text:
Welcome Back, Leos!
Students arrived on the University of La Verne campus Monday toting backpacks and hot coffee, some still sleepy-eyed from months of summer relaxation and others raring to go for the first day of t...
Online Edition
In 24 years, Eric Bishop made his mark on La Verne as a student, teacher and mentor.
In his roles as advisor, professor, director and dean, one principle has been paramount for Eric Bishop: students always come first.
Bishop has been known to say he had 1,500 children that he enjoyed caring for – a reference to his commitment to students at the University of La Verne.
"Many have graduated and left me, but I always seem to adopt more," he has said.
When he left his full-time job at the University of La Verne in 2007, Bishop had been at the university for 22 of the previous 24 years in one capacity or another. His roles included: student, faculty member, and above all, mentor and respected member of the La Verne family. Countless people had come to rely on the man they knew as "EB."
"I used to joke with people that I had served in every category at La Verne: as a classified staff member, a faculty member and an administrator. It was hard leaving," Bishop, now Dean of Chaffey College District's Fontana campus, said.
He said he found it particularly difficult to leave the students. And students also found it tough to say goodbye to their champion and friend.
The timing was right, however, and Bishop couldn't pass up such an opportunity. He said he was fortunate to land at an institution that "mimics and mirrors the same values at ULV."
His contributions to La Verne have earned him respect from students, faculty and staff. In 2008, he was named the Distinguished Alumni Award Winner for Service to Alma Mater. That prompted formation of an "EB Fan Club" on Facebook, where students, alumni and colleagues left him notes of congratulations and spoke of his impact.
"You are what ULV is all about… family, dedication, excellence," one former student wrote.
In his current role with Chaffey, Bishop is the chief operating officer for the Fontana campus and is responsible for completing campus strategic, growth and enrollment plans. He has held that position for a year. Clearly, a new group of students is benefitting from Bishop's commitment.
"There is an expectation of working toward students' success and caring what's best for students," he said. "That is talked about openly." That made the transition easier, he said.
Bishop, who grew up in Los Angeles, happened onto La Verne. It was obviously serendipity.
"I had two cousins going to La Verne College so it was the absolute place I didn't want to go," he said with a laugh. But through a variety of circumstances, he ended up applying.
"It felt like it was home. It really felt like it was the place I was supposed to be. I don't know any other place that has given me the opportunity to be me and to be the full person I tried to become."
Bishop quickly began making his mark. As resident assistant, he offered guidance to students who lived in the residence halls. During those undergraduate years, he was secretary and president of the Black Students Union, kept stats for the men's basketball team for four years and was a three-year spotlight weekend leader.
He earned his bachelor's degree in 1988 and began working in La Verne's Communications Department. After a short stint away from campus, he returned in 1994 with a master's degree and began work as a faculty member, teaching journalism and mass communications while advising for the Campus Times.
He moved into administration in 2001, first working as Director of Academic Advising and later as Associate Dean of Academic Support and Retention Services. He worked in administration for six years.
Earlier this year, Bishop, who earned a doctorate in organizational leadership, was chosen to speak at La Verne's commencement ceremonies.
Bishop said he was flattered to be asked to deliver a commencement speech. He said he was honored to have the opportunity to address college graduates and future educators and hoped to offer words of wisdom and encouragement.
Simon Bouie, who graduated from La Verne in 1999, has said Bishop would do anything in his power to help someone.
"He is a reflection of what one can argue is the most intriguing thing about a La Verne education – the opportunity for a student to not only learn from, but to become engaged in the lives of their instructors and establish true, lasting friendships," Bouie said.
Bishop believes he is merely doing his job as an educator.
"I've had a lot of students who have thanked me for believing in them and for working with them," Bishop said.
He keeps in mind his mother's advice. She told him that there is an opportunity in trying different things, even if they don't work out. She also instilled in him how important relationships are to growth and success.
Bishop said he didn't know what career path he wanted to pursue growing up. "I never thought education would be a path. It was something I stumbled onto just because I loved working with students." He said he's still debating his ultimate goal.
The beauty and meaning in what he's doing now — and has been doing — is obvious.
"We provide access to higher education for everyone," he said of working at Chaffey College. "Our doors are open for everyone who wants to attend. It gives people the opportunity to change their lives and their careers and that's the thing I love the most."
There are no comments yet. Be the first to comment!


text:
I'm so glad this exists
Nick Cage HD texture pack for Majora's Mask
Skull Kid is possibly my favorite Legend of Zelda character of all time, he truly is amazing.
Track: "Inverting the Tower Temple"
Artist: GSlicer
Album/Series: OverClocked ReMix Archive (Singles)
Track ID: OCR1577
Released: 10 May 2007
In the alternate universe in my head that I use to amuse myself, the second live-action film adaptation (of three) of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was released in theaters everywhere today. In honor of this (insane) "occasion," but more so just because I feel like it, I am sharing this (fittingly) insanely catchy MM remix (or, more accurately, ReMix) by GSlicer on OCR that I first heard on Radio Hyrule sometime last year or the year before. (Bad memories of that dungeon are now haunting me; thanks, self! Oo, I'm talking to myself; more insanity!)
Enjoy! Use the source link to visit this track's ReMix page on OverClocked ReMix, where you can download it for free.
いやしの歌も届かぬイカーナの亡霊の恨みたるや by クロ瓜

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Flu shots arrive at health departments statewide
Seasonal flu shots are now available at all Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) county clinics. The seasonal flu vaccine is recommended for anyone age six months and older.
Those particularly at risk for influenza complications include young children, adults 50 and older, pregnant women, and those with chronic illnesses.
Latest News
Casino appeals county budget, tax increase HWCC-Tunica, owner...
Business owners raise concerns over burned out building A building off Kestevan...
Bridging the Blues GATEWAY TO THE BLUES...
Welcome Back, Scout Base Chickasaw Council BSA's...
Act now to protect your family Flu season is here,...
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8


text:
Sorry, you are dead right and that should have been obvious. Okay, I'll dig out my animated brush and see if I can figure out where you might have gone wrong. Any advance on the tute you used?
torstan >> I am using The Gimp. I was replying in a Gimp topic, so I thought it was not obvious to precise my software, sorry.
Ascension > ok, I will try it when I'll come back from work.
Sorry, you are dead right and that should have been obvious. Okay, I'll dig out my animated brush and see if I can figure out where you might have gone wrong. Any advance on the tute you used?
Fantasy Map Blog | My food illustration
Everything I post is free for use and redistribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence, except where noted otherwise in the thread.
Ascension >> Thx! It works. Focus on mountains brush !!!
torstan >> you are welcome. Anyway, do you have any tips to make animated brushes?
My tutorials: Using GIMP to Create an Artistic Regional Map ~ All My Tutorials
My GIMP Scripts: Rotating Brush ~ Gradient from Image ~ Mosaic Tile Helper ~ Random Density Map ~ Subterranean Map Prettier ~ Tapered Stroke Path ~ Random Rotate Floating Layer ~ Batch Image to Pattern ~ Better Seamless Tiles ~ Tile Shuffle ~ Scale Pattern ~ Grid of Guides ~ Fractalize path ~ Label Points
My Maps: Finished Maps ~ Challenge Entries ~ My Portfolio: www.cartocopia.com
Glad to be of help, my friend. He's referring to the tut on the Gimp website about making your own animated brush/tube/etc. That stupid thing had me perplexed for one whole night and once I finally just started messin around and got it fixed I was burnt out on it and haven't touched Gimp since.
If the radiance of a thousand suns was to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One...I am become Death, the Shatterer of worlds.
-J. Robert Oppenheimer (father of the atom bomb) alluding to The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 11, Verse 32)
My Maps ~ My Brushes ~ My Tutorials ~ My Challenge Maps


text:
Three weeks ago, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton strained his left calf. Tomorrow, he is set to make his first appearance according to a report by Bill Shaikin of The Los Angeles Times. This leaves Hamilton two weeks to prepare for the upcoming season. The Halos have a dozen spring games remaining, so Hamilton should get a fair number of plate appearances over that time.
If Hamilton averages 3 PA per game, that's 36. Last spring, Hamilton racked up 60 AB in the 21 games in which he appeared. There's also the case of utilizing him in minor league games as well, so that shouldn't be a concern. Neither Hamilton nor Angels manager Mike Scioscia have expressed concern about Hamilton getting the needed work. As Scioscia told Shaikin, the club "complement it". That could mean Hamilton appearing in some minor league games as well, if necessary.
The pair also wasn't concerned about Hamilton being ready for Opening Day either.
A healthy Hamilton is a must for the Angels this season. A more productive season than last year would be a welcome sight as the club is expected to be a contender for at least a wild card spot. I'm sure they would take a season similar to the last one he posted as a member of Texas Rangers (.285/.354/.577, 43 HR, 128 RBI). Who wouldn't take that.
In the bigger picture, the Angels should also contend for the AL West title along with the Oakland A's and Hamilton's former team, the Rangers.


text:
Magical elf jailed for lifting women's knickers
A 45-year-old man who "blurred the line between reality and make believe" and adopted the character of magical elf Buho from Shadowrun to rob a Belfast lingerie store at knifepoint, has been brought down to Earth with a two-year jail sentence, The Times reports. Robert Boyd, of Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, told Belfast Crown Court …
Mr Johnson won't be impressed....
The article neglects to mention whether or not the glasses were 'national elf' specs....
Pay cut
Even if he got away with it, there's no way his Johnson would have paid the full price, you know that, he made the news after all.
Whats next?
Clearly Violent Video games have had their day. Good old human imagination is next on the chopping block, clearly.
I got you Reme, I'm not sure is this is a good thing or not :)
Should have used the "Magical Boots of Escaping"...
Underpants gnomes
Stage 1, steal underpants, Stage 2, ...., Stage 3, Profit!
Robbery at knifepoint ? He deserves what he got
Even if he does sound a bit "Care in the community"....
Good Judgery
Bet the crims feel unhappy at the prospect of being Lynch(ed)
Two years for stealing knickers....and yet only a fine for common assault.
Most read
- Crawling from the Wreckage Want a more fuel efficient car? Then redesign it – here's how
- Review Xperia Z3: Crikey, Sony – ANOTHER flagship phondleslab?
- Human spaceships dodge ALIEN BODY skimming Mars
- Downrange Are you a gun owner? Let us in OR ELSE, say Blighty's top cops
- Ex-US Navy fighter pilot MIT prof: Drones beat humans - I should know


text:
@AlexWilliams wrote a fantastic post about @Twelephone on @TechCrunch this week. His tech story broke around 10am PT on 1/14/2013 and our Web app (twelephone.com) went from an average of 50 unique visitors per day to several thousand unique visitors on that day alone!
As the sun set in the West, news about Twelephone continued to spread to other countries following TechCrunch's lead. Web traffic and realtime site activity were sustained at growing levels of increasing activity.
Luckily our Web application was designed to scale from Day 1. How did we design the application to scale, you ask?
First off, our Web application is written in Node.JS as a single page application. The server side portion of our application was designed to not require user state management. This key decision allowed us to spin up more servers as needed to handle the increased traffic volume driven from Alex's awesome story. Luckily we used Nodejitsu for our Node.JS hosting provider. Not only is Nodejitsu one of the few providers of realtime websockets (more on this in a minute) on a PaaS offering but they support dynamic scaling of additional drones as needed.
Next, we used RedisToGo DBaaS to manage the state of our realtime websocket transactions across the cluster of our Node.JS servers. Luckily Socket.io (written by @rauchg) has this feature built into his Node library allowing us to add just a few lines of code to switch from their default MemoryStore to the RedisStore.
Next, we used MongoHQ DBaaS to manage user and call data as a NoSQL database. NoSQL allowed us quickly read and write JSON data to/from Twitter and Twelephone APIs and the Mongo datastore.
We chose to RedisToGo and MongoHQ because managing databases is not our core competence. These two providers allowed for dynamic platform scaling based on your usage requirements. All three vendors listed in this article offer free trial plans all the way up to dedicated enterprise solutions designed to scale. Don't just take our word for it, give them a test drive and see for yourself.
Our TechCrunch coverage proved that Twelephone was written in a modern scaling fashion allowing us to claim webscale honors. It also proved that we selected the right technologies and service providers. Now we can focus on our users and their feature requests without worrying about managing our infrastructure scaling requirements.
Ring - Ring - Hello :)
joke, right?Several thousandunique visitors...that "web scale"? Try throwing


text:
Here, you will get a good collection of some important Expert Advisors for free.
Pallada 5 – Professional trading package for MT5 and MT4
Trading with Pallada 5 is suitable to trade with initial deposit starting from 1 000 USD and 0.3 lot, but we suggest to start with 3000 and 0.6 lots. In this situation, system will give 150 % depo increase. New Pallada 5 gives you a chance to use both automatic and semi-automatic way of trading. If you are involved in improving your trading skills, learning more about market and if you're final goal is to turn into a professional trader – enter trades manually and watch how market operates.
Fractal Breakout Custom Indicator
Early detection is what the Fractal Breakout Custom Indicator aims for. Getting in in the beginning big motions is essential, and this indicator is the solution. We're discussing large motions of 1000+ pips.
Click Here to Download A GREAT Trading Tool and Strategy For FREE
Dealing Forex trading isn't simple, but with this indicator it's certainly more pleasant.The indicator is depending on analyzing the durability of a particular pattern and determining the perfect time to get into depending on retracements. Once a retracement is noticed it stays for a fractal set up. As soon as everything is in synchronize it allows you know a prospective business is arriving up.
Forex Cash Protector
Forex Cash Protector controls both Small and Large Lots with professional care. Money Control Is First Concern but allows for modification of danger that best packages you. The Forex Cash Protector dealing professional comes prepared with excellent money management, low drawdown and powerful successful dealing features.
Its unique never before seen profit taking feature and low contact with danger sets it apart from the rest of spiders available. With different money management strategies it allows the versatility of a traditional, average or competitive approach to achieve dealing success.


text:
"Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies."
Well.. we know its much more than that.Walker(s) Walkin
THE WALKING DEAD behind the scenes of 4x08
(via zuzzolek)
Danai Gurira - behind the scenes - 4x02 "Infected"
(via the-walking-dead-amc)
(via im-so-vogue)
The Walking Dead | Season 1
Hanging with Steven Yeun
(via aquillus)
Under my umbrella-ella-ella
eh eh eh ♪
(Source: winterthirst)
(via the-walking-dead-amc)
This pic is just too cute for words. <3


text:
Advanced Search | Shop by Brand
Customer Reviews
This product is yet to be reviewed.
Be the first to leave a review
Makita BCS550Z LXT 18v Cordless Metal Cutting Saw 136mm Blade without Battery Or ChargerModel BCS550 is a MAKSTAR Cordless Metal Cutting Saw, featuring compact and lightweight design for high maneuverability and easy handling.Features:- Double safety trigger.- High comfort grips.- LED job light that creates and easy to trace cutting line.Specifications:Blade diameter - 136mmBore diameter - 20mmMaterial thickness - 3mm mid steelDepth of cut @ 90° - 51mmNo load speed - 3600rpmNet weight - 2.9kgComes with a 1 year guarantee
This product is yet to be reviewed. Be the first to leave a review.
You may need Adobe Reader to view some of our downloads.
If you do not already have it installed please click the icon to the left to install
If you require more information or assistance with this product please consult the links below :
If you have a bulk order for this item then we may be able to offer you an extra discount. Please call our order line on 0844 335 3902 for a quote.
Please note : to qualify for a bulk discount where not already specified on the website, a bulk order would be considered to be normally a minimum of around 100 units for lower value items, and sometimes less if it is high value item.
Tooled-Up.com78 Suez RoadBrimsdownEnfieldMiddlesexEN3 7PSTel : 0844 335 3902


text:
Why I Left
April 11, 1988
How Washington, D.C., is better than New York City.
Beatles Buy-Out
May 11, 1987
Michael Jackson turns "Revolution" into a commercial jingle.
Excerpt From: "Talk Talk"
February 16, 1987
Now that the schools have more or less abandoned the responsibility, passing judgment on speech has become semi-institutionalized in our society in the columns and commentaries of the so-called 'pop grammarians.' The label is a little unfair, since talking about talk is, or ought to be, a kind of right of cultural citizenship.
Two Cheers For Irving Kristol
October 30, 1983
Who he was, and was not.
The Afghan Resistance
June 20, 1982
What the Soviets don't get about the country they just invaded.
The Beatles Considered
December 02, 1981
Twenty years later, are the Beatles still magical?
Kristol Unclear
June 27, 1981
The neoconservative's human-rights double standard.
Two Cheers for Capitalism
June 03, 1978
Irving Kristol and his "new class" of liberal elites.
White House Watch: Nixon Then and Now
February 22, 1975
A new book and news accounts from San Clemente depict Richard Nixon as he appeared to one of his White House writers before Watergate destroyed his presidency and as he is in exile and nearly total seclusion six months after his resignation. The book is William Safire's Before the Fall (Doubleday; $12.50).
The World of Levi-Strauss
January 01, 1970
The Savage Mind by Claude Levi-Strauss Translated by George Weidenfeld The certainty that the boundaries of one's society define the frontiers of humanity--that all societies outside the boundary are thereby equally outside the pale of reason, mere clusters of gibbering savages--is curiously widespread. In the Western world, the certainty takes the form of a grand dichotomy, and all of mankind is split into two mutually exhaustive and contrastive camps, the primitive and the civilized.


text:
Sales Manager, Carpet Emulsion
Michael Page International HK Ltd Shanghai
Sales Manager, Carpet Emulsion
• attraction pay, career progression, good company culture
• supportive management; good link between commercial department and supporting
About Our Client
A leading global producer of value-added industrial chemicals and high-performance engineered polymers.
Job Description
• Fully responsible for developing direct-served customers in carpet emulsion business in North China with responsibility
• Establish strong commercial relationship with key customers, achieve the sales target given by company in China.
• Support regional distributor for the mid and small size customers
• Emulsions at carpet segment for key account and selected direct-serve customers in North China. The annual volume is 10000MT.
• Support regional distributor to reach the sales target given by company.
• Customer relationship management
• Achieve the annual target of sales, growth, market share, profit.
• Maintain relationship with relevant people in the key account. E.g. Technical/ purchasing person.
• Customer calls/visit on a daily basis.
• Market information collecting, competitor analyzing.
• Weekly & monthly report.
The Successful Applicant
• 1.5 to 8 years experience in chemical or raw material companies related to carpet industry.
• Relevant degree in Chemical, Polymer, Material Engineering, etc.
• Excellent B2B direct selling skills and key account sales skills
• Excellent competency of execution and result driven
• Willing to travel frequently.
• Self Motivated, working independently, full of passion, easy communication.
What's On Offer
• attraction pay,
• career progression,
• good company culture,
• supportive management;
• good link between commercial department and supporting
Apply for this job
Apply online using the form below or phone Fiona Wen on + 8621 3222 4758 quoting jobref H1232700
- Posted
- 30 March 2012
- Closes
- 30 May 2012
- Ref
- Sector
- Client Side / In-house, Consumer Goods
- Function
- Sales
- Specialism
About Michael Page International HK Ltd
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specialising in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract and temporary positions with some of the world's biggest brands.


text:
Would you like to save names or email namesto a friend?
Sign up here.
Forgot password?
First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by
Marcia Layton Turner.
this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
First name origin: Greek
First name meaning: God is good
Last name origin: Belgian and northern French
Last name meaning: Dutch-influenced variant of
Millecamp, a habitational name for someone who lived in a house
'amid the fields' (northern French dialect mi les camps).
Like us onFacebook
Follow uson Pinterest
Top 10 Group Halloween Costumes for Families
These store-bought and Pinterest-inspired Halloween costume ideas for groups are the perfect way to show off your creative side at your Halloween party or while trick-or-treating.
Kindergarten Readiness App Wins Gold
Our Kindergarten Readiness app won the Gold Award of Excellence in the educational category at the 2014 Communicator Awards. This valuable checklist comes with games and activities to help your child practice the essential skills she needs for kindergarten. Download the Kindergarten Readiness app today!
12 Spine-Tingling Halloween Movies for Teens
Are you looking for a movie with just a little bit of spook-factor for your teen? Check out these 12 spine-tingling Halloween movies!
Find Today's Newest & Best Children's Books!
Looking for newly released books for your child? Try our new Book Finder tool to search for new books by age, type, and theme, and create reading lists for kids!
© 2000-2014 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Sign up for Yardbarker's daily Top 10 newsletter, the Morning Bark! Customize to get news on your favorite sports and teams.
The Tennessee Titans lose Anthony Smith for the rest of the year
The Titans have lost 28-year old safety Anthony Smith for the rest of the season due to a groin injury as he has been placed on the Injured Reserve List. Smith played in 13 games for the Titans last year and he had 11 tackles and 2 passes defensed. He has now played in 76 games in his NFL career and he has 176 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries...
Via Titans Locker
December 14, 2011 | Discuss
Titans News
Delivered to your inbox
You'll also receive Yardbarker's daily Top 10, featuring the best sports stories from around the web. Customize your newsletter to get articles on your favorite sports and teams. And the best part? It's free!
Follow us on Twitter


text:
All 16 people aboard a Eurocopter AS 332L2 Super Puma operated by Bond Offshore Helicopters died when the medium twin hit the surface of the North Sea on April 1, after what the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) called a catastrophic failure of the main gearbox.
April 2009 North Sea helicopter crash
The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is investigating the ditching of a Eurocopter EC 225 Super Puma in the North Sea on February 18. All 16 passengers and two crewmembers were rescued with minor injuries after the Bond-operated helicopter ditched near its destination oil platform. The accident took place in the ETAP field, about 130 nm east of Aberdeen, Scotland.
The UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) boasts a permanent staff of just 45 people and a seemingly modest annual budget of £4.5 million ($6.3 million). Almost three-quarters of its personnel–31 people–are accident inspectors, including four principal inspectors (two covering operations and two for engineering); 10 operations and 10 engineering inspectors; and four FDR and CVR specialists.
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the UK's Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) lays claim to being the world's oldest team of aircraft crash investigators, dating its origins to 1915 as part of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC).
- ‹‹
- Page 2


text:
"Welcome! Glad to have you here! If ya ever need anything...don't hesitate to ask! Look forward to getting to know you! Sincerely, Rebecca http://www.mythirtyone.com/rebecca25 http://www.marykay.com/rebecca.sprouse"
Follow Us: Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Quick Links: Join Blogger Programs | Join our partner Mommy's Club
Janna has not received any gifts yet


text:
Monkey See contributor/longtime nerd Glen Weldon recently attended San Diego Comic-Con. He kept a diary during one of the largest media events in the world.
9:30 a.m.: I file the Day 1 diary with Linda and send out a tweet asking Pop Culture Happy Hour listeners who are attending Comic-Con to come to the Marriott bar at 5:30 today to get a PCHH pin. It's something on the order of a "meetup," as the kids say.
Yeah, I know. I don't recognize myself either.
11:00 a.m.: Late start today. JC and L stole out of the suite in the dead of night to head to the airport, and F is spending the day with a friend from high school, so I'll be flying solo for the next two days.
The boat ride over from the hotel was packed but disappointingly cosplay-free. Is this what the real world looks like? Just people sitting around in, like, frickin' golf shirts or whatnot? Step up your game, Normals. Compared to the wonders these eyes have witnessed these past two days, contemporary casualwear now seems a mighty thin gruel.
11:30 a.m.: I report to the DC Entertainment booth to spend some time with a demo of the upcoming Batman video game, Arkham: Origins. Actually, it's the game's Creative Director, Studio Montreal's Eric Holmes, who's spending time with it – I'm watching over his shoulder as he walks me through a mid-game level wherein Batman follows his bliss (read: brutalizes thugs and reconstructs crime scenes, because: Batman). (My decision to let Holmes navigate the game's obstacles was just effective time-management, really. I know my madd gaming skillz well enough to know that if I were at the controls, my fifteen minutes with the game would consist of Batman walking into a series of exquisitely rendered walls and firing Batarangs at his foot.)
Origins is the third game in the universally and justifiably acclaimed Arkham series, which combines stealth missions with a combat system that's not only easy to pick up and play but remarkably deep. Most importantly, perhaps, the game's Gotham's City is still festooned with conveniently placed gargoyles, the better to pose dramatically, broodingly, upon.
This release is the first in the series not to be developed by Rocksteady Studios, and whenever a franchise changes horses in mid-stream like that, gamers worry.
But Origins, a prequel to the previous Arkham titles, feels gratifyingly familiar, and looks great. I couldn't tell, from my brief time with the demo, if the game's added emphasis on crime-scene investigation – an aspect the previous Arkham games only flirted with – will make players feel more like Batman, or simply gum up the gameplay by forcing the player through a series of required actions. But I'm optimistic. Also (I whisper to myself as Holmes takes out a thug with a new grapple hook-gadget) I'm Batman.
The DC booth also features mannequins dressed in the various Superman costumes that have been featured in film and television over the years, including the (woefully misguided, angers-up-the-blood-ing) red pleather jacket from late-era Smallville.
I can't take my eyes off the version of the costume from 1978's Superman: The Movie, the iconic power of which is only enhanced by its mannequin's physique. It takes nothing away from Christopher Reeve's indelible performance to note that his Superman was one lanky dude. Oh, he was muscular – but he was 70s muscular, before Pumping Iron and Calvin Klein underwear ads changed how we view male physiognomy.
Because it must be said: this mannequin wearing Reeve's suit is SERIOUSLY jacked. He's got a body that comports more closely with contemporary images of male hummina-osity. The combination of that familiar costume and that impossible anatomy looks more like the Superman of the comics than anything I've ever seen.
1:00 pm: The panel's subject is can't miss: "Humor in Graphic Novels." Humor? Graphic novels? My two passions! And the four authors — Jeffrey Brown (Vader's Little Princess), Tom Gauld (You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack), Lisa Hanawalt (My Dirty Dumb Eyes) and Ellen Forney (Marbles) — wrote four of my favorite books of the last year. They seem like nice, smart, friendly people, and I'm sincerely pulling for them as I watch them attempt to find a way to talk about the Craft of Humor in a way that DOESN'T leach all life and color and hope from the world. In their defense, that's a feat that has eluded Man since first He crawled from the primordial muck. Let's just say the audience's post-lunch blood sugar doesn't help.
2:30 p.m. A panel on digital comics, moderated by Rob Salkowitz, a comic geek-turned-business writer whose book, Comic-Con and the Business of Popular Culture, offers the most rigorously clear examination of Where All This Is Headed that I've come across.
A note, here: When tablets were first introduced, some tech writers were making bold predictions that the technology would single-handedly rescue a moribund comics industry from its aging, shrinking readership. I was skeptical that such a high-cost chunk of technology would have much of an effect, for various reasons.
So, yeah, I was wrong. Or at least, I was more wrong than the boosters were. It's still early days, and digital distribution represents only a fraction of comics sold, but it's a number that's growing fast. Companies like Comixology, which now offers over 40,000 comics from both the big publishers and from individual creators at the tap of an app, are widening the playing field.
For years, brick-and-mortar comics shops have stuck to a business model that's very risk averse – they buy only the titles they know will sell to their largely male, largely superhero-loving audiences. Now, digital distribution allows writers and artists who are telling stories about something other than superheroes to get their work out into the world, and in the process demonstrate to comics shops that there is, after all, a market for them. They're not tearing down the hoary old distribution infrastructure, they're building it out.
3:30 pm ET: The third lead of a notable genre show of the 90s is signing autographs at a table in a cavernous room above the convention floor. There is about him the haunted, ravaged look of a Breaking Bad background extra. I worry about his life choices, up to an including the frosted tips.
3:15 pm ET: I've made it a habit to ask everyone I speak to for more than a minute or so the same two questions: When did you first notice that nerd culture had gone mainstream? And why do you think it happened?
The first question gets at the societal change that's taken place in the past decade or so: The fact that "geeking out" over one's obsessions, be they Doctor Who, craft beer or fantasy football, has become for many millions of us the new normal, the default mode to engage with the world around us. The second question … WHY did that change happen? — is what I'm trying to write a book about. (More about the answers I'm getting later.)
I'm struck, as I talk to various people over the course of the day, by what I'm NOT hearing. Namely, buzz from Hall H.
For years, I'd naively assumed that announcements made by big television shows and films in that giant auditorium filled with screaming fans who'd camped for hours for the chance to receive them would spread through the con like wildfire. But as you walk the floor, or chat with those seated around you in the moments before a panel begins, or lurk in a hallway attempting to get a cell signal before getting shooed along by a polite and apologetic security guy, there's no "buzz." At least not the sort that the publicists for media megalocorporations like Sony and ABC get paid the big bucks to generate.
Hall H is removed from Comic-Con by both location and commitment-level. Those who make it in to see one of those hyperactive hypefests tend not to leave and share what they've learned. (Tomorrow morning I will learn that the stuff coming out of Hall H does eventually make it to the floor; it just takes about a day for the great beast of Comic-Con to digest it.)
So what are people talking about instead? Logistics. Always, endlessly, logistics.
Where to meet. Where to eat. What's being given away for free, and where, and for how long. Whom you've just seen. Why you didn't go before we left the hotel.
4:00 pm ET: The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a monthly comedy stage show presented in the style of old time radio and distributed as a podcast, is a thing about which I can claim no journalistic objectivity.
Because it is the greatest thing.
No, seriously: The smartest, funniest, best thing in the long and storied history of things. And this panel, in which we are treated to glimpses of the official TAH comic book and new web series, only renews my conviction that the Thrilling Adventure Hour is the greatest thing, and that it is a thing to which you should listen, already.
5:30 pm ET: About 14 charming, effusive and mind-boggling sexy people possessed of excellent taste in audible entertainment show up to the PCHH meetup. Over the next two hours, people who listen to our show reveal themselves to be witty and enthusiastic about a great many topics. I sink happily(!) into conversations with nerds about nerds and meet several very funny people whom I've often retweeted.
I discover the great and good Maggie Thompson talking to a few industry legends, as is her wont, and bring her over to meet the PCHH people. Those who recognize her from her appearances on the show greet her warmly, and the others, being insightful people of good character, are charmed by her surpassing great-and-goodness because she is, after all, Maggie. I ask her for a humiliating tale from the childhood of her son (and my colleague) Stephen Thompson – something awful, something that would unsettle and humiliate him, something that would freeze his very blood and send him running out into the night, keening like a banshee on the desolate, mist-shrouded fens and moors of his Silver Spring, Maryland subdivision.
She opts instead to regale the table with a story about young Stephen so innocuous and adorable that it still cheeses me off as I sit here typing this. I will not share this "story" of hers with you, dear reader, as it does not resemble, in any meaningful way, a story, lacking as it does any trace of conflict or hardship. It is anti-story, this thing she tells us. Unstory. It is nothing less than the ignominious heat-death of narrative itself.
Maggie excuses herself to get dressed for the Eisner Awards. She'll meet me here and we'll walk over to the hotel on the other side of the convention center, where the Eisners are given out in a giant banquet hall amid no small amount of pomp and a generous dollop of circumstance.
Got it, I say, and return to the table of PCHH listeners, who are, seriously, pretty great themselves.
7:55 pm: Maggie's back, looking terrific in a black sparkly jacket-thing. I take my leave of the table and walk out into the really astonishingly busy evening with Maggie. She walks quickly through the crowd streaming over the sidewalk.
"How far away is this thing?" I ask idly.
"It's right next to the convention center," she says. "On the other side. About a mile."
"It's … what?"
The convention center is large, you see. Very, very large.
"Hey, Maggie," I say, checking my phone. 7:58. "Don't the Eisners … start at 8:00? Are we gonna be …"
"Don't say it," she says, brightly, and disappears into a clot of Koopas ahead of us.
The wait for the elevators was interminably long, evidently. And then she had to rethink the outfit, as she'd left the top she'd planned to wear tonight at home.
I glimpse the back of her tiny salt-and-pepper head several yards ahead, bobbing and weaving through crowd, and rush to catch up. About a mile. "Should we grab a cab or something?" I ask, weakly.
But there are no cabs to be grabbed. There is only this brisk, determined march through the most colorful, most furry, most Spock-eared obstacle course in the world.
8:18 p.m. We arrive at the hotel. Maggie is unruffled, zooming up the escalator with preternatural speed. I follow, ruffled.
The ballroom where the Eisners are given out is huge, with two entrances. The back half of the room is open to the public, and through that back entrance I glimpse many people sitting in rows of folding chairs in the dark, gazing up at oversize screens that capture the action onstage. The front half of the room is filled with round banquet tables where industry professionals and nominees sit in assigned seats. The entrance to this section of the room is behind a velvet rope.
The people running tonight's event recognize Maggie and wave her and her harried, underdressed plus-one through.
We get our seat assignment and head into the auditorium. The show is underway, of course, someone is standing on the stage gripping his award, being humble. I note, as I follow Maggie to our table, that dinner has already been served and cleared.
Our table is at the front. The very, very front. What's more, the only chairs left unoccupied are those closest to the stage. The frontmost front seats it's possible to get. I am so close to the podium I can see the remains of tonight's salad course on between the Eisner winner's front teeth. Our seats are at the front, is my point here.
I turn behind me to see them, the attentive, expectant faces of the men and women who produced the works that shaped me, and that continues to shape me, who told and tell the stories that live in my head.
I turn back to the stage. There are thirty Eisners to give out tonight, a process that will take up at least the next three hours, without an intermission. There is no table service. So it's just me and this sweaty glass of icewater for a while.
Not that I can even think of drinking water, or anything else, at the moment. The notion of taking a sip causes me to wince. Because I am in pain. Because I've been drinking beer for the past three hours.
Because man-oh-man but I really, really, really need to pee.


text:
6ft Fibre Optic Christmas Tree for £29.99 @ 24Studio
supplyukfound 1 year, 11 months ago
Was supposed to be £149 which is a rip off
Use code 030 or 040 for 10% off and free delivery
TIP: Get the Best Deals In Your Inboxor
Search for active hot Home Deals Find hot Home Deals
All Comments (5)Jump to unread Post a Comment
- wheelbo1 year, 11 months ago #1Show comment tools ReplyLooks a good deal mate. Might want to add merchant to title.
- SHOWMAN361 year, 11 months ago #2Show comment tools ReplyYou have to open a credit account with Studio before you can buy.
- davver991 year, 11 months ago #3Show comment tools Reply28 day delivery
- julesj741 year, 11 months ago #4Show comment tools ReplyI ordered something similar from 24Studio which supposedly had a huge discount, when it arrived it was only worth the 29.99 I paid, On the picture in the catalogue it looked a lot bigger and better quality. I only had it a year before it decided no matter what I did it refused to stand up straight
- paultheone1 year, 11 months ago #5Show comment tools Replyis it only one colour change...ie the white /yellow..was looking for multi colour fibre optic..


text:
Skip brand navigation
skip form
Where are you going?
City, airport, address, attraction, or hotel
Use HHonors Points
Use flexible dates
Promotion/Offer code:
Group code:
Corporate account:
Travel agent
AAA rate *
AARP rate *
CARP rate *
Government / Military rates *
* ID required at check-in
close tab panel
Find where we are located
View the Maps & Directions Page
Get Double Points each night of your stay, along with breakfast that Hampton guests always enjoy.
More Information
Skip secondary navigation
Have your next small meeting at The Hampton Inn Syracuse/Clay. We offer a 576 square foot meeting room that can accommodate 30 people theater style, 24 classroom, 18 U-Shape and 20 Hollow Square. We offer a wide range of state of the art Audio Visual equipment including a flat screen TV, LCD projector, Screen and wipe boards.


text:
All fields are required.
E-mail Address:
Remember me on this computer
Signing in
Please enter your email address and we will send your password
E-mail Address
Your password has been sent and should arrive in your mailbox very soon.
Sign up for My HGTV to share photos, show off your style, and connect to an enthusiastic and helpful community.
It's free and easy.
Our kitchen had 4 cabinets originally stove sink and frig. We knocked a hole in the dining room wall to add a serve thru counter and bar.


text:
Product Description
Our original ETD template, and most popular! Comes with both a 2 and 3 day, 4 week template. See the pictures for more information. Please see pictures for more information regarding style and function of this template. This Personal Training Excel Template is available for immediate download upon purchase.
Template Features
2 & 3 Day Templates
2 & 3 Day Templates
2 & 3 Day Templates
View Video Tutorial
Still confused about what our templates can do for you? No problem, view our quick 4 minute video tutorial to see how fast and easy our programs can make designing your training programs.


text:
Check out the Powerful and Easy-to-use User Interface
Designed with you in mind, the Model 2450's versatility makes the instrument inherently easy to use, regardless of your experience level.
Learn faster, work smarter, invent easier.
Source and measure voltage, current, and resistance with just one tightly coupled instrument. I-V system, curve tracer, and semiconductor analyzer capabilities at a fraction of their cost.
Designed with you in mind, the Model 2450's versatility makes the instrument inherently easy to use, regardless of your experience level.
Configure an I-V Sweep
In just a few seconds, you can create a simple current vs. voltage sweep. No longer do you need to worry about complex menu structures to find the parameters you need to set. No other SMU in this class has the ability to create a sweep with such ease.
Icon-based Menuing
A simple icon-based menu structure reduces configuration steps by as much as 50 percent and eliminates the cumbersome multi-layer menu structures typically used on soft-key instruments.
Built-in Graphing
The 2450 can convert raw data into useful information with its built-in graphing capability. Using the touchscreen, you can zoom in and out of specific data using pinch and zoom gesturing. You can literally touch your data.
See how the Model 2450 Touchscreen SMU Instrument can increase your productivity with a whole new user experience.


text:
3000-3006 East Semoran Boulevard has a Walk Score of 54 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in Apopka.
Nearby schools include Hunt Club Montessori School, Bear Lake Elementary School and Forest Lake Academy.
The closest grocery stores are Sustain Natural Market, Publix Super Market at Hunt Club Corners and Sustain Natural Market.
The closest coffee shop is Starbucks. There are 26 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Arby's, Burger King and 168 Chinese Restaurant.
3000-3006 East Semoran Boulevard is near Tom Staley Historical Park, Apopka Station and Northwest Recreation Complex.


text:
These Romance Introspection poems are examples of Introspection poems about Romance. These are the best examples of Romance Introspection poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
Tungsten Glow
Ideal's the emptiness amid stone scapes;
Invited souls - two dancers times enfold;
Invoke the past, rose thorns redraw its shapes
the years sustain recalls of feelings' mold.
Recite old scripts - the weather's voice is cold,
an audience of ghosts their steps extol
the shrines remember them on timeless role,
Adventive cadence is their final goal.
Consorted on the broken glass, they bleed
their lives ascended amid rains of red
maintained and held their words, old ends impede
somehow the birds forgot to sing and fled.
The runnel wraiths of emptiness out-traced
existences' odd trails and righteous shed
where acquaintances devoid embraced
- their solitude; and in the woods winds fled.
Rose-feverish their tips caress time's strings;
and dithered silence shines her splendid glow,
lone glances coil on tungsten glowing rings,
and abstinent redraw - their tears redraw.
© 02-24-2013, G. Venetopoulos, All rights reserved
(Surreal - Elegy)
God is always love
Forever seek the kingdom;
Praise the creator
Keep giving what you can give
Please endure until the end
Beautiful Heavens
Protecting the meek ones earth
Watching over us
Helping us to cope with life
Comforted with hope and trust
When you find rhythm
You find your hearts inner core
Celebrate the times
Make them better than before
Reminisce and dance all night
A gray and dreary sky was drawn this morn
though love was in my heart of hearts aglow,
as I called out to you, a rift was torn,
and through the rift, so silent, fell the snow.
Ah, you have passed my heart, my love; I know,
a barefoot specter follows through the white.
Once warmed by passion's kiss and love's delight
now, only memories fill my beating heart,
and I can but shiver in the dead of night
awaiting the cock's crow, I will depart.
I'm sure this hill is where it stood.
Amazing shapes of stuccoed wood.
A glass-brick, neon stream-lined place.
As if it flew from outer space,
A swing band auditorium,
An Art Deco emporium,
When romance, innocent in pace,
From dancing to a teasing chase.
The town grew west in modern haste
And down it came, without a trace.
The war and culture's change in taste,
Predestined doom, the past erased.
The future sighs, with solemn face
The wrecking ball, the glittered waste
No plaque to read "Historic Sight".
The swirling dust, a dance goodnight.
Gene Bourne
Don't promise me the world
That's not yours to give
Neither promise me forever
When all you have to give is today
Just give me your today
And all it encompasses
And should forever come and finds us here
Our mere presence would speak of our genuine love
©04/17/11 Audrey Haick a.k.a. Annalise Brigham
The day's beginning is a special gift.
Given over a life's eternity,
One can't help but feel the daily change.
How often we stay into the evening. An attempt to hold
Onto the feelings of joy and elation,
That made our day so emphatically special.
Are not the future possibilities also special?
That we dream of yet other gifts,
gifts of such thought, that might also inspire elation
From giver and receiver for all eternity.
Constantly close to both, holding,
As if to say, "Don't Ever Change."
Does growth not require change?
Should not that change be also special?
Only if you have forgotten about holding,
The longing embrace of previous gifts,
One that requires attention for all eternity,
fueling existential feelings of elation.
Even when intentionally forgotten, holding
On to the recipient, despite elation.
At one point, this internal agony was a gift.
What could ever make this change?
This gift that could never be more special.
Now it has changed for eternity.
The re-direct of energy through eternity,
The loss of love's forever embrace.
Love, making pain beautifully special.
Will there ever be elation?
Maybe if we only change
The way we exchange special gifts.
Our future's eternity might fill with elation
From holding the exchange
Of something special,
… the mere appreciation of a gift..
So, here we are again, my dear
Our wondering hearts are trembling with fear
Of the step we took in the pale moonlight
Now, beholding each other in the bright sunlight.
Remember our plan? We'll take it slow
We'll allow our hearts and love to grow
Without the pressure of passion released
Too soon - but now, where do we go?
Is it time for us now to say good bye -
Do we gather ourselves and give it a try;
Are we done, my love, and now we start
On a future that tears our love apart?
Oh, help me now to understand
How we lost control of our senses and
That now, our passion being fulfilled
We ponder if our love is stilled.
Yes, here we are again, sweet dear,
Two wondering hearts now filled with fear
For the step we took while under the moon
Was it too soon, my love - too soon?
Inspired by one of my favorite bands, Rise Against, and the song is called,
"Ever-changing" (Acoustic). Please listen to this song if you don't know of it. It's raw &
"Have you ever been a part of something? That you thought would never end. But then, of
course, it did." –Rise Against
"I fell in 'Like' with you"
With her smile
I melted unto oblivion's redemption
Candy coated perceptions, windows' gap
Seeping brilliance refreshment
Uncertainty resolution, polished
Absorbed into closeness sun
Yet these eyes still…see
Butterflies taking notice, missing you…as you stood in front of me
Strong, yet soft legs
Foundation of my face to rest upon
A cremated sin
Yet, elongated moments of silence
Created abruption's new face
The face of change
When she turned to me and said
"I'm not sure, anymore"
Emotional lullaby, rocking me to sleep
New battles with spectral flashback
Trying to get under my skin, a drunken tick facing demise
Phoenix's sunrise, rejuvenating my recycled defenses
Yet, today, these rays just aren't bright enough to burn sadness away
And with these sounds of storm clouds & Fall on horizon's breath
These grounds are so familiar, yet bittersweet
This heart doesn't want to be enlightened by karma today
It wants to be held for how it shines now
Denied…distance wins again today
Slavery whipped punishments in miles and blocks
This must end
Because I try to keep lines open to get a call from you
Yet all I hear are booty calls with busy signals
And yet something has kept me here too long
But can they leave me, if I'm already gone?
Something has kept me here too long
Karma's laughter
But, through it all, I will shine
How I wish my mere presence can bring joy's tear to her eye
Sadly though, now, the lines are drawn
Yet I wonder if this feeling is gone
Have the best parts of this…come and gone?
Maybe I'll never know the truth
Perhaps she was misguided by jealousy's deprivation
Deteriorating heart's splendor
While I fell in "like" with her
Perhaps "Better Man 2.0" appeared from Cloud 9's fallacy
While I fell in "like" with her
She held onto the past
As I, drawn to waterfall's edge
Allowed myself
To let go…and F
© Drake J. Eszes
"We adore those who hurt us. Yet, we hurt those who adore us." -Anonymous
In those younger years
I made a friend of the sun
And allowed her to bathe me
In brown creamy skin
In those younger years
I ran across a beach
And played with the sun
Let her sprinkle freckles
Upon my healthy golden cheeks
In those younger years
I had my way
With the sun
Took her in so many
Different positions
Under the burn of her sultry touch
In those younger years
I traveled to exotic climes
Just to enter my sunshine heaven
And soak up her glow
But the cave I now inhabit
Shuts out all the warming rays
The cave in which I hide
Repels all her sunny ways
The cave I made from earth and
Never lets her kiss within
The cave I excavated
Collapses upon my daily sins
In those younger years
I once loved the sun
Inhaled at the age of innocence,
with a breath that lies between stars,
with immortal depths that have no
ending as my lungs forever expand,
Exhalation has become unachievable,
due to the obstruction of faith
of a boy for his very first dream,
Chest heaving as a heart aches,
Is love a tree or the deepest ocean?
My breath or my reason for holding?
The questions unanswered since the
dawn of man and emotion alike,
Thus the bittersweet conclusion
appears that love equals the two,
Yet how does such beauty create
a pain that suffers from insomnia?
Expendable only to a few torn souls
who have breathed the sweet intoxication
of love, and caressed the linger of its enticing
aroma, and suffered the sting of its departure,
Leaving hearts which cannot withstand the
agony, to exhale affection for everything in
its entirety, crushing the hope of such youths,
yet this warning takes nothing from its appeal,
For to breathe love, is to touch enchantment,
As romance itself in but a breathe shared
between two spirits rewarded for persistence,
With the risk of being proven fallible,
which leads to tears and pain entwined,
Must we not embrace the risk as reward?
For those as myself, who answered "no"
are condemned to the most fragile breathing,
For each breath hurts like the last
One love, one lost, one breath in all,
Breathing her in as if she has become
the last breath of oxygen in my life,
For she has, she has become my only,
due to a choice made for the perfect love,
Yet my painful irony has become, breathing
and loving, with each one, keeping
the agony of the other alive forever


text:
- Home
- Books and More
- Research
- Adults
- Kids
- Teens
- Teen Zone
- Teen Programming
- Teen Summer Reading Club
- Award Lists
- Homework Help
- Health and Well-being
- Reading Rants
- Entertainment
- Volunteer Portal
- About MRRL
- Support
- Events
Special Events
September 2014
- Thursday, September 25th from 6:30-8:00 pm in the Story Hour Room: Celebrate Banned Books! September 21-27 is Banned Books Week! Join us on the 25th to discuss the most-challenged and banned teen books. Find out who's challenging these titles and why! You might be surprised.
October 2014
- Thursday, October 9th from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Art Gallery: Welcome to Nightvale Party! Are you a fan of the Welcome to Nightvale podcast? If so, you *might* be a little wary of libraries (and with good reason!). We can assure you that our fatality rates are far below those of the Nightvale library, so don't miss this event.
- Thursday, October 30th from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Art Gallery: Zombie Prom Shamble on down to the library in your finest zombie attire for an evening of games and awkward dancing. Plus, prizes!
For more information or to register for any of these events, contact Courtney Waters, Teen Services Librarian, (573) 634-6064 ext. 248 or email@example.com.


text:
WASHINGTON –Walt Disney megastar Miley Cyrus' new soundtrack to Hannah Montana: The Movie promptly certified Platinum in only two months, according to the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) monthly Gold & Platinum count. Fans purchased more than one million copies of the soundtrack to earn Miley her ninth career Platinum award. Look for Miley on tour this fall with Metro Station, the L.A. pop band fronted by her brother Trace Cyrus.
Poe Boy/Atlantic rapper Flo Rida received the top spot for most G & P digital single certifications in May. His songs "Low" and "Right Round" went 5x and 3x Platinum respectively while his latest single "Sugar" certified Gold, all totaling more than 8.5 million digital downloads sold. "Low" is off Flo's first album Mail on Sunday (2006) while "Right Round" and "Sugar" are from his second album R.O.O.T.S. (2009).
It's already been quite a year for Lady Gaga (full name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta). The NYC-born artist who took her name from Queen's song "Radio Gaga" received her very first Platinum album award for her very first album The Fame. On the singles side, this past March, her Grammy-nominated hit single for Best Dance Recording "Just Dance" certified triple-Platinum.
The Now That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 30 (featuring Ms. Gaga herself, Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and more) was awarded Gold for selling more than 500,000 copies. This fan-favorite compilation series continues to strike Gold -- all 30 volumes are certified Gold or higher! Look for the next album in the series, Now That's What I Call Music! 31, to be released on June 30.
Popular artists Maino, Asher Roth, Matt Nathanson and Shinedown each received their first ever single certifications in May:
Atlantic recording artist Maino's "All the Above" earned the Brooklyn rapper his premiere Gold. The song features Nappy Boy rapper T-Pain and is from Maino's second album If Tomorrow Comes.... T-Pain himself took a Platinum mastertone prize for selling more than one million mobile downloads of "Can't Believe It" off his Thr33 Ringz (Gold).
Philly-area bred hip hop rapper Asher Roth's "I Love College" went both Gold & Platinum. "I Love College" is the first single from Roth's major-label debut Asleep in the Bread Aisle (Universal Records), released in April.
Matt Nathanson's "Come on Get Higher" (Vanguard) upped to Platinum standing in May. His very first ever RIAA certification was for the same song hitting Gold last February. Additionally upped to premiere Platinum was Atlantic hard rock band Shinedown's "Second Chance."
J Records recording artist, American actor and stand-up comedian Jamie Foxx's "Blame It" rang Gold & Platinum mastertone status in May. BET's 2008 Best Gospel Artist Marvin Sapp's "Never Would Have Made It" (Verity) also went Platinum as a mastertone. Good luck to this year's Best Gospel Artist nominees Regina Belle, Shirley Caesar, Mary Mary, Smokie Norful and Trin-I-Tee 5:7. See who wins by watching BET's 2009 awards show, hosted by Foxx, airing June 28th this month.
In May, the RIAA awarded a 12 total digital singles, 9 albums and 4 mastertones. All certifications are calculated by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman. Complete lists of all album, single, mastertone and video awards can also be accessed at www.riaa.com.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members comprise the most vibrant record industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the United States.
In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect the intellectual property and First Amendment rights of artists and music labels; conduct consumer, industry and technical research; and monitor and review state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum™ and Diamond sales awards as well as Los Premios De Oro y Platino™, an award celebrating Latin music sales.
Contact: Jonathan Lamy Follow @LamyJ Cara Duckworth Follow @TweetCDuck Liz Kennedy Follow @LizSKennedy 202/775-0101


text:
main index
"I'm every nightmare you've ever had. I'm your worst dream come true. I'm everything you ever were afraid of."
— Pennywise, from 1990 mini-series
A killer clown with silver dollar eyes
is calling out my name
Handing out balloons for the price of a life
Inviting me down the drain
— Phantom, "The Dead Pool"


text:
Imagination Stage presents the return of audience favorite P. Nokio, a hip-hop musical by musician/playwright Psalmayene 24. P. Nokio re-imagines the classic tale of Pinocchio, the wooden puppet with a slight honesty problem. This updated version, called "inspired and quirky" by the Washington Post, takes the story from Italy to the enchanted land of Hip-Hopia. G. Petto is a computer game designer and his creation is a digital character rather than a puppet. P. Nokio attends the Old School to master style, originality, and swagger in his quest to become a real boy. Unfortunately, temptation rears its head and P.Nokio is led astray by fun and trouble, getting caught up in a tangle of lies that endangers his newfound father. To save G.Petto, P.Nokio must wise up, keep it real, and learn that truth is the mightiest weapon of all.
I got my tickets…by the way, I already did the Pinocchio program thing:
Coming next month in Once Upon a Time Machine from Dark Horse comics.


text: Tennessee Archive Cowboy Tidbits Posted in Cowboys Posts by contributing Fullback Deon Anderson could find himself jobless. Currently he is on the injured list after having arthroscopic knee surgery but is expected to be back in uniform by opening day. However his backup Julius Crosslin has been Read More Haynesworth Indicted On Traffic Charges Posted in Cowboys Posts by contributing I found this article on nfl.com, and according to what the maximum sentence is the Redskins may not have Haynesworth for pre-season. " Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has been indicted on two misdemeanor traffic charges Read More


text:
he reminds me so much of tom hiddleston, it's crazy
well hello ..
the boy looks too good.
he is so hot.
like his dad.
oh sweet lord.
they are just the cutest.
such a dilf.
so good.
i just can´t get enough of young john travolta.
he is adorable.
i want him.
oh dear god.
he looks positively scrumptious.
queen riri.
he. is. perfect.


text:
Latest Gear Live Videos
- Subscribe:
- YouTube
- iTunes High Definition
- iTunes Standard Version
My Struggle With Facebook Addiction
Posted by John Kilhefner Categories: Productivity, Social Media
To the artist, distractions are all too familiar. Often times rearing their ugly head under clever guises to fool you. The Victorian poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Lady of Shallot, symbolized the quandary that writers and others of a creative nature face - to watch the world or to live within it. It used to be that the most prevalent form of distraction to the creator came in the form of booze, drugs, and other destructive vices. However, in the digital age distractions invade our personal space with the dexterity of pop up ads. Charming and inviting as they may be, submitting to these distractions sends productivity packing back to the assembly lines.
As I sit here writing this in between drags of a cigarette, I can't help but think about all the distractions that come to light when working day in and day out on a computer. The main culprit (besides philosophy and smoking) is none other than Facebook (dun dun dunnn!). I'm sure there are more than a few of you out there that have fell prey to the time consuming nature of the social networking phenomena. To remedy my ailment I even went so far as to deactivate my Facebook. But it was short lived.
100 Million Facebook Profiles Captured In Single Torrent
It seems that the social networking site Facebook is a lot more social than previously thought. That is, thanks to Ron Bowes of Skull Security, who created a 2.8GB torrent file containing the personal information of about 1/5th the total number of users on Facebook (500 million for those who haven't heard.)
Ron accomplished this by crawling Facebook's open access directory with a program that stored and filed each users data. The victims come in the form of FB users who have not changed their privacy settings to avoid search engine detection. The torrent contains the profile information of each stalked users most intimate details, such as addresses, phone numbers, and the URL to each of their profiles. Also, searching a logged user's Facebook profile will allow you to search their friends list and find people despite their unique privacy settings.
Ron is under legal authority in how he obtained the information, so nothing illegal has been committed. But you may want to think twice about what you are sharing with others in your social network, before your entire life becomes public domain for some creep browsing torrents.
Read More | Thinq
Facebook begins testing permanent account delete option
The grips of social networking can prove dominating over every waking moment. Especially if you happen to make a living from behind the lucid glow of a computer monitor. Each moment of "let me check Facebook to see what's new" can cost valuable minutes of time that add up to decreased productivity. Up until now Facebook has only given its users looking for a way out the option to deactivate their account, leaving each and every digital footprint left intact if they ever choose to sign in again. The temptation to "check Facebook really quick" still lingers.
However, the social networking giant has now implemented a new delete account option that allows users to completely free themselves of the addicting clutches of Facebooking at last! The thing is, it's only available to a few select users as a test group. No word on whether or not this 'nuclear option' will become available to all users at some point. Our guess - not a chance.
Meantime, you can add a dash of Gear Live to your Facebook.
Read More | The Next Web via Engadget
Facebook Reaches 500 Million Users
Mark Zuckerberg announced on the official Facebook blog that the social network has reached 500 million users world wide. An incredible feat indeed, but If you think that 500 million is a lot now, then imagine just how many more will sign up after The Social Network hits theaters. Also announced was the new application "Facebook Stories". This app allows the 500 million Facebook users to share stories of how Facebook has helped them to do something significant. "Stories" is meant to tell of the miraculous feats that can be accomplished through the open, ever changing social network that is Facebook. For instance "Ben, the 17 year old high school student", used Facebook to get his network involved in a movement to save an old town theater in Kentucky. Now if only we can get the other 499,999,999 to stop posting meaningless drivel, and start taking advantage of using it as a source of grassroots empowerment. Perhaps Facebook Stories will spark this, but methinks it will become overrun with stories such as "Jake the 22 year old college student used Facebook to organize a fart."
You can follow us on Facebook.
Read More | Facebook Blog
Fortune names their 50 smartest people in tech
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Internet, Microsoft, Misc. Tech
Fortune has gone all tech on us this week, compiling a list of who they think are the fifty smartest people in tech. We found it interesting because most lists focus on the richest CEOs, or straight up performance on the job rather than things like intelligence, and the vision and impact they have on the tech world. The way they did it was to break the list down into ten categories (smartest CEO, smartest founder, etc.) and then list five names in each, listing a top choice for each category in the process. Here's a peek at what they came up with:
- Smartest CEO: Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple
- Smartest Founder: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook
- Smartest Designer: Jonathan Ive, Senior VP of Industrial Design, Apple
- Smartest Academic: Danah Boyd, Social Media Researcher, Microsoft Research
Hi the read link below to head to Fortune for the full list.
Read More | Fortune
Google Me set to take on Facebook?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Google, Internet, Rumors
Is Google getting set to take on Facebook? If Digg founder Kevin Rose is to be believed, he has heard from a "credible source" that Google has a service called Google Me in the works that will aim to go head-to-head with Facebook in the social network space. If anyone can take on Facebook, it would likely be Google. After all, they've got the services (Google Talk, Gmail, Docs, Buzz, etc.) and the search power to pull all your information into one account pretty much immediately. Consider us intrigued.
Read More | Kevin Rose
Facebook video chat to be integrated into iPhone OS 4.0?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Cell Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Rumors
Looks like Facebook will be readying video chat on their service, similar to what Google has done with Google Chat within Gmail. Even cooler, though, is that an eagle-eyed developer just sent us information saying that he found code within the latest iPhone OS 4.0 beta that suggests that this video chat service will be embedded into the iPhone software, ready for use by the next iPhone (iPhone HD? iPhone Pro?) Of course, take this info with a grain of salt. As we all know by now, the upcoming iPhone will have a front-facing camera, which is perfect for video chatting with others who also have the device. Even more interesting, though, is that since it is tied to Facebook, you should—in theory-be able to video chat with users of other phones that have front-facing cameras (like the Sprint EVO 4G) if they also build in the Facebook video chat service.
Now this all sounds great - but we seriously hope that video chatting isn't limited to Facebook contacts. Let's bring iChat to the iPhone, finally.
[Thanks, Jason!]
Weekend Reading: Frazetta, Viz, Carl Barks and Facebook
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Marvel Comics
You know it's going to be a bad week when one of the most beloved fantasy artists passes away. He was absolutely one of my favorite artists and one of the first artists who, like Jack Kirby, could get me to buy pretty much anything with his name on it.
Tom Spurgeon has an excellent overview of the late artist's career. "Frazetta's art on the Warren Magazines Creepy, Eerie and eventually Vampirella combined some of the pulp tendencies for which he was soon to become very well known with a sense of classic horror. They remain some of the company's most iconic pieces of art."
Viz Media: I often post job listings here for Viz Media, the longtime manga publisher in San Francisco – longtime as in they've been doing it since it wasn't quite so cool to do it. So I was saddened to hear that they let go more than 50 of their staffers. That's, I think, the largest layoff of comics professionals that I can remember and certainly the largest in recent years. I hate to see that kind of thing happen, and I wish everyone the best as they figure out what to do next. Heidi MacDonald at Comics Beat recently posted this link from Dan Blank's website; I've practically memorized it.
Read More | Comics Beat
Tired of Farmville? Strike back in tasteless style with FarmVillain
Posted by Finnian Durkan Categories: Internet
Tired of constant Facebook Farmville updates from "friends"—yes, I just used air-quotes—that you haven't talked to since pre-school? Well now you can strike back in classless style—yes, I also understand what an oxymoron is—with FarmVillain. There is no game to play here, just spiteful Facebook-bombing at its sarcastic best. Bury a dead hooker in your least-favorite friend's lawn. Claim 10 illegal-immigrants on your neighbor's wall. You can even choose to "add a whole lot more cowbell to your farm". I don't even know what that means and I want to do it. Fight back with FarmVillain.
BlackBerry 6 OS shown at RIM WES 2010 keynote
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cell Phones, Corporate News, Software, Videos
This morning at WES 2010, RIM finally took the wraps off of their upcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system, introducing it with the video you see above. While it's easy to be captivated by the dancers, when you focus on the actual screen activity being teased here, you see that this is all focused on touchscreen gestures, but we are sure that RIM won't be throwing away that true QWERTY keyboard anytime soon. Also, interestingly enough, the web browser got almost no play at all in the video. Maybe they've still got some work to do on that one. Still, it's nice to see the company progressing and aiming to bring BlackBerry devices a bunch of new hotness in the near future.
© Gear Live Inc. – User-posted content, unless source is quoted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain License. Gear Live graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, videos, articles, blogs, forums, scripts and other service names are the trademarks of Gear Live Inc.


text:
This apartment is in the Lower Westside neighborhood in Santa Barbara. Nearby parks include Wentworth Park, Plaza del Mar and Pershing Park.
Lower Westside Santa Barbara CA has a Walk Score of 85 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Nearby schools include McKinley Elementary School, Alta Vista Alternative High School and Alta Vista Alternative Junior High School.
The closest grocery stores are Harbor Market & Deli, Santa Cruz Market and Ralph Modugno Corporation.
Nearby coffee shops include Alchemy Cafe, D'Angelo's Bread and Santa Barbara Roasting Company. Nearby restaurants include Rudy's Mexican Restaurant, The Neighborhood Bar & Grill and The Brewhouse.
Lower Westside Santa Barbara CA is near Wentworth Park, Plaza del Mar and Pershing Park.
2BR / 1Ba, townhouse washer/dryer in unit, detached garage, no smoking. $2,500 / 2br - Beautiful 2+1 Townhome, 2BR / 1Ba apartment Washer & Dryer in unit, $2,500/month KEY FEATURES, Bedrooms: 2 Bed; Bathrooms: 1 Bath; Parking: 1 Garage & 1 uncovered; Lease Duration: 1 Year; Pet FriendlyLaundry: Washer / Dryer in unit; Floor: 1st; Townhome; Refrigerator, Microwave and Stove/Oven in Unit, RENTAL FEATURES, Living room Dining room, Stove / Oven Refrigerator, Garbage disposal Cable-ready WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOUSING PROVIDER.


text:
PrinterSetup | 10 comments | Create New Account
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Great article!
Lucid has put together a free, open-source tool called PrinterSetup.
It would be great to bundle the information in this article with PrinterSetup?
Please consider creating a *NIX command line print queue management document and formally submitting this to Lucid for inclusion into the PrinterSetup project.
FYI : PrinterSetup supports setting a default printer. However if you would like to set the default printer using the command line with a tool such as ARD then the following command should help :
Further details are available within the lpoptions man page, kindly hosted by HMUG.
All the best from, the Lucid Information Systems Team.
From our Sponsor...
Latest Mountain Lion Hints
User Functions
What's New:
HintsNo new hints
Comments last 2 daysNo new comments
Links last 2 weeksNo recent new links
What's New in the Forums?
Hints by Topic
News from Macworld
From Our Sponsors
Copyright © 2014 IDG Consumer & SMB (Privacy Policy) Contact Us
All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners.
Visit other IDG sites:
Created this page in 0.07 seconds


text:
Because of a class action lawsuit over red-light camera tickets, close to 500,000 people who got tickets in New Jersey will partial refunds. But don't send out for the helium balloons. The Star-Ledger reports they will get $6 although the tickets were for $85 to $140. "The refunds apply to motorists who received tickets before July 25 in the cities of Jersey City, Linden and Rahway; the boroughs of Glassboro, Palisades Park and Roselle Park; and the townships of Brick, Deptford, East Brunswick, East Windsor, Gloucester, Lawrence, Monroe, Piscataway, Pohatcong, Union, Wayne and Woodbridge," the paper reported. They apply only to cameras operated by American Traffic Solutions. In June, the state Department of Transportation suspended cameras at 63 intersections over questions about whether the yellow lights were giving motorists enough time to get through an intersection. The suspension was lifted the next month after the towns assured the state — using township employees — the situation was corrected. The state is a part of this so-called experiment which is nothing more than a scam to get these cameras in every village to keep the money flowing to the political trough-swillers who run the towns. Any state or local official who tells you this is about safety is lying through his teeth and should not be trusted on this or anything else.
The Soprano State (the Movie)
Debuted October 18, 2010
About the Author
Follow Me
Chris Christie biography
"Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power," written by Bob Ingle and Michael Symons, offers the first inside portrait of New Jersey's governor, who in two years as governor emerged as a national Republican Party figure famous for his blunt public statements. The book details Christie's combative public persona and deep family roots, tracing his improbable political rise from a bruising stint in county government to his anti-corruption crusade as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey. Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power goes behind the scenes to reveal his family life, his public life, and what the future might hold..
Buy the Book:
The Soprano State
"The Soprano State," written by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure, details the you-couldn't-make-this-up true story of the corruption that has pervaded New Jersey politics, government, and business for the past thirty years. From Jimmy Hoffa purportedly being buried somewhere beneath the end zone in Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, through allegations of a thoroughly corrupt medical and dental university, through Mafia influence at all levels, to a governor who suddenly declares himself a "gay American" and resigns, the Garden State might indeed be better named after the HBO mobsters.
Buy the Book:
Recent Comments
- No more red light cameras until after the election (2)
- DRPA spending your money again (5)
- stopplease2012: Shoregrrl: I think its a tie. Their both #1
- Shoregrrl: So which is worse, the DPRA or the BPU?
- stopplease2012: The DRPA will never change because there are too many crooks with their hands in our pockets,and too...
- fedupinnj100: I guess our savior, Christie, isn't what most people think he is. Rather, he is just a hot-air...
- inglejunkie2: CLOSE-DOWN MONEY LAUNDERING-TAX EVASION GOVT AGENCIES DRPA, and other "govt authority"...
- Booker's guy voted against background checks (2)
- NPlay: So… What's for sale in Montana? I'm pretty sure Booker's laundered purchase had...
- Michael Quinlan: In case Mr. President hasn't noticed, every day is a shameful day in Washington.
- Christie's BPU nominee's qualifications questioned (9)
- Ned: She is qualified to officiate any BPU tennis tournaments.
- Dave C: I hate to say I told you so…..here's my quote from Bob's April 16th blog : "See Bob ,...
- stopplease2012: Governor, please pick someone with a background that could make really smart decisions about our...
- Alex Hamilton: Can she bring down my ever-increasing water bill? And can she help with my backhand? If she can, than...
- Shoregrrl: Where can I get a job like that? Oh wait, I don't know anyone in Trenton… So disappointing.
- Christie approval drops in latest poll (7)
- Joe: Add me to the list. Another political appointment? He's just another political phony!
- Bob Ingle: Which has ZERO do with this poll.
- fedupinnj100: Time for another "Town Hall" media event, complete with his storm troopers and a killer ice...
- jay moores: monmouth u is as liberal as it gets
- Paper calls for Joe Cryan firing (7)
- zooted: where does he find the time? lol
- inglejunkie2: Cryan should have been fired—and indicted—long ago. Slimeball Cryan is still sucking down...
Capitol Quickies
- Jobs picture improves – in the Governor's Office May 30, 2014It's been a good year for Gov. Chris Christie's image team with some two dozen communications, scheduling or advance and briefing staffers getting raises that averaged 23 percent, according to a report in The Record. Some of the biggest raises … Continue reading →Bob Jordan
- National Democrats zing Christie "Summer Scandal Tour" May 29, 2014Gov. Chris Christie has been sometimes described as a rock-star politician for the attention and crowds he draws, and now national Democrats are tweaking his cross country travel as being part of the "GOP's 2014 Summer Scandal Tour." In a … Continue reading →Michael Symons
- Chris Christie campaigns in New Mexico today May 29, 2014It's back to the campaign trail on this Thursday, May 29th, 2014 for Gov. Chris Christie, who is traveling to New Mexico to support Gov. Susana Martinez's re-election effort. The visit opens a two-day swing on behalf of the Republican … Continue reading →Michael Symons
- Lisa's Law idled by Christie administration inaction May 28, 2014Gov. Chris Christie's administration blew a deadline to complete a study on electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders as part of the state's proposed Lisa's Law sponsored by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, R-Ocean. A Lisa's Law bill, also sponsored by Assemblyman … Continue reading →Bob Jordan
- From Florida, a Craigslist plea for Chris Christie's ouster May 28, 2014Craigslist isn't just a place to sell used coffee tables and search for missed connections. Sometimes it's a place where people just like to vent -- like the above poster who is so vexed by Chris Christie that he or … Continue reading →John Schoonejongen
- Chris Christie holds town hall in Manahawkin today May 28, 2014Gov. Chris Christie is back on the the town-hall circuit with a return trip to Stafford Township, headlining the New Jersey political calendar for Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 ... Christie holds a town-hall meeting, 3 p.m. at Saint Mary of … Continue reading →Michael Symons
- Christie has to hear out public on RGGI May 27, 2014Remember when Gov. Chris Christie three years ago claimed unilateral authority to withdraw the state from a regional environmental program? Strike that. Christie's acting attorney general, John Hoffman, now says the state Department of Environmental Protection will use formal rulemaking … Continue reading →Bob Jordan
- Christie signs adoptees' birth certificate law today May 27, 2014A rather light calendar, headlined by a significant bill-signing, in New Jersey politics on this Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 ... Gov. Chris Christie signs the legislation that will give adoptees access to their original birth certificates in an 11:30 a.m. … Continue reading →Michael Symons
- Chris Christie: 'Never forget the sacrifice' May 26, 2014Gov. Chris Christie, in a statement released on Memorial Day, lauded the sacrifices of the nation's service men and women who "have defended our country's freedom throughout history with bravery, courage and selflessness." Christie's statement also urged people to remember … Continue reading →John Schoonejongen
- Christie starts summer in Belmar, Asbury Park & Seaside May 23, 2014New Jersey's politics calendar is light on this Friday, May 23rd, 2014, featuring a mix of summer kickoffs at the Shore and Memorial Day events. Enjoy the extended weekend and pause at least a beat to reflect and remember why … Continue reading →Michael Symons
- Jobs picture improves – in the Governor's Office May 30, 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
About this BlogBob Ingle, Senior Political Columnist for Gannett New Jersey newspapers, on politics in "The Soprano State".
Other Asbury Park Press Blogs
Bayshore Tea Party Perspective


text:
Romo completed 19-of-31 passes for 279 yards as the Cowboys (4-4) bounced back from a humbling 34-7 defeat at the hands of NFC East rival Philadelphia last week.
DeMarco Murray ran for 139 yards on 22 carries in the Cowboys' victory.
The Seahawks (2-6) struggled under Tarvaris Jackson, who went 17-for-30 through the air for 221 yards and three second-half pick-offs.
Marshawn Lynch rushed for 135 yards and a score on 23 carries but it wasn't enough to prevent Seattle's third straight loss, during which the Seahawks have scored only 28 points.
Notable deaths of 2014 [PHOTOS]
Ray Rice could return to the NFL within a month
UPI horse racing weekend preview


text:
Loading ...
Although stylist Megan Pelfrey shares her expertise with future stylists as a beauty instructor, her skills really shine at Salon 909. Here, she draws on her training at Paul Mitchell School when performing designer cuts, Aveda color treatments, and hair extensions. As a cosmetologist, her talents surpass hair alone; she also cleans out pores with facials and clears away unwanted hair with waxing.
A medical facility dedicated to restoring skin to its youthful vibrancy, Menage-a-Spa treats clients under the guidance of the State of Ohio Medical Boards while keeping all procedures confidential. A board-certified staff of doctors, nurses, and dermatological experts reignites complexions until they glow with renewed radiance. Eradicate unwanted guest appearances by pores, blackheads, and shallow acne scars with a noninvasive microdermabrasion treatment that exfoliates and suctions up debris better than a diamond-tipped wet-vac, leaving faces looking younger and refreshed.
Sarah L. Schoolcraft, a licensed massage therapist who honed her skills at Mountain State School of Massage, has been in practice for more than 10 years. At Well Balanced Massage Therapy, she dissolves stress and promotes healing with techniques that range from deep-tissue kneading to gentle, soothing strokes tailored for elderly patients. Detoxifying wraps, herbal facials, and other beautifying treatments complete the spa experience.
After leaving Cincinnati to study at Harvard Medical School and participate in internships and fellowships at Brown University and New York University, Dr. Shalini Gupta has returned to the place where she grew up, and now offers general and cosmetic dermatology and plastic-surgery services to the community. The goal of her practice, Dermatology Laser and Vein Center, is a simple one: restoring natural beauty. She does this with both surgical and nonsurgical procedures that tighten and restore the skin, contour the body's trouble spots, and rid limbs of unwanted tattoos or popped bubble-gum bubbles.
The beauty technicians at Millie's Salon & Spa tend to muscles and skin with environmentally friendly products, releasing visitors back into the world with a clearer mind and dermis. Hands help relieve tension during an hour-long Swedish massage, a light- to medium-pressured technique that uses long, connective strokes and kneading to improve blood flow, stimulate the lymphatic system, and melt stress into a puddle of biodegradable papier-mâché. Technicians treat above-shoulder areas to hour-long Aveda Outer Peace facials, which administer a gentle scrubbing with products formulated to fight blemishes and imperfections on the face. After aiming to exfoliate away bumps, grime, and post-it notes, aestheticians perform extractions to purge pores of toxins and build-up. The treatment, which aims to clear breakouts and protect against future flaws, works best in a three-week series.
shag is a modern, studio salon in downtown Mt. Sterling. We have a big city vibe in a small town. Our talented stylists specialize in highlights, color and the latest trends in hair design. We also offer an array of nail services along with waxing and make-up application.


text:
We Love You Jet Set
I'm very sad to report that we've lost a member of the Workaholics family.
Jet Set Hudson passed away late last week, after contributing some of the funniest, sweetest moments of our just wrapped season 3.
Jet Set lit up every room he walked into; every set he was on, and truly touched every person who had the pleasure of meeting him. To say he will be missed is an understatement, to say he was loved can never be said enough.
Rest in peace, Jet Set. I can not put into words how wonderful it was to work with and get to know you over the last three years.


text:
CDPH Reports First Human West Nile Virus Fatalities This Summer
- Details
- Created on Wednesday, 06 August 2014 22:49
- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - The first two deaths this summer due to West Nile virus infection have been confirmed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) it was announced today by Dr. Ron Chapman, CDPH Director and state public health officer. The first was a senior citizen from Sacramento County. The second was an adult from Shasta County.
"These unfortunate deaths remind us that we must protect ourselves from mosquito bites to prevent West Nile virus and other mosquito born infections," said Chapman. "West Nile virus activity is greatest during the summertime."
West Nile virus is transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of an infected mosquito. The risk of serious illness to most people is low. However, some individuals – less than one percent – can develop a serious neurologic illness such as encephalitis or meningitis. People 50 years of age and older have a higher chance of getting sick and are more likely to develop complications. Recent data also indicate that those with diabetes and/or hypertension are at greatest risk for serious illness.
To date in 2014, West Nile virus has been detected in 36 California counties.
CDPH recommends that individuals prevent exposure to mosquito bites and West Nile virus by practicing the "Three Ds:"
1. DEET – Apply insect repellent containing DEET, picaradin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535 according to label instructions. Repellents keep the mosquitoes from biting you. DEET can be used safely on infants and children 2 months of age and older.
2. DAWN AND DUSK – Mosquitoes bite in the early morning and evening so it is important to wear proper clothing and repellent if outside during these times. Make sure that your doors and windows have tight-fitting screens to keep out mosquitoes. Repair or replace screens with tears or holes.
3. DRAIN – Mosquitoes lay their eggs on standing water. Eliminate all sources of standing water on your property, including flower pots, old car tires, rain gutters and pet bowls. If you know of a swimming pool that is not being properly maintained, please contact your local mosquito and vector control agency.
California's West Nile virus website includes the latest information on West Nile virus activity in the state. Californians are encouraged to report all dead birds and dead tree squirrels on the website or by calling toll-free 1-877-WNV-BIRD (968-2473).


text:
null, null, null null
Serving your area
Serving La Mesa, CA 91941
Serving San Diego, CA 92102
Over 10 years of experienceFamily owned since 1998
Serving your area
Serving your area
Serving your area
1137 Evilo St, El Cajon, CA 92021
Better than a handshake
5160 Mercury Pt, San Diego, CA 92111
9340 Blossom Valley Rd, El Cajon, CA 92021
7.3 Miles
(619) 663-8740
PO Box 600063, San Diego, CA 92102
Services: San Diego Home Inspection, Reo Inspection, Foreclosure Inspection, Foundation Inspection, Condo...
Latest review: "Very impressed with the professionalism and manner that these guys work. Excellent presenta..."
12.5 Miles
(858) 768-6103
8110 Mira Mesa Blvd, Mira Mesa, CA 92126
Services: Emergency Locksmith, Residential Locksmith, Commercial Locksmith, Automotive Locksmith
Latest review: "Very happy with the work this locksmith company provided. The technician was very profession..."
9.9 Miles
(858) 768-6103
610 W Broadway, San Diego, CA 92102
Services: Residential Locksmith, Residential Locksmith, Commercial Locksmith, Automotive Locksmith, Emerg...
Latest review: "AMPM Locksmith for their friendly service and expert advice. They set up a master key system..."
8.7 Miles
(858) 456-7600
411 Camino Del Rio S Ste 100, San Diego, CA 92108
Services: Alzheimers Care, Consultations, Dementia Care, Home Health Care, Hospital Care, Nursing Care, O...
Latest review: "I appreciate the care Firstat Nursing provides for my mother, it is good to know she is well..."
7.8 Miles
(619) 475-9000
4508 Bonita Rd, Bonita, CA 91902
Products: Homeowners Insurance, Car Insurance, Condo Insurance, Landlords Dwelling Insurance, Extended Wa...
Services: Personal Lines Insurance Products And Services
Latest review: "From the time that I originally discovered McKenna Insurance, I have been treated as a value..."
7.3 Miles
(619) 232-1100
3127 Kalmia St, San Diego, CA 92104
Services: Building Inspections, Consultations, Inspections & Permitting, Litigation Support, Mold Inspect...
Latest review: "Parra Building Consultants gave me the best home inspection. I have had several issues with..."
27.0 Miles
(760) 744-5518
468 E Mission Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069
Products: Packing Supplies, Furniture Padding
Latest review: "Crooks. They quote a low price then during the job they say they can't complete the job in ..."
26.7 Miles
(760) 744-3855
747 E Mission Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069
Products: Fresh Cut Flowers, Tropical & Exotics, Plants, Gourmet Fruit Baskets, Balloons
Services: Local & Out Of State Deliveries, Funerals, Birthday's, Anniversary's, Proms, Or Just Becaus...
Latest review: "NEVER ORDER FLOWERS FROM HERE!!!! I ordered three flower arrangements for my grandmother's ..."
1.6 Miles
(619) 461-2323
5712 Baltimore Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
Services: In-home Care For Seniors.
.9 Miles
(619) 487-9595
7918 El Cajon Blvd N339, La Mesa, CA 91942
Products: Direct Link In Home Monitoring Device (medical Alarm)
Services: Caregiving, Personal Care: Hygiene And Bathing, Companion Care, Senior Care, Errand Services, T...
.5 Miles
(619) 401-4082
5360 Jackson Dr Ste 220, LA MESA, CA 91942
2.6 Miles
(619) 442-9595
111 S Marshall Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020
2.5 Miles
(855) 892-4425
Serving Lemon Grove, CA
1.6 Miles
(619) 464-8023
7339 El Cajon Blvd Ste L, La Mesa, CA 91942
Products: And More
Services: Case Management, Live-in Or Hourly Care, Companionship Errands
3.4 Miles
(619) 387-9548
Serving El Cajon, CA
Products: Air Quality Testing, Commercial Property Inspections, Draw Inspections, Energy Auditing, Founda...
Copyright 2014 Local Corporation - US Patent Number 7,231,405. - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service
Some data provided by Acxiom.


text:
Sizzling Hot Latina with a Big Ass Gets Oiled Up and Pierced by a Big Cock
Duration: 8m:00s
Thank you! Your comment has been sent for review.
Unexpected error occurred, please contact support
Comments: no comments for this video.
Jynx Maze has an ass that won't quit and she's all too ready, willing and able to show it off for all of you. After a sexy little tease in which Jynx takes a dip in the pool to cool herself off, she heads inside to find Manuel and his throbbing cock waiting for her. This is a seriously wet and messy scene that's going to rock your cock!
Models: Jynx Maze, Manuel Ferrera
Brazzers Network
The Brazzers Network of websites has been a hit since day one, and has continued to improve since it was launched. Recently, they've added a ton of new sites and have made the jump to High Definition porn. And boy does it look amazing. There are 29 websites in the network and all for less than 25 bucks per month.


text:
Boxer Puppy
Deposit: Payment in Full Required
Receive an email alert when additional Boxer puppies are added. It's easy and free!
BREED: Boxer Puppy
INCLUDES: Upgrade now for complete access
Puppies come with FREE Pet Insurance when adopted from NextDayPets.com! *Please ensure your breeder participates
Member Since: February 2009
Location: Monroe, Louisiana


text:
Our Website is at this time under maintenance, wish you check back in the next few weeks. In the case you really want to achieve the most out of your present Offshore Bank.
Note from the Bank Contributor: Hi there! Viva Huxley, I live in Cedar Rapids. I was self employed as a Hydraulic Engineer. I like Tarot and Card Reading. This January, I will be 20. Such a banking blog post could be cultured.
Newer /