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Here is our Funky Friday Night Jam "Again By Lenny Kravitz Stankonia Mix!
I had to pull this one out and share with you guys. Outkast and Lenny Kravitz? What?
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Phony as usual. A complete poseur
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|Me and the hubby, pre-first-pregnancy, living life to its fullest. So silly. So crazy. So UNpregnant.
Oh, how things have changed…
I've come up with a short list of my new expectations. Because now, at five months pregnant, it's a good day when:
· I don't throw up all over the passenger seat of our car on my way into work (grabbing huge wads of baby wipes to try and contain the disaster area)
· I manage to bring all of Emmy's belongings, and Emmy, into her daycare without spilling several items onto the sidewalk on our way into the building (yeah, I'm a little off balance these days)
· I walk up the two flights of stairs at work without becoming completely breathless
· I don't yell at anyone in a sudden burst of pregnancy hormonal-ness "You think YOU'VE got problems??? Is there a small being growing inside you, kicking your ribs every few minutes? Is a wee little alien doing cartwheels in your lower regions? No, I didn't think so!"
· I cough or sneeze and DON'T pee in my pants (yes, I am doing my kegels)
· Emmy doesn't try to kill her baby-brother-to-be by jumping on or kicking my tummy
· A person doesn't gasp when I tell them my huge belly is only five months preggers (yup, lady. That's right. I've got another 120 days to go. And yes, I am SURE it's not twins).
· I don't accidentally drop mustard from my lunch sandwich onto my shirt, making my belly look like a big bullseye
· I manage to poop without feeling like I am going to birth this baby right into the toilet (sorry, that's probably TMI)
· I can watch a tv commercial that has anything very cute (a baby, a bunny, a baby bunny, etc.) without crying
· I DON'T secretly wish my husband was the one who was pregnant, so I could drink a very large glass of wine
And let's face it. It's only going to get better. Cause I know that in four months time, my expectations for a good day are going to look something like this:
· Get more than three hours of sleep at night (not necessarily in a row)
· Say at least one coherent sentence every 10 – 12 hours
· Take a two minute shower at least once every two days. Ok, maybe every three days.
· Remember my name
· Wear something other than a bathrobe (especially when traveling outside the house)
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El Reg gives it a wrist at MWC: From not-so-smartwatch to the selfie-taker
Several new smartwatches are set to be shown at Mobile World Congress, demonstrating software improvements since CES at the start of the year. Creoir is a Finnish company, so you can guess where they all worked before. They are the people behind the Jolla smartphone. The former Nokia bods are currently working on its "Ibis" …
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I would agree with some of that - the martian one that is just a fancy notification light (albeit with vibration too) seems a bit pointless.
On the other hand I use my pebble all the time and find it very handy. Most email I find is junk or circulars so the ability to glance at my wrist and dismiss unwanted messages is great. On top of that it works as a sleep monitor (wakes you up at the right point in your sleep cycle), bike speedometer and running monitor (how fast/far you have gone).
I'll be the first to admit I could live without my pebble but you could say that about a lot of tech and for me it fills a niche.
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I have no need for a cycling speedometer or running monitor and if my alarms only woke me up at the "right" point in my sleep cycle I'd always be late for work.
What was the other use again? Oh yeah, a fancy notification area for emails on my wrist instead of the two screens in front of me and the phone to the side. Not really a killer feature.
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What do you get if you multiplty six by nine?
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Excellent, someone got my Random quote.
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Clearly because you have no need of these things no one else possibly could...
Dont even use a watch anymore
Not sure about anyone else but when phones became smarter I ditched my watch as I saw no point, time well look at mobile.
remote control . . . for a phone?
not unless it has a "detonate" setting to take care of the SOB who just stole it and is running away down the street with it.
what next, using a headset to communicate with your wristwatch that can activate your phone to display the time on your headset?
[i must be even older than i feel]
$250 for a "Clock Bracelet"??
Not this commentard. A little pricey for my taste. If someone wants to get ahold of me, they can page me. It has worked for over 30 years, and is just fine, thank you.
As people have said before me: "Anything more than about $20 (give or take, inflation, you know) is jewelry. And no, I don't have a Rolex (or want one).
Sort of cool, but too $$$.
At the prices requested, somewhat too dear by half. A Pebbler grew from not liking or caring about the tech and found glancing at the wrist to be a quickly integrated habit. Though, the thought lingers that separation anxiety would mount the longer a certain generation left their mobile tucked in. So perhaps, the manufacturing of the market needs more baking time.
Personally, I attach sentiment to wristwatches, and looking at the time reminds me of loved ones more so than the information gleaned. But, perhaps that too, is a g-g-generation thing.
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a bunch of retards say they don't wear watches so therefore nobody in the whole world is interested.
What? Too late?
Not going anywhere near the ibis
After my experience with the Jolla, there is no way I'm going anywhere near anything they've been working on, until it has been in the market place for at least a year.
Given the teams pedigree, the amount of time already spent working on MeGo before they left Nokia, and then the time they've had after that ... I was expecting a less buggy product than what actually reached me.
As for the rest of them ... so much meh that will eventually join the fondu set under the kitchen sink.
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Charles H. Ballard, age 68, passed away, July 30, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point.
Charles H. Ballard was born Sept. 1, 1942, in Sturgis, Miss., to the late Fannie Mae and Lester Ballard.
He was a member of East End Baptist Church in Columbus, Miss., and a Veteran of the U.S. Navy. He married Alice Faye Hodge Jan. 24, 1969, at the family home in Sturgis, Miss. He worked for Purolator and more recently, nine years for Columbus Brick.
Mary Simmons Taylor
Mary Simmons Taylor, age 84, passed away, July 13, 2011, at the Dugan Memorial Home in West Point.
Mary Simmons Taylor was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Clay County, Miss., to the late Susie Mae Myers and Ralph W. Simmons. She was a Laboratory Technician and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
There will be no funeral services. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Her remains were donated to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson.
Peggy Marlene Edwards Johnson
Peggy Marlene Edwards Johnson, age 78, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at The North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, after a brief illness.
Darryl Eugene McCreary
Darryl Eugene McCreary Sr., age 60, of Cleveland, Miss., died in an airplane accident in Leflore County, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Funeral services are Thursday, July 28, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Ray Funeral Home, with visitation at 1:30 – 3 p.m. before the service. Burial will follow at Beulah Cemetery at Beulah, Miss. The Reverend Clarence Edwards of Boyle, Miss., will officiate.
Mr. McCreary was born in Rosedale, Miss., August 23, 1950, to Eugene Marion McCreary and Mildred Stubbs McCreary. He married Susan Adele Sims in Cleveland, Miss., June 8, 1969.
Kathleen Stephenson Hartin
Kathleen Stephenson Hartin, age 87, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Dugan Memorial Home.
Kathleen Stephenson Hartin was born June 4, 1924, in Charleston, W.V., to the late Gladys Rice and Joseph Stephenson. She served in the U.S. Navy in the Waves corp. during WWII. She loved Bowling and golf.
Graveside services are today, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 10 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery, with Rev. Dale Funderburg officiating.
She is survived by her sister in-law and brother-in-law, Ann and Buck Harmon.
Shelby Jean Burges
Shelby Jean Burges, age 73, passed away, Saturday, July 23, 2011, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, in Tupelo.
Shelby Jean Burges was born March 15, 1938, in Pine Bluff, Miss., to the late Maudie Marie Vaughn and Raymond Forrester She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Shelby Jean Burges was married to Hubert Eugene Burges, who preceded her on January 31, 1986.
Prentice O. McKibben Sr.
Prentice O. McKibben Sr., age 91, passed away, Sunday, July 24, 2011, at his home, in West Point.
Prentice Owen McKibben Sr. was born Sept. 21, 1919, in Vardaman, Miss., to the late Edna Griffin and Ernest McKibben. He was a new automobile salesman from 1955 until 1990 for Bishop Chevrolet and Larry White Chevrolet and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army having served during WWII. Prentice Owen McKibben, Sr. married Mabel E. Higgins McKibben March 1, 1947, in Hernando, Miss., she preceded him in death March 27, 2002.
James D. "Jay" Brantley
James D. "Jay" Brantley, age 65, passed away, Saturday, July 23, 2011, at the University of Alabama Medical Center, in Birmingham.
James David Brantley was born June 10, 1946, in Kosciusko, Miss., to the late Cora Faye Cupit and J. B. Brantley. He was a truck driver for Bryan Foods for 37 years. James D. "Jay" Brantley
was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. James D. "Jay" Brantley married Beth Elaine Millsaps Brantley July 23, 1967, at Calvary Baptist Church in West Point. He had attended Mississippi State University and Holmes Junior College.
Mary Clay Bradshaw
Mary Clay Bradshaw, age 76, passed away July 20, 2011, at North Miss Medical Center-Tupelo.
Visitation will be Monday, July 25, 2011, from 3-6 p.m. at Carter's Mortuary Service Chapel. Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul M.B. Church with the Rev. Eddie Longstreet officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
Carter's Mortuary Services is in charge of arrangements.
Abby Reese Ingram
Abby Reese Ingram, infant daughter of Breanna Nichole Smitherman and Alexander Bradly Ingram, passed away July 16, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle.
Survivors include her parents; maternal grandparents, Barry Smitherman of Prairie, Johnna Smitherman of West Point; Paternal grandparents, Mike and Georgia-Ann Ingram of West Point; great grandmother, Linda Cox of Prairie, great grandfather, Jonathan L. Johnson of Pontotoc, and Ervin Ingram of West Point.


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Gentleman, gentleman: If the facts regarding the false quote from TJ are correct, then I agree that the quote is inaccurate at best. However I fail to see why this thread has degenerated into accusations about who believes what and even assertions about who actually rebelled in 1776!...more »
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I am amazed on several levels as follows: First that this quote is not a direct quote from TJ. Second third and forth that a discussion of it can be reduced to a battle over what philosophical/political "religion" our forefather's revolution can be "blamed" on. It is without question that our...more »
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Ernest T. Oldani, 72, of Ridgway, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness.
He was born April 17, 1939 in Coal Hollow, son of the late Tanny and Bruna Pelleschi Oldani.
He married Marion A. Mendat, who survives.
He was a lifelong resident of the area and was a 1957 graduate of Ridgway Area High School. He was a member of St. Leo Catholic Church, Ridgway Elks and Kersey Eagles. He was employed for 42 years at Powder Metal Products, Inc. in St. Marys as a machinist/foreman.
Dave Rodgers, age 80, a former Ridgway resident, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Mr. Rodgers is survived by his wife, Cathy, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Steve Rodgers (Pam), of Singapore; Mike Rodgers, of Cary, N.C.; Doug Rodgers, of Rockville, Md.; and Jan Haley (Jeff), of Raleigh, N.C.; and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Anthony "Tony" Moscatello, 86, died Monday, August 8, 2011, at his home in Astoria, N.Y.
He was born September 18, 1924 in New York, N.Y., and later moved to Astoria, N.Y., where he resided all his life.
On September 10, 1949, he married Angeline Caggiano Moscatello at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Ridgway. She preceded him in death on April 10, 2007.
Tony and Angie made frequent trips to Ridgway to visit friends and relatives.
As one of its many programs, Parents as Teachers (PAT) - a part of Dickinson's Center Inc.'s Children's Prevention Services - offers a unique opportunity with its infant massage classes aimed at strengthening the bond between parents and their infant.
Certified Infant Massage Instructor and PAT educator Deanna Meyer teaches the classes, which demonstrate how massage benefits children by easing their discomfort, releasing tension, helping premature infants gain weight and helping asthmatic infants improve their breathing function.
The Ridgway-based Pa. State Police report a fire marshal investigation that took placed on Aug. 21 at 2:10 p.m. at the Pennsy Restaurant owned by Michele A. Ritter of Kersey at 157 N. Broad St., Ridgway. According to reports, the Pa. State Police fire marshal and the Ridgway Fire Department investigated the origin and cause of a fire that damaged a two-story wood frame restaurant. The fire was contained to the attic and roof areas of the building. The restaurant was closed at the time of the fire and the building was unoccupied. There were no injuries.
Raymond A. Feldbauer, 74, of 250 Euclid Avenue, Ridgway, died Friday, August 19, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness.
He was born November 10, 1936 in St. Marys. On March 28, 1959, in St. Marys, he married Judith Rouqez, who preceded him in death in 1975. On February 21, 1976, in the St. Mary's Church, he married Ann Ehrensberger, who survives.
Mary E. Stahli, 83, of Worrall Street, Wilcox, died at home Saturday, August 20, 2011 after a lengthy illness.
She was born May 5, 1928 in Johnsonburg, daughter of the late Francis P. and Maude (Fellows) McCabe. On March 17, 1949, she married Harold Stahli, who preceded her in death on August 16, 1987.
She lived all her life in Johnsonburg and Wilcox and was a graduate of Johnsonburg High School. She was employed by Stackpole Carbon of Johnsonburg for many years and the Grant House of Wilcox.
Mary Margaret (Sis) Dussia, age 93, of 505 Sheridan Ave., Ridgway, died Saturday morning, Aug. 20, 2011, at Elk Regional Health Center.
JOHNSONBURG – Jamie Lee Desantis, a 29-year-old fugitive who avoided a three-hour manhunt Thursday in Ridgway, was later caught at approximately 11 p.m. on Water Street Extension in Johnsonburg.
Desantis was reportedly seen in Johnsonburg at approximately 8 p.m. Thursday and was later apprehended after a second search of the area after press time.
Things went from bad to worse when a fire ripped through the home of Jim and Nancy Bodien at 45 Fremont Ave., Ridgway, last Saturday night.
The kitchen, dining room and bathroom took the brunt of the fire leaving the smoke and water to destroy the rest of the home.
Five miles away at Nancy's mother's residence, she received a call from her sister at about 10:10 p.m. Saturday night to tell her that her house was on fire.
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The "Rocket Man" hitmaker, Elton John and his partner David Furnish became first-time parents over Christmas, 2010 and the news prompted frenzied speculation over who they would ask to take on the special honour.
Sir Elton John recently confirmed they have picked Lady GaGa, saying, "Yes, (GaGa is the godmother). When you get to the real person underneath, there's a very simple New York girl who loves her parents. I love her to death and a lot of people said, 'Oh that's crazy.' But they don't know her, and we do."
The "Poker Face" hitmaker has now spoken of her joy over the role, telling British TV show Daybreak, "Zachary is a beautiful, beautiful boy and I feel very honoured to be invited into their family."


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Some boys and girls get bored quickly
από Flizbopshiznik 19 Σεπτέμβριος 2013
bored of the rings...-pfft- look at tha wizards shows. concerse chuck taylors rule!
A state of feeling no excitment or energy
It always sucks to be bored
από lunar shadows 21 Δεκέμβριος 2004
A state of mind that causes you to read blogs, then follow links off blogs to old Usenet arguements about magic tricks in 1992.
I've been reading about mrgoat's arguement about d'lites with rayhaddad. It's funny. It's at www.protagonist.co.uk/goatblog
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The UIL girls basketball season begins today, and the spotlight should shine brightest in North Texas on 5-foot-9 point guard Terriell Bradley.Heading into her senior season, Bradley has already pledged her commitment to Kansas while holding the No. 53 spot on the 2014 ESPNW 100 as one of the top recruits in the nation.But at Mansfield Timberview, Bradley is just one-fourth of the NCAA Division I talent in her senior class and sharing that spotlight is just fine with her."She's a very modest and quiet kind of player, so I think she's glad to have teammates that are also in the spotlight so she can share it," Timberview coach Kit Martin said. "I don't think any of them are thinking I want to be the one, and that's a blessing. She doesn't feel the burden that, 'Man, I've got to carry this team,' because she's got a tremendous amount of spread-out talent that makes it very nice."Along with Bradley, 6-foot Arizona commit JaLea Bennett, 6-foot-2 Texas Tech commit Dayo Olabode and 5-foot-8 SMU commit Aurmani Degar make up the quadruplets of collegiate talent that Bennett hopes will push them further than the regional quarterfinal exit the Wolves took last season.With that core of talent, Bennett's dreams are far loftier than the regional quarterfinals."It feels really good [to share the spotlight] because I think we have a very good team and we have potential to get really far in the state tournament," Bennett said.From last season to this season, not much has actually changed other than collegiate commitments with these four. Martin, however, hopes two things will put this team on top of Region I and then the state.First, as seniors, these players realize the window to win a state championship is narrow. As they looked and saw the talent, making the most of it will fuel Timberview's fire, Martin said. Second, through their playing years to date, the Timberview quadruplets have always been the younger players on their teams. Their talents forced them to play with older competition.This season, they are left to lead their team, and it's a role they have embraced from Day One, Martin said."All of a sudden it's the last shot they can win a state championship and now they have to be leaders," Martin said. "They've really gotten together and decided this is how we want our legacy to be left. We want it to be as strong as previous senior classes that they've played with. With it's all on them, the time is now."And that sense of urgency is evident.Friday, a day before Timberview's preseason scrimmage, Bradley calmly reflected on past seasons and her commitment to Kansas. However, when asked about her thoughts on beginning the regular season her tone changed immediately in one simple statement."Fire it up."
More information State-ranked Area teams, with 2012-13 records, in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches preseason polls: • Southlake Carroll (23-10): Class 5A No. 18 • Mansfield Timberview (29-7): 5A No. 22 • Arlington Seguin (28-8): 4A No. 2 • Aledo (30-8): 4A No. 3 • Mansfield Summit (23-13): 4A No. 15 • FW Trimble Tech (27-7): 4A No. 17 • Stephenville (28-9): 3A No. 15 • Kennedale (31-7): 3A No. 18 Players to watch • G Cierra Johnson, 5-8, Sr., Hurst L.D. Bell: 15.6 ppg, 3.7 apg., 4.8 spg • P Mackenzie Hailey, 6-1, Jr., Burleson: 15 ppg, 8 rpg, 3 spg • G Aundra Stovall, 5-5, Sr., Arlington Seguin: 12 ppg, 3 spg • F Alarie Mayze, 5-11, Jr., Arlington Seguin: 14.7 ppg, 8 rpg, 3 spg • G Laurynn McGowen, 5-8, Jr., Arlington Seguin: 10 ppg, 4 rpg, 4 spg • G McKinley Bostad, 5-7, Sr., Kennedale: 15.9 ppg, 3.7 apg., 3.2 spg • G Kennedy Leonard, 5-9. Jr. Southlake Carroll: 12.7 ppg., 7.5 rpg., 6.3 apg., 3.9 spg • G Gretchen Morrison, 5-9, Jr., Southlake Carroll: 11.8 ppg., 61-120 3-pt. FGs UIL key dates Monday: Regular season begins Feb. 10-11: Playoffs begin Feb. 27-March 1: State tournament, Austin
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Longboat Key police help nab car burglar
Date: September 8, 2009
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
Longboat Key police officers charged an Osprey man with two counts of car burglary and resisting arrest Saturday, Sept. 5, after beachgoers spotted him fleeing a beach-access parking lot in his van.
Longboat Key police officers responded to a report of an automobile burglary at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday, at the Atlas Street Beach access, just north of the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Witnesses on the beach reported a full-size white van with a distinctive roof rack speeding away from a Toyota Prius with a broken window and an activated car alarm.
Longboat Key police officer Randy Thompson, on patrol at the North Shore Road beach access, observed a van matching the description driving slowly through the area, heading north to Bradenton Beach.
Thompson provided a detailed description of the suspect and vehicle and broadcast a bulletin over the Manatee County radio system.
Longboat Key Police Capt. Steve Mislyan and Bradenton Beach police officers located the suspect at a beach access at the intersection of Gulf Drive and Bridge Street, in Bradenton Beach.
The suspect attempted to evade apprehension but was blocked in by police units and was physically removed from his vehicle.
Evidence recovered at the scene linked the suspect to two Longboat Key car burglaries and two city of Sarasota car burglaries that occurred earlier Saturday at Marina Jacks and Lido Key, according to Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle.
Two laptop computers and $536 in cash were returned to crime victims after processing.
The Longboat Key Police Department charged Michael Ray Berry, 36, and transported him to Manatee County Jail. The case is still under investigation.
Hogle confirmed that Berry has an extensive record in Indiana for auto theft, burglary, theft and drug violations.
Said Hogle: "This is an excellent example of the interactive police relationship between officers of the Bradenton Beach, Sarasota and Longboat Key Police Departments."
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- Perhaps our town might look into surveillance cameras linked to the police station (recorded digitally) in the public access lots - federal grants may be available to do this. Presence of prominently displayed warning signs may lessen the occurrence of these smash and grab crimes, at least among those criminals who weigh the cost benefit analysis of crime versus punishment. As for the guy in the story, "you can't fix stupid" when he gets caught at the next island.
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A documentary project promising a behind-the-scenes look at Minnesota's most esoteric radio personality is in the process of raising funds on Kickstarter.As of yesterday, Common Man: The Ego Has Landed had raised just over $2,000 toward filmmakers Gregg Holtgrewe and Matthew Deery's goal of $15,000. ... More >>
This game, man. pic.twitter.com/OOwYFky2JT-- Parker Hageman (@OverTheBaggy) December 8, 2013 At 3-9-1, the Vikings may be officially eliminated from playoff contention, but the team is nonetheless in the midst of one of the most entertaining seasons in franchise history. Between the Monday Night M ... More >>
Paul Allen -- KFAN host, Vikings radio play-by-play guy, and noted homer -- preaches the gospel of #faith to Vikings fans and this morning picked the Purple to make it all the way to the NFC Championship Game (and possibly the Super Bowl). In related news, water is wet.SEE ALSO: Disappointed Vikings ... More >>
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Trucking Logistics
The value of U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada increased by $7.8 billion in September, exceeding $100 billion for the seventh straight month as manufacturing activity and freight shipping in all three North American Free Trade Agreement partners expanded.
Shippers face another round of woes even after their stalled containers move from congested Los Angeles-Long Beach via intermodal rail to Chicago.
Trailer orders in the U.S. hit an all-time high in October, exceeding the earlier mark by nearly 9 percent, FTR Associates says.
Increasing container dwell times are taking a toll at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, further exacerbating congestion at the busiest U.S. port complex.
U.S. shippers dependent on congested ports face a tough year ahead, FTR Associates says. But that doesn't mean 2015 will be easy — or cheap — for anyone shipping freight in the U.S.
The nation's largest regional less-than-truckload carrier is moving to larger digs.
West Coast port congestion keeps spot market truck prices on inland routes high, and shippers are rethinking supply chains as cost rise.
Recent case law involving the independent contractor model in trucking indicates that companies must cover all bases in order to convince the courts and government agencies that owner-operator drivers are not direct employees, a Southern California attorney told the Harbor Transportation Club this week.
Truckers are complaining about a tariff change that restricts their ability to collect detention payments for excessive wait times and subjects them to $50 fees for avoidable trouble-window visits at most Port of New York and New Jersey container terminals.
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Music Collection
2.4.4 (last update on Jun 21, 2014)
GPLv2 or later
Paid Download
25 March 2009
Music Collection is your mp3 Jukebox, use it to listen to your music wherever you are and to share your music with your users.
Create your music community, let your users upload their content and populate your site's collection! Create great artist profiles with the highly-customizable layouts!
Native for Joomla 1.5, 2.5 & 3.x
- HTML5 player, compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod... etc
- Automatic folder importing reading ID3 tag metadata, import all your library in just 1 click
- ID3 tag metadata reading to avoid entering information manually
- Statistics
- Front-end users can add content
- EasySocial integration
- JomSocial integration
- Community Builder integration
- Komento integration
- Social Bookmarking and sharing options
- Discogs integration: import album and song data from the Discogs databse
- Folder auto-scaning for quickly creating new albums from your organized folders
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- Tag albums, songs and artists
-Add albums, artists and songs
-Add all sort of details into your albums or music items
-Videos for songs. Built-in integration with YouTube videos
-JW Player 6.8, HTML5 first and Flash fallback, plays MP3, AAC, MP4, FLV...
-PLAYLISTS: let your users create their own playlists on-the-go and store, comment them.
-Write reviews on your albums, artists or songs
-Add mp3 files to your songs and let registered users to listen them online or download
-Add lyrics, chords and other details to your songs
-Make associative relations between artists
-Define your own music formats, types of record and more and stablish relationships between them
-Define your own music genre tree, associating multiple "parent genres" and "children genres" to every genre
-Add your own tags to every item
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-Group diferent types of albums in Box Sets and decide to display them separately or in group
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really happy with the purchase. great work.
It was easy to install and customise to my needs. I moved hosting provider a week ago and the extension author answered all my questions in a few hours.
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Inside Logitech's video labs for optical design, 3D prototyping
Summary: Let's take a stroll through Logitech's new video labs for optical and audio testing in Silicon Valley.
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In response to customer feedback from different parts of the world, Logitech engineers also started testing for how skin tones appear on camera amid various lighting settings.
Naturally, a machine can't catch everything, so Logitech engineers go through a lot of things subjectively with multiple settings such as various color backgrounds, lighting, and even distance from the camera.
As many of the products on display during the tour are directed at businesses, Logitech engineers and executives cited hotel rooms as a frequent consideration during testing. This is for a few reasons, namely that a lot of business travelers often conduct videoconferencing calls from hotels, which are notorious for dim lighting.
Thus, this has been a particular area of focus for engineers trying to make video quality much more natural and high-definition at the same time.
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Public Enemy Warehouse Live, December 27 Last seen holding their own alongside LL Cool J and Ice Cube on this summer's Monsters of Rap tour, Public Enemy doesn't know the meaning of the word "mellow." Onstage, Chuck D and Flavor Flav are more combustible than ever, and although DJ Lord has replaced ... More >>
Note: In a new holiday tradition, Rocks Off would like to re-present to our readers this 2011 blog of the blackest Christmas songs we would find. Dude, religious Christmas is pretty macabre. All kinds of scandal, sex with a ghost, strangers bringing mystical gifts, and everyone predicting this youn ... More >>
Most of the year Houston's Sunny 99.1 FM is a ratings powerhouse that plays pop music familar enough that it keeps you more awake than actively tuned in. Sunny calls itself "Houston's at-work station," but it's good for just about any activity short of having sex or attending a concert: driving, sho ... More >>
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While we celebrate the holidays, Rocks Off is resurrecting a few of our best Christmas-themed blogs from the past few years. (Wait... resurrecting is Easter. Never mind.) This blog originally appeared December 23, 2011. "Dude, religious Christmas is pretty macabre. All kinds of scandal, sex with a ... More >>
Dwight Yoakam, Mike Stinson Arena Theatre, December 21 Hard to believe it's been more than a quarter-century since Dwight Yoakam turned Nashville on its ear with the hard-charging Hillbilly Deluxe. You have to hand it to him: He's not one to rush things. It had been seven years since 2005's Blame t ... More >>
Here in Houston, we shouldn't need an excuse to throw great parties, but I suppose the so-called Mayan Apocalypse is a pretty good reason to get shit-housed and listen to local bands. This Friday almost everyone seems to be throwing an "End of the World" show or mini-fest -- if they aren't putting ... More >>
2008: An Hour in Sunny 99.1's Holiday Hell Every year, Sunny starts playing non-stop, 24/7 Christmas tunes by the end of November. You can pretty much bet that by the time you hop in the car after Thanksgiving dinner that Perry Como will be riding shotgun with you up to the gas station for smokes ... More >>
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Kreepin DethMetallica recently announced that they would be releasing a film in 3D. Whether or not we're talking a concert film, something more along the lines of Some Kind of Monster, or a different approach entirely they haven't confirmed. Still, it seems most likely that they will follow i ... More >>
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The area on a man's body found between the scrotum and anus. Also known as "the seams of life" because if one tears his scranus his soul will fall out.
I tore my scranus and my soul fell out.
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The flabby stinky skin between your dingleberry tree and ur tea bagger
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Jobs: "It's the music, stupid," no video iPod planned
"A shareholder asked him about plans for a video iPod at the company's annual meeting in April. He responded by paraphrasing a campaign slogan of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential election campaign, 'It's the economy, stupid.'
'It's the music, stupid,' Jobs said after a slight pause. Also, last week, Apple's head of hardware product marketing Greg Joswiak told Reuters that Apple has no plans yet for a video iPod. [...]
'Apple has good equity built up around the iPod brand,' McGuire said. 'They have to be careful about turning it into this digital-media Swiss Army knife that does a lot of things but none of them very well.'"
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The ipod is changing the music world just like video did in the late 70s/early 80s. In the spirit of no video out on the IPOD I reworded The Bugles classic, "Video Killed The Radio Star."
I saw you on the TV back in Eighty Two
Lying awake intent at looking in on you.
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.
Oh-a oh
They took the credit for you second video
Redownloaded by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.
Oh-a oh
I met your children
Oh-a oh
What did you tell them?
Ipod killed the video star
Ipod killed the video star.
Computers came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh
And now we meet in an abandoned music store.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh
You were the first one.
Oh-a oh
You were the last one.
Ipod killed the video star
Ipod killed the video star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh
Ipod killed the video star.
Ipod killed the video star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far.
Computers came and broke your heart, put the blame on MP3.
You are a video star.
You are a video star.
Ipod killed the video star.
Ipod killed the video star.
Ipod killed the video star.
Ipod killed the video star.
Ipod killed the video star. (You are a video star.)
Maybe the Bugles can rerecord the song with these lyrics and Apple can use it in a commercial!
Posted by jfk99 on June 16, 2004 at 9:42 AM (CDT)
jfk99 I hope that they don't re-record the song. It was horrible then and it will be horrible re-recorded.
As for Apple not wanting to make the Ipod video capable and turn it into a "army swiss knife", personally I could not agree more. Leave well enough alone, just make the battery last longer and tweak the audio output a bit.
Posted by toothpaste in NYC on June 16, 2004 at 10:04 AM (CDT)
Wow jfk99…that sucked.
Posted by Jimmy Jack Jacob Joe Jim...Brad. on June 16, 2004 at 12:31 PM (CDT)
It wasn't meant to be good, just sort of humorous and tounge in cheek.
Posted by jfk99 on June 16, 2004 at 12:36 PM (CDT)
Apple - Big mistake! Its the future, maybe not to everyones taste but it will sell. Look at it as a sister product viPOD. There are people that just want the best mp3 device and then the others want a versitile device to show pics or watch moving images…. think about how iTunes has movie trailers already… will they soon download to a new device? Jobs may be throwing the competition off…
Posted by bartsimpson on June 16, 2004 at 1:53 PM (CDT)
Wait, doesnt ipod have games that take even more attention than movies?
Posted by Techni on June 16, 2004 at 2:09 PM (CDT)
Yeah, they did put an ad on Monster.com looking for A hardware/firmware engineer with video background to help build the new video iPod
Posted by kbotc on June 16, 2004 at 3:50 PM (CDT)
Just because the ad was posted doesn't mean the product has to come to fruition. Personally, I'd like to see vide be spun off in another product.
I agree that the iPod doesn't need to be a Digital Swiss Army Knife. It is a master of one and is best served staying that way.
And, bartsimpson, if it's so much the future, you now know Apple's not going to do it so take it on yourself. You'll make millions! ...if your right.
Posted by Dennis on June 16, 2004 at 4:45 PM (CDT)
Not that I'm agreeing with Bart, but you're beginning to sound like the nay-sayers who didn't believe the telephone would catch on…
Posted by Layla on June 16, 2004 at 6:40 PM (CDT)
Photos, album art display - that is what will be on the next gen iPod.
Video? If you think just a bit, you realize it just doesn't fit - literally and figuratively.
Look at the game solitaire on your iPod. Hard to make out the card? Now think about that as the size of your iPod video.
Bigger screen and mandatory bigger video battery would make the iPod the iBrick!
Have you ever tried to watch a video outside? In sunlight?
Unless you can dedicate 120 minutes or more to watching a complete video you will be watching piecemeal - not a way most people care to watch a movie.
The portable video player already exists and it hasn't proven to be a killer application by any means!
No, all talk of a video iPod is just useless - it ain't gonna happen.
Posted by Obadiah on June 17, 2004 at 6:35 AM (CDT)
dude, why do you wanna watch movie trailers on your vPod??????
Posted by spirit on June 18, 2004 at 3:58 PM (CDT)
I dont wanna the apple to turn the kickass music player to a video player. Think about the pathetic battery. With color LCD display, the battery will probably last for like 5 hrs.
Posted by lol on June 19, 2004 at 7:29 PM (CDT)
"With color LCD display, the battery will probably last for like 5 hrs."
I think Apple is waiting for organic LEDs toget cheaper. They are more flexible than old-style LEDs, and draw much less power.
Posted by OLEDs on June 20, 2004 at 9:54 AM (CDT)
"Unless you can dedicate 120 minutes or more to watching a complete video you will be watching piecemeal - not a way most people care to watch a movie."
Why are you vPod haters obsessed with watching full movies?
When you listen to your iPod, do you always listen to a complete album the whole way through?
I have a video player (Archos!) and I tell youfrom experience what gets played most is short stuff, 3-5 minutes. Music videos, funny clips from Chapelle or Daily Show, interesting segments, Looney Toon classics.
About the only time I "watch" the video for a whole movie is if I am in a friend's house and there's a movie we want towatch on the player. Then we just hook it up to the TV and output it there.
With an 80GB drive, believe me, there's a whole lot of variety you can have with 4 minute clips!
Posted by Obsessed on June 20, 2004 at 9:58 AM (CDT)
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Canon 5D Mark II Vs. Canon 7D Vs. Fujifilm X100 - 100% Crops.
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Re: Canon 5D Mark II Vs. Canon 7D Vs. Fujifilm X100 - 100% Crops.
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Interesting indeed. First off. Thank you. A very gracious thank you for going through the trouble of doing this. Secondly, I think you mislabeled the image. I gather the right-most image is the 7D/24L/f4. You mislabeled it as the 5D2.
You are most welcome. It took me about an hour and a half to complete testing, cropping, compiling and posting. Phew! Thank you for pointing out that I've mislabeled one of the images - that has now been corrected.
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Since I have no qualitative way to measure ISO level, I can't comment on whether it's actually better or worse. My eyes see more of the lightstand in the cropped image due to the 12mp resolution, so my mind tells me there's more contrast (but I also wonder what my mind would think if the 5d2/7d images were downsized to the 12mp resolution, or the x100 uprez'd).
That's a possible request that can happen. Since I can't really make NEW pixels, I will downrez the other files. That'll have to wait though, I have to study for my finals (it'll end on the 8th of April)
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You do point out an interesting thing happening, with regards to the closet rack disappearing at iso6400. I suspect the Fuji has additional contrast/sharpening at work here. Since my understanding is that the 5D2 is pretty darn sharp at the pixel-level, yet it looks terribly soft (as the 7D) compared to X100 image. It's either that or both the 35L and 24L are inferior to the lens on the Fuji (which is a possibility).
It is rather interesting. The high resolution sensors on both the 5D and the 7D push the 24L and the 35L to it's maximum resolving potential.
Originally Posted by
well, the focus on the right most image is off.
As for the focusing, I HAD to make sure that I was focusing properly. I let the camera focus itself and then adjusted using live-view at 10X. I switched the lens to MF mode, and left it at that as I kept pushing the iso and the shutter to keep the focus consistent.
I evaluated the DOF using the DOF calculator. The subject was 1.5 m away. The 7D was set with a 24mm FL and a f/4.0 Aperture.
Depth of field
Near limit 1.26 m
Far limit 1.86 m
Total 0.61 m
In front of subject 0.24 m (40%)
Behind subject 0.36 m (60%)
Hyperfocal distance 7.6 m
So I am pretty sure that I am fine in this aspect.
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What Do You Do with An Empty Bag?
Fill it with Love and Gifts for Mission
Buckhannon, WV, June 10, 2008--The West Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church demonstrated the use of an empty bag while celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Advance, the denomination's designated or "second-mile" mission-giving program.
Delegates and friends filled it up with a sense of love and $2,924.11 for the Global AIDS funds in a spontaneous June 6 offering that resulted from…well, it was like this: the bishop was given an empty bag!
"The only way I know how to share a bag is to fill it up," said Bishop Ernest Lyght after he received the fabric container, imprinted with The Advance logo, from the Rev. Chris Heckert, a representative of the General Board of Global Ministries.
"This bag is for the whole annual conference," Heckert stressed when he handed it to the bishop as an expression of appreciation for the West Virginia Conference's support of mission through The Advance.
Heckert also presented the bishop with a plaque indicating that West Virginia had the largest increase in local church participation in The Advance of any conference in the Northeastern Jurisdiction in 2007.
Bishop Lyght started the bag circulating among conference-goers gathered in the chapel of West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, and in about 30 minutes it was bulging with cash and coins for mission's "second mile."
In his remarks to the conference on behalf of Global Ministries, Heckert recalled that his grandfather was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Romney, West Virginia, and had always taught children and grandchildren to go the second mile, even if the first was difficult. In United Methodist stewardship, the "first mile" of mission giving is payment of congregational apportionments through the World Service Fund.
The bag filled in Buckhannon was made by the Women's Enrichment Program in Bolivia. Bags like it were presented to each delegate at the 2008 United Methodist General Conference in April as part of The Advance's anniversary celebration.
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Another long story starting in the distant past. This past even more distant, actually. I hope the story won't be as long.
This one starts more than five years ago. I was in sixth grade, I think. I decided one day (although in my mind I had been considering the idea for quite some time) to leave the kid with whom I had been best friends since about kindergarten or first grade and to hang out with a different crowd.
The next day, my mother bought me flowers. And I've been functionally grounded ever since.
If I did start acting up now, I don't know what the parental authority figures could do to me. They can't take away my cell phone, or my television privileges, or withhold the car keys, or tighten my curfew, or forbid me from going on social outings, or even send me to my room to make no noise and pretend that I'm not there. The usual teenage punishments are all rendered irrelevant.
Why? Because I'm living that way already. I come home immediately after school, hole myself up in my room, making no noise and pretending I'm not there. I never get invited to social outings, I'm always home by half past three in the afternoon, I have no cell phone, I don't watch television, and I can't drive. I live like somebody who has had all his (that's a grammatical his, not reflecting my gender) privileges taken away already. All because I chose to hang out with the good kids when I was twelve.
Not only do I passively submit to this lifestyle, I have trouble imagining the alternatives. I know so little about them that I don't know whether they're even worth considering. I kind of suspect that they aren't, but that could just be my sheltered ignorance. Or maybe all introverts live the same way I do, but just get none of the publicity the extroverts get.
Kind of ironic, though. Grounded for Life is supposed to be the ultimate punishment, the one you only get if you do something really, really, spectacularly bad. And here I got it for being 'good.' Funny old world, isn't it?
Yes, it is funny.
In a way I am the exact opposite. I have TOO much to do. (Things that I can't control of the amount I have) So if I were to act up my parents couldn't take anything away from me either.
Does that make any scense?
I am held up with stuff that I can't get rid of. Like School, work, clubs, band. That I have no freetime. So if I were to act out my parents wouldn't be able to punish me in any way because they can't take away school, or work, or clubs, or band.
Did I explain that any better? (It all make scense in my mind, but then I try writing out it's just gibberish)
Oh. Okay. Yeah, that makes sense.
Not really related, but the title of your post, Grounded for Life, is a really funny tv show.
I've only been grounded once, and it was because I was acting up really bad. Sneaking out of my house at 4 in the morning, returning late the next day, with my parents not knowing where in the world I was.
However... I managed to come to an agreement with my parents. They've come to realize that keeping me at home only makes me want to break free even more. I can't stand just being at home, quietly, not doing anything. Mainly because I hate being alone and I hate thinking too much and enough interaction prevents that. So basically, my new rules are that I can essentially do whatever I please as long as I ask nothing from my parents and they know where I am and who I'm with. I usually end up lying anyways, though.
On an unrelated note... Do you have a photo of your skull collection? I'm quite curious about it.
nothing is permitted. everything is allowed.
See, I wouldn't even know where if I snuck out and didn't return until long after. The sneaking out would be no problem - I would have done it already if it weren't for the fact that at four in the morning, or eight in the morning, or even ten in the evening for that matter, there's nowhere I'd rather be than in my own bed.
I do have a photo of my skull collection, although not all the skulls are visible in it, and I also have photos of some of the highlights - okay, all the highlights, but it depends how you define highlights (gophers aren't highlights; pretty much everything else is arguable) - but I don't know how to upload photos to this site, or where to put them, or any of the things one needs to know to share photos.
(...Resisting the temptation to go into a long-winded list of many of my skulls and the stories behind them... resisting....)


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Thanks to its popularity, the Street Fighter series received an anime film adaptation in 1994: Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.The international criminal organization Shadowlaw secretly records fights of the world's greatest martial artists with their human-like Monitor Cyborgs. These recordings help Shadowlaw's leader, M. Bison, determine which fighters Shadowlaw will abduct and convert into brainwashed slaves. One fighter in particular, Ryu, catches Bison's interest after the despot watches a fight between Ryu and Shadowlaw operative/former fighting champion Sagat.Shadowlaw's innumerable criminal activities capture the attention of Interpol, which sends lead investigator Chun-Li to team up with U.S. Air Force Captain Guile. Guile is initially reluctant of the partnership until he discovers that Bison had killed someone close to them (Chun-Li's father and his Air Force partner). This revelation gives them common ground to work together. The duo soon learn about Shadowlaw's Monitor Cyborgs and eventually land on the trail of Ryu.Ken Masters, Ryu's friend/former training partner/rival, spends the off-time between fighting tournaments with his girlfriend Eliza, but finds himself unsatisfied. He awaits the day when he and Ryu can settle their "unfinished business" with another fight. Ryu himself travels throughout Asia in search of fights as well, focused on honing and perfecting his skills with each successive challenge. Once Bison discovers Ken and Ryu's shared history, things go from bad to worse. Ryu is blissfully unaware that he represents the key to either Shadowlaw's destruction or complete dominance...As opposed to other movies based off of Street Fighter, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie stays as faithful as possible to the original game (and its various iterations of its day). Any changes made to the storyline still do their best to represent the spirit of the series. Soon after the release of this film, Capcom made a video game that follows the events of an upgraded Monitor Cyborg recording various Street Fighter battles. Several fight scenes and new ideas introduced in this film (the fight between Ryu and Sagat at the beginning of the film, Ken's longer hair during his training days with Ryu, how Ryu got his red headband, and a two-on-one battle with Ken and Ryu fighting Bison) eventually became part of the Street Fighter Alpha series. Because of its adherence to the canon and the spirit of the games, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie remains a huge fan favorite to this day.The film's original American release in 1995 came with a healthy dose of censorship attached — cuts to the infamous Chun-Li shower scene accompanied toned-down blood and swearing. Manga Entertainment rectified this in 2006 with a dual-sided DVD that contained a (virtually) uncensored version of the English dub and a (completely) uncensored version of the original Japanese version of the film. In 2008, Netflix began streaming a fully uncut version of the film's English dub with either the English or Japanese soundtrack backing the dub.
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How do you replace Jesus?
It didn't take Madonna long to answer that difficult question, as the singer has found a new boy toy in light of her break-up with Jesus Luz.
The Material Girl is reportedly dating Jon Kortajarena, a 24-year old Spanish model that appears in A Single Man. In that movie, he portrays a hustler Colin Firth's character meets outside of a liquor store.
The pair met at the film's NYC premiere.
Is Jon Kortajarena an upgrade or downgrade from Jesus Luz?
Kortajarena has been the face and body of Just Cavalli, Bally, Etro, and Trussardi. In December, Forbes Magazine ranked Kortajarena as the eighth most successful male model in the world.
That's quite an honor, almost as pretigious as ranking first in Madonna's bed... this morning, at least.
"a 24-year old Spanish model that appears in A Single Man" A person is a "who", not a "that".
He's famous by his own Right unlike someone else...
Anyway he doesn't need this type of crap publicity he is too good for this shyt(Madonna)
Sure she wants him who doesnt He's a Hottie
but I'm pretty sure he's not into Old bags
Sorry Madonna u striked out here
Madonna, the Jurassic pop star. These 20-something guys must be desperate for recognition (but no less desperate than 50-something year old guys chasing young women)
Madonna's getting her last taste of d**k before she's over the hump, so to speak.
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Like the rest of the reggae/dancehall world (or so it seems), Busy Signal has been on a throwback kick, paying homage to past masters with tracks like the Shabba tribute "Bedroom Bully." Busy always injects a fresh energy into everything he does, and it's no different on his latest set of tunes, "Money Flow" and "Greetings (Ribbidibi), which channel the timeless energy of 80's dancehall icons Half Pint, Super Cat and Eek-A-Mouse. Busy brings his signature flow to his interpretations of "Wa Do Dem" and "Greetings," unleashing a combo that should be mashing up a dance near you anytime now, rrrrriiiitttteee???


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Today is Erev Pesach (the day before Passover), the busiest day in the Jewish calendar filled with halachic and practical tasks to eliminate all chametz (unleavened bread) from our homes and prepare for the Seder tonight. This year we also commemorate an event that takes place once every 28 years. … [Read more...]
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Added Jan 26, 2013
by sakuracrazy
Mandaue, Philipp...
This ensemble was inspired by Leanne Marshall Simplicity pattern # 1690. I didn't buy the pattern since its too expensive for someone like me who's on a budget. :) The front design of the skirt was made using a Leanne Marshall tutorial on Simplicity pattern 1876.
PS: this is my first upload so I'm kind of nervous and I know nothing about credits and stuff. Please just let me know if I'm breaking any rules.
Actually, I forgot the name of the cloth I used. Its like satin or silk but its the cheaper version of it. I bought the material a long time ago.
Jan 30, 2013, 07.31 PMby 2bfabulous
Very fabulous.
Jan 26, 2013, 02.13 PMby ariation
Congrats on your first upload :) It's lovely. I like the skirt design!
Jan 26, 2013, 09.12 AMby Mary Athey
Welcome.to burdastyle This.is fabulous.on you. I especially love the skirt and the fits lovely. Well done.x
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