distance between you and your opponent and watch him on radar. When he is directly behind you, fire backwards with your special and homing missiles. Run away and repeat. Another good attack that can be used be all fast characters is to freeze your enemy, lay a remote bomb right next to him, get away, then detonate the bomb. Defeating Minion Destroy one of the stone blocks the covers the tunnel entrance on the Lava stage. Once inside, turn around and wait for Minion to approach the entrance. Then, stay in the tunnel but fire napalm outside. Minion will not enter the tunnel. The best place to perform this trick is at the base of the ramp. Once his power is depleted, go out with full power and use any weapon to destroy him.
While playing a game in one player mode, hold Up and press Select to switch to an overhead and helicopter view. In two player mode, this will alternate how the screen is split.
While playing a game, press Select + Left.
While playing a game, press Select + Right.
While playing a game, press Select + Down to select weapons from a list instead of a group of icons.
At the vehicle selection screen, press R1.
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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013)
The Plot: Katniss Everdeen and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark have barely returned home after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games when they are whisked away once again by the Capitol. Forced to leave her family and best friend Gale, Katniss is dispatched on a victory tour of Panem with Peeta, where rebellion is seething in all 12 districts.
The Capitol is enraged and ready to strike back . . . as President Snow prepares the most diabolical edition of the Hunger Games yet.
Movie Review
"The Hunger Games" garnered mostly positive reviews, but can this second film of the series avoid the dreaded sequelitis?
Cast Press Conference
Director Francis Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth joined their cast mates for a press conference in Los Angeles, CA.
Photo Gallery
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Sam Claflin pictures.
First Night Box Office
(Nov 2013) "Catching Fire" set the box office on fire during its first preview night in theaters.
LA Premiere Photos
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland, Alan Ritchson, Francis Lawrence, Jena Malone, and Suzanne Collins were among the celebs to hit the red carpet at the LA premiere.
Cast List
Cast and crew list, MPAA rating, release date, and running time.
Josh Hutcherson Video
Josh Hutcherson talks about having Francis Lawrence take over as director in the second film of the franchise and what scene he's most excited about.
Film Poster
Poster tagline: "Every revolution begins with a spark"
Film Trailer
Check out the action in the new "Catching Fire" film starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss.
Soundtrack News
Movie #1 had Taylor Swift while movie #2 has Christina Aguilera.
Exclusive Willow Shields Interview
We go one-on-one with Willow Shields to find out what it's like to be a part of the whole "Hunger Games" experience.
Production News
Filming is underway on "Catching Fire" and Lionsgate has announced a fan contest.
Amanda Plummer Takes a Role
(July 2012) Lionsgate officially announced the addition of Amanda Plummer to the impressive cast of "Catching Fire."
Jena is 'Johanna'
(July 2012) Jena Malone ("Sucker Punch," "Hatfields & McCoys") will play Johanna Mason in "Catching Fire."
Sam Claflin Joins "Catching Fire"
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Obama's Rhetoric Won't Create Any Jobs
The invisible hand of free market capitalism continues to swat Obama's pesky attempts at control.
Earlier this week, President Obama stood before the Chamber of Commerce and implored them to "get off the sidelines and invest in America." It was a speech reminiscent of King Cnut, the Nordic monarch who built his throne on the beach and commanded the waves to cease so that they would not wet his robes.
The difference is that King Cnut quickly learned of his fallibility. According to chronicler Henry of Huntingdon, when the tides failed to cease, Cnut said, "Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name, but He whom heaven, earth, and sea obey by eternal laws." [Check out a roundup of political cartoons on Obama.]
The invisible hand of free market capitalism continues to swat Obama's pesky attempts at control, yet there he stands, just as he did two years ago, demanding that it obey his commands.
In speaking to the chamber, Obama said:
As we work with you to make America a better place to do business, I'm hoping that all of you are thinking what you can do for America. Ask yourselves what you can do to hire more American workers, what you can do to support the American economy and invest in this nation. That's what I want to talk about today--the responsibilities we all have--the mutual responsibilities we have--to secure the future that we all share.
He went on to list the responsibilities that businesses share with society; namely, to invest in America's education, infrastructure, and ability to innovate. They should do it by using the "nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets" to put more Americans to work.
The government is focused on job creation--a laudable goal that Americans can get behind. Businesses are focused on profits--something society has characterized as the evil aim of soulless corporations. During his presidency, Obama has sought to play up this dichotomy for political gain. It's the old Wall Street versus Main Street line. [Read more about unemployment.]
It may make for great political theater. It may even win you some votes. What it won't do is create jobs.
Neither will his dogmatic belief that businesses must, for the greater good, aid in the recovery by a blind policy of job creation. In a letter to the Wall Street Journal, George Mason economist Donald Boudreaux shows the ridiculousness of this request:
The job of entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners and managers is to invest and to produce in ways that are most likely to yield the highest profit in the market. Period. By doing so, businesses follow the best available signals to guide them to promote the well-being of others. The additional goals that Mr. Obama wants business people to pursue sound splendid when trumpeted in public speeches but, in practice, are far too nebulous to be workable. No business person can possibly know enough to do consistently and successfully what Mr. Obama asks.
Businesses in the free market don't care about the unemployment rate. That statement no doubt disgusts some people, but that disgust is misplaced. Out of their single-minded pursuit of profit emerges the greatness of the American economy that, even in its darkest days, made more goods than the Japanese, Germans, British, and Italians-- combined.
It is those dastardly profits that, as economist Milton Friedman pointed out, provide "the incentive for investment in factories and machines, and for developing new products and methods." More productivity means higher wages. Higher wages means more demand. More demand means more jobs. [See a slide show of the best cities to find a job.]
That is the "virtuous cycle" that Obama should have been speaking of. Instead, we get a call for businesses to set aside their profit motive, to put away, if only for a while, their naked self-interest, forgetting that if they did, the economy would collapse.
While Obama continues to fight the tide of the free markets, while he continues to urge the waves of profits to cease, I won't be surprised when he finds his robes soaked through.
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The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) issued a grant for nearly $50,000 to Atlantic Cape Community College for its English as a Second Language Program, the college announced on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
CRDA's grant came in the total of $48,625, Atlantic Cape officials said. The English as a Second Language Program is based out of the Charles D. Worthington Atlantic City campus, which allows the program to qualify under the Atlantic City Community Development Program, according to the college.
According to the college, the English as a Second Language Program educates thousands of foreign-born Atlantic City residents and workers each year to be better readers and speakers of English. The college says this education benefits the city's industries by educating valuable employees.
Earlier this year, Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation (S1323/A2575), which amended the current law that required the CRDA to devote all future assets and revenue to the Atlantic City Tourism District.
Last week, Ventnor Mayor Mike Bagnell asked Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno about the possibility of CRDA funding to help the shore area recover in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Earlier this year, Sen. Christopher J. Connors introduced legislation that would divert some CRDA funding to the Garden State Parkway Interchange project on Route 30 in Galloway, but no progress has been made on that legislation.
The grant CRDA provided to Atlantic Cape will allow the college to purchase 42 new computers for two computer labs in the Atlantic City campus, according to Atlantic Cape officials. The college will also be able to purchase iPads and vocabulary enhancing software and apps for English as a Second Language classrooms.
"The generosity of the CRDA is greatly appreciated by the entire ESL Department as our students will benefit from this updated technology on a daily basis," Kristi Bergman, chairperson, Department of ESL and Modern Languages at Atlantic Cape, said. "We are really looking forward to starting the spring semester in the new labs and to be offering the use of iPads in the classroom."
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On tonight's exciting episode of the USA network espionage drama Covert Affairs, Annie Walker (Piper Perabo) and newbie tech operative Reva Kline (Jaime Alexander) are captured in Belarus while planting surveillance cameras at the country's border.
Joan (Kari Matchett) sends in Jai (Sendhil Ramamurthy) to rescue Annie and Reva. And Jai does rescue the women, but he seems to drag his feet along the way. Sendhil Ramamurthy is a good actor, but Jai's motives are spurious at best.
Reva sprains her ankle while trying to separate from Annie. She's pretty annoying and thinks she knows everything.
Meanwhile, back at home, Danielle (Anne Dudek) finds her sister's passport and Auggie (Christopher Gorham) has to call in a favor to keep Annie's cover intact.
This episode was good, but it would have been better if it had been Annie and Auggie on the mission instead of Annie and Reva. Upon her return, Annie asked Auggie if he was worried about her. Of course, he lied through his teeth and told her he wasn't. No matter how little time they have on-screen together, Annie and Auggie are entertaining in every episode.
This episode of Covert Affairs didn't feature Arthur (Peter Gallagher) at all, but he will no doubt be in future episodes, so that was okay.
Tune in next Tuesday at 10pm/9c, when Auggie goes on a dangerous renegade solo mission. This episode will be interesting because fans will find out more about how Auggie lost his sight.