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Acquia honored by Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce
My company Acquia was honored this week by BelCham, the Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce, as the "Company of the Year". I'm proud of this honor, which speaks to the great work that our team of more than 500 Acquians from around the globe do for our customers everyday.
BelCham is an organization dedicated to helping Belgian entrepreneurs navigate the complexities of Belgian-American trade. Companies like Acquia, InBev, Brussels Airlines, and restaurant chain Le Pain Quotidien support BelCham's work.
If you want to build a big company, then at some point you have scale globally. Scaling a business globally is challenging. I try to give back some of my experience by advising Belgian entrepreneurs that want to move or expand to the US. I often recommend they get in touch with BelCham because they can help entrepreneurs find the resources they need to extend their network and grow globally.
Amazon invests in Acquia
I'm happy to share news that Amazon has joined the Acquia family as our newest investor. This investment builds on the recent $50 million financing round that Acquia completed in May, which was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
Acquia is the largest provider of Drupal infrastructure in the world. We run on more than 8,000 AWS instances and serve more than 27 billion hits a month or 333 TB of bandwidth a month. Working with AWS has been an invaluable part of our success story, and today's investment will further solidify our collaboration.
We did not disclose the amount of the investment in today's news announcement.
The business behind Open Source
A few days ago, I sat down with Quentin Hardy of The New York Times to talk Open Source. We spoke mostly about the Drupal ecosystem and how Acquia makes money. As someone who spent almost his entire career in Open Source, I'm a firm believer in the fact that you can build a high-growth, high-margin business and help the community flourish. It's not an either-or proposition, and Acquia and Drupal are proof of that.
Rather than an utopian alternate reality as Quentin outlines, I believe Open Source is both a better way to build software, and a good foundation for an ecosystem of for-profit companies. Open Source software itself is very successful, and is capable of running some of the most complex enterprise systems. But failure to commercialize Open Source doesn't necessarily make it bad.
I mentioned to Quentin that I thought Open Source was Darwinian; a proprietary software company can't afford to experiment with creating 10 different implementations of an online photo album, only to pick the best one. In Open Source we can, and do. We often have competing implementations and eventually the best implementation(s) will win. One could say that Open Source is a more "wasteful" way of software development. In a pure capitalist read of On the Origin of Species, there is only one winner, but business and Darwin's theory itself is far more complex. Beyond "only the strongest survive", Darwin tells a story of interconnectedness, or the way an ecosystem can dictate how an entire species chooses to adapt.
While it's true that the Open Source "business model" has produced few large businesses (Red Hat being one notable example), we're also evolving the different Open Source business models. In the case of Acquia, we're selling a number of "as-a-service" products for Drupal, which is vastly different than just selling support like the first generation of Open Source companies did.
As a private company, Acquia doesn't disclose financial information, but I can say that we've been very busy operating a high-growth business. Acquia is North America's fastest growing private company on the Deloitte Fast 500 list. Our Q1 2014 bookings increased 55 percent year-over-year, and the majority of that is recurring subscription revenue. We've experienced 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth, with no signs of slowing down. Acquia's business model has been both disruptive and transformative in our industry. Other Open Source companies like Hortonworks, Cloudera and MongoDB seem to be building thriving businesses too.
Society is undergoing tremendous change right now -- the sharing and collaboration practices of the internet are extending to transportation (Uber), hotels (Airbnb), financing (Kickstarter, LendingClub) and music services (Spotify). The rise of the collaborative economy, of which the Open Source community is a part of, should be a powerful message for the business community. It is the established, proprietary vendors whose business models are at risk, and not the other way around.
Hundreds of other companies, including several venture backed startups, have been born out of the Drupal community. Like Acquia, they have grown their businesses while supporting the ecosystem from which they came. That is more than a feel-good story, it's just good business.
Acquia acquired TruCentric
We're excited to announce that Acquia acquired TruCentric, a software-as-a-service company that is focused on providing personalization for websites. Earlier this year we launched Acquia Lift, which brings testing and personalization capabilities to Drupal sites. With TruCentric, we acquired not only a great complementary product that we will integrate with Acquia Lift, we also gained a great team with a long history and strong leadership in marketing automation technologies.
TruCentric uses real-time and historical data to build a deep understanding of both anonymous and authenticated visitors. Every action that a visitor takes and every piece content that they look at continuously updates this profile. TruCentric can infer a visitor's persona, interests, preferred content, and level of engagement as well as site-specific characteristics such as favorite team (for example on a sports destination), favorite products (such as on an e-commerce site), or favorite activities (for example on a travel site). This data can be married with existing customer and audience data, and tied together across multiple online destinations. Profiles can also be connected together across the different devices that a visitor uses.
Paired together with Acquia Lift, the joint solution will provide a powerful level of understanding about a website's visitors resulting in much more effective testing and targeting. Additionally, the solution will incorporate TruCentric's content recommendation and marketing offer capabilities. Content recommendations suggest and promote links to content that are most likely to interest a user, increasing engagement and time on site. Marketing offers enable the most relevant promotions, sign-ups and other types of calls-to-action to be selectively shown to site visitors, increasing conversions. Both offers and recommendations can be easily configured by site builders or marketers by selecting from a variety of rules, algorithms and filtering criteria.
Longer term, I'm particularly excited about the impact of Acquia Lift (with TruCentric) on e-commerce. Many brands and corporations today offer fragmented and poorly integrated shopping experiences that confuse the customer, are difficult to manage, and ultimately, leave money on the table. Top e-commerce brands have proven that content-rich product stories with the deep personalization and seamless e-commerce integration increase conversion rates significantly. We believe that building a software platform that uses the world's best personalization practices in combination with the best possible content management capabilities presents us with a really big opportunity.
Acquia raises $50 million series F
We've got great news to share today; we are announcing that Acquia raised $50 million, the largest round of financing we've ever completed.
The round is led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the world's top investors in our space. They have made various great investments in Open Source (MongoDB, Mulesoft, etc.) as well as SaaS companies (SalesForce, Workday, Box, etc.).
With the new funding, we can continue to go after our vision to help many more organizations with their digital platform and digital business transformation. In addition, Acquia is charting new territory in the world of software with a very unique business model, one that is rooted in Open Source and that helps us build a web that supports openness, innovation and freedom.
We have such a big and exciting opportunity ahead of us. This vision will not come to life on its own and the proprietary competitors are not resting on their laurels. We'll use the funding to double down on all aspects of our company; from increasing our investment in products to deeper investments in sales and marketing.
In addition to lead investor NEA, other investors include Split Rock Partners, and existing investors North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, Investor Growth Capital, Tenaya Capital, and Accolade Partners. The new funding will bring Acquia's total fund-raising to $118.6 million.
Of course, none of this success would be possible without the support of our customers, the Acquia team, our partners, the Drupal community and our many friends. Thanks so much for supporting Acquia!


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Pretty RAM Sticks. (if pretty really matters)
RAM was defective. Tried it in 3 PC's. Patriot brand is usually reliable and a good decision for value. This does not mean that I dislike them now. This is the very first problem that I've had with this brand and nobody gets it right EVERY time.
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RMA'd them back to Newegg today. Hassle free service is the usual with Newegg, and that's why I keep buying from them. (and those stellar prices)
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Then all the sudden I get charged $1 then I get charged 39.99. I email them and they can't find my info...so I look a little harder and find that it used a email acct that I no longer use.
So when I tell them over email that I found the info and tell them exactly how they can find it on their site they say they can't do anything cuz they can't find it and that I have to call. So since I don't have a phone I had to call them from a payphone. The person I spoked to was Michael and he tells me that I didn't qualify for a refund....
Hmm interesting that I wouldn't qualify for a refund for a service I didn't sign up for but 'magically' appeared on my card. So I tell him that there has been fraudulant activity on my card once befor so he has the audacity to begin rediculing me on what i should do to prevent this stuff.
I am a 29 yr old man who lives on a almost nothing. I have had my ups and downs and for companys like this to take advantage of honest hard working individuals is unmentionable. That's the last $40.00 I had to my name. I am currently unemployed. I will not take this laying down. If there is a any Justice in this country i would hope it helps the people victimized by this company. If there isn't a class action lawsuit against this company there should be and i would love to be contacted in order to participate.
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Let them know nicely, that you were advised to Report them (the Bank) and this situation to the Banking Commission in your state. Since each state has a different name for the agency/controller over banks, find that name before you call or get to the bank so you can throw it in their face. The more knowledgeable you appear to be, the further you will get.
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Let the bank personnel know you are meeting with the media later in the day, that you would much rather they do the right thing (as most other banks have) by looking at the complaints and immediately reversing the charge(s) to your account; no matter how long ago it was. Be sure to call the Media if necessary so you are telling the truth.
If you have to, be loud (but nice) in front of other customers. If you are just calling by phone, the above tactics should still work. The bank can easily fax or mail to you the Federal Regulation E dispute form.
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Some inside info from a former employee, just because its porn doesnt mean you're being screwed
AUTHOR: Matt - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, April 02, 2005POSTED: Saturday, April 02, 2005
Now CCBill is not just one big scam, i had worked for the company for a period of almost 2 years while i was attending college, at the time they provided health and vision insurance, gave free webhosting to employees provided you use it for personal content and dont use it for any personal gain or profit, and something you dont see a whole lot anymore, an onsite cook that provided lunch daily, and let me tell you, it was good food, plus how many jobs involve looking at porn, trust me when you're 19 this is a deal and a half
at first there were no quality standards, required greetings, and any claim that couldnt be proven beit because of bad record keeping, your request being ignored or our general database crashing, was denied and dealt with in a your word against ours manner, and for a startup company paying a bunch of kids 7 bucks an hour to answer their phones this is kind of expected, the only reason most of these companies ever decide to enforce metrics for quality and courtesy is because the company becomes just big enough that the FCC begins to take notice, but at the time CCBill was not at this point and it was just a job with free food and all the porn you can swallow, now i will openly admit that requests were at times handled poorly and many times resolution of your issue was determinate on the overall mood and demeanor of the CSR you spoke to, and asking for a supervisor was almost impossible, *passes phone to agent sitting next to him* "hello this is the supervisor"
over time i began to become a senior agent and started learning some of the legal and administrative side of things, in addition to your rights as the customer and our rights as the merchant, and I will actually come to their defense in saying that several times the customer service department was restructured as the company grew eventually leading to call monitoring, corporate trainers, quality standards, and of course with any call center, an average call/handle time metric, or AHT of 8min,
for a long time i handled the majority of faxed in inquirys and requests for cancellation in addtion to some correspondence by mail, and although I cant speak for some several times I went out of my way to cancel billing for charges that other agents couldnt locate, and although there is no refund policy, "YES, THERE IS A BUTTON" and yes "THEY ARE ALLOWED TO CLICK IT" under extenuating circumstances, the event of fraud or the threat of a chargeback, the last 60 days which at the time was the legal entitlement would be refunded to your credit card in a matter of a few days and your card would be blackballed in our collective database that was shared with a few of the other major online billing processors forever, that was at least a few years ago but at the time it was ran like any other call center, callbacks were made, the agents flamed you when they muted the phones and supervisors were there to handle escalations, and really i saw the company grow in leaps and bounds from processing roughly 1500 websites when i started to processing a gasping 18,000 around the time of my leaving
the company i remember had good benefits and was really a small company trying to blossom into its own, at any given time there were never more than 20 csr's on staff, and as i became more and more fed up with the company especially after they cancelled benefits for non executive employees, but by the time I left things were changing quite a bit, the call time went from 8min, to 3min, and i believe at one point to 90seconds, plus i remember at one point a policy being in effect to reduce the refund rate by a certain percentage and refunds were only processed if the customer was threatening chargeback, chargebacks are a funny thing, did you know that a company that makes that much money has to maintain a chargeback percentage of less than 2% otherwise whatever credit agency they break the 2% barrier with will pull their services and they would no longer be able to process cards of that type, also anybody who's worked at a startup company may have noticed that when they started at the company all the employees hired were held to a standard and everyone hired originally seeems to have some form of normalcy about them, but as the company gets bigger and the turnover rate is more than 20% companies tend to be a little less discriminatory and tend to take whatever can or cant spell it's own name and lets just say some of the people that worked their towards the end of my employment there were a little bit shady, but in the end i became a thorn in their side as I saw plenty of eager young less morally aware people step into management and executive roles, as I seemed to just kind of be reduced to a basic phone jockey with no say or tenure, while the company became more and more professional, while the customer service department was reduced to a mere liability offering no service other than to cancel whatever debit you are calling about in the time it takes to warm up a hot pocket
what I can tell you is that it's as legal and binding as the constitution itself, curse the man whoever had the idea for a statement of severability and limited liablity probably should be shot, but this allows CCBill to sit off to the side and handle the workload and rake someone elses cash which they get a modest percentage of while the webmaster can provide whatever minimal amount of service he needs to to his subscribers, and as long as their is a content disclaimer, he doesnt have to have the girl you saw in the preview, he doesnt have to have a reasonable amount of content in comparisson to price, and he can neglect to provide the service advertised,
but this is the world we live in of terms of service and disclaimer contracts as long as our arm,
but you dont have to tell me that, I work in IT, with the combination of viruses, worms,spam, spyware,malware, adware, scamware, and trojan horses, that take over any john q public's computer that doesnt happen to be a network security specialist, its no wonder that something such as this can thrive on this global marketplace of grey areas and dont ask dont tell policies we call the internet, sure CCBill does some bad things, but in the grand scheme of things at least their legal and they have a legitimate facing, if you have some extra time do google search on a company called paycom they truly were unreachable and for it there company got audited and is no more, it's been the same phone number for seven years, granted I havent worked their in a few years and things may have really gone downhill,but I know the game that they play, and the people behind the helm of that company, are the best of their league, and even though it pisses us off, they play by all the rules, trust me, they're not going anywhere...
I ask you kindly not to judge me as I am no longer involved with this orginization and haven't been for some time, the information in this rebuttal is so you can form your own answers and maybe understand the game of internet credit card billing a little bit more, dont hold anything I say attestable in court or any other proceeding as in the legal spectrum of things this is merely heresay and the personal opinion of an employee that didnt like what they saw and left, all the people who feel they have been defrauded by this company have my condolences, and this isnt directed at anyone, but remember companies dont just rake credit cards off the world wide web, and insulted you may be, remember that a person had to fill out a form just as detailed and secure as any other online credit card purchase if not more, the same as they would for any other online purchase,
whether they bought sporting goods and chocolate or 3 hours on some bimbo's website, the credit card company doesnt look at this any differently
just because its porn doesnt mean you're being screwed
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GAO is releasing a report today on lessons learned concerning the need for security over conventional munitions storage sites which provides the basis for this testimony. Following the invasion of Iraq in March 2003--known as Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)--concerns were raised about how the Department of Defense (DOD) secured Iraqi conventional munitions storage sites during and after major combat operations. This testimony addresses (1) the security provided by U.S. forces over Iraqi conventional munitions storage sites and (2) DOD actions to mitigate risks associated with an adversary's conventional munitions storage sites for future operations on the basis of OIF lessons learned. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed OIF war plans, joint doctrine and policy, intelligence reports, and interviewed senior-level DOD officials.
The overwhelming size and number of conventional munitions storage sites in Iraq combined with certain prewar planning assumptions that proved to be invalid, resulted in U.S. forces not adequately securing these sites and widespread looting, according to field unit, lessons learned, and intelligence reports. Pre-OIF estimates of Iraq's conventional munitions varied significantly, with the higher estimate being 5 times greater than the lower estimate. Conventional munitions storage sites were looted after major combat operations and some remained vulnerable as of October 2006. According to lessons learned reports and senior-level DOD officials, the widespread looting occurred because DOD had insufficient troop levels to secure conventional munitions storage sites due to several OIF planning priorities and assumptions. DOD's OIF planning priorities included quickly taking Baghdad on a surprise basis rather than using an overwhelming force. The plan also assumed that the regular Iraqi army units would "capitulate and provide internal security." According to an Army lessons learned study, this assumption was central to the decision to limit the amount of combat power deployed to Iraq. GAO analysis showed that the war plan did not document risk mitigation strategies in case assumptions were proven wrong. Furthermore, DOD did not have a centrally managed program for the disposition of enemy munitions until August 2003, after widespread looting had already occurred. According to officials from Multi-National Coalition-Iraq, unsecured conventional munitions continue to pose a threat to U.S. forces and others. Not securing these conventional munitions storage sites has been costly, as government reports indicated that looted munitions are being used to make improvised explosive devices (IED) that have killed or maimed many people, and will likely continue to support terrorist attacks in the region. As of October 2006, the Multi-National Coalition-Iraq stated that some remote sites have not been revisited to verify if they pose any residual risk nor have they been physically secured. DOD has taken many actions in response to OIF lessons learned, however, DOD has given little focus to mitigating the risks to U.S. forces posed by an adversary's conventional munitions storage sites in future operations planning. DOD's actions generally have emphasized countering the use of IEDs by resistance groups during post-hostility operations. GAO concludes that U.S. forces will face increased risk from this emerging asymmetric threat when an adversary uses unconventional means to counter U.S. military strengths. For example, potential adversaries are estimated to have a significant amount of munitions that would require significant manpower to secure or destroy. GAO concludes that this situation shows both that Iraqi stockpiles of munitions may not be an anomaly and that information on the amount and location of an adversary's munitions can represent a strategic planning consideration for future operations. However, without joint guidance, DOD cannot ensure that OIF lessons learned about the security of an adversary's conventional munitions storage sites will be integrated into future operations planning and execution.
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Cultural Property:Protection of Iraqi and Syrian AntiquitiesGAO-16-673: Published: Aug 15, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 15, 2016.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties:CBP Action Needed to Reduce Duty Processing Errors and Mitigate Nonpayment RiskGAO-16-542: Published: Jul 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 15, 2016.
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Syria Humanitarian Assistance:Implementing Partners Have Assessed Some Risks of Providing Aid inside Syria, but U.S. Agencies Could Improve Fraud OversightGAO-16-808T: Published: Jul 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 14, 2016.
Syria Humanitarian Assistance:Some Risks of Providing Aid inside Syria Assessed, but U.S. Agencies Could Improve Fraud OversightGAO-16-629: Published: Jul 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 14, 2016.
Jul 6, 2016
Compact of Free Association:Proposed U.S. Assistance to Palau for Fiscal Years 2016 to 2024GAO-16-788T: Published: Jul 6, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 6, 2016.
Jul 5, 2016
U.S.-China Cooperation:Bilateral Clean Energy Programs Show Some Results but Should Enhance Their Performance MonitoringGAO-16-669: Published: Jul 5, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 5, 2016.
May 19, 2016
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting:U.S. Assistance to Combat This Harmful Practice Abroad Is LimitedGAO-16-485: Published: Apr 27, 2016. Publicly Released: May 19, 2016.
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Security Assistance:U.S. Government Should Strengthen End-Use Monitoring and Human Rights Vetting for EgyptGAO-16-435: Published: Apr 12, 2016. Publicly Released: May 12, 2016.
Apr 19, 2016
Unaccompanied Children:HHS Should Improve Monitoring and Information Sharing Policies to Enhance Child Advocate Program EffectivenessGAO-16-367: Published: Apr 19, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 19, 2016.
Apr 18, 2016
Foreign Aid:USAID Generally Complied with Its Antiterrorism Policies and Procedures for Program Assistance for West Bank and GazaGAO-16-442: Published: Apr 18, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 18, 2016.
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Just wondering how could I change the fonts using a child theme. Thanks
Just wondering how could I change the fonts using a child theme. Thanks
I would set up a child theme folder and in the style.css, just replace the fonts you wish to replace. So for example, if you don't like the headings which are currently:
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
clear: both;
font-family: 'Cutive', serif;
margin: 10px 0;
You could change the font-family to whatever else you want.
If you wanted to use another Google font, you can import the google font family and just paste the code in the style.css of your css.
I just wanted to change the fonts in the content area in single post, everything else is fine. Plus, it doesn't seem to be working. I'm trying to give it the same fonts Twenty Eleven theme has.
Can you provide a link to your site and let me know what you want it to look like?
Are you trying to change the font-family, color, size?
What do you have in your css right now?
Sure its: http://toxichominid.com
Just the font-family, size is fine the way it is.
I removed it from the css because it wasn't working.
I can't remember off the top of my head what Twenty Eleven has, but right now, the body has a font-family set to georgia.
So if you added something like
body {
font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;
to your child style.css that should do it.
It's hard to know why your changes are not working without knowing what you tried.
Still nothing, I have no idea why this isn't working.
I don't see anything in your child theme css that would change the body copy. I only see a change to the blockquote.
I think that you need to add a style to the body {}
The headings have changed, so some of them are taking place.
I'm going to bed now... sorry, I'll check again in the morning. Maybe someone in a different timezone can chime in.
Hey thanks for your help, I finally figured it. It seems Google Chrome has some kind of delay in showing changes done in css, but Firefox doesn't.
Thanks for helping.
change line 23 in style.css
font-family: inherit;
your desire font
Looks great. Glad you managed to figure it out.
Thanks a lot, and the theme is just amazing.
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The Telluride Venture Accelerator (TVA) is a mentor-driven accelerator based in Telluride, Colorado.
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The Telluride Venture Accelerator is a non-profit initiative of the Telluride Foundation. The goal of this effort is to reignite Telluride's long history of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Telluride Foundation believes that through promoting an ecosystem of entrepreneurship, we will strengthen our local community and support positive social change.
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Posted on 01/18/2012 11:41:39 AM PST by silent_jonny
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It's time for "REVENGE" woohoo
That was terrible.
Revenge... Talk about hot babes!!! Thank God for DVR. I'm going to watch Survivor on high speed and then should be able to watch Revenge commercial free.
best singer in 50 years???OMG...Bee Gees are better
Pure hype for his making finale.
He is talented but not as great as they are making him appear to be.
I'm guesing Comcast is your internet provider. I'm lucky any time I call mine I get an American on the phone, you can always understand them and 40 seconds on hold is about as long as it gets, except when we had tornado that tore everything up
You forgot to mention that JLo reads every comment from her note cards. I'm just not sure who writes them for her as I never see a pen in her hand.
That red guy, he patrolled all around that nest, I even had to keep out an eagle eye when working the garden.
A Blue Jay comes by, decides he's gonna do some nest robbing...no more than three feet in front of my face as I stood on the porch in shocked surprised, that red guy flew down like a ruby rocket and attacked that blue jay, chasing him all around the bright blue sky.
I did the only thing I could do, I stood up and screamed the cardinal on.
Wasn't nobody gonna mess with his family and his mate was right with him. Blue jay screaming and hoping he lives to see his own children.
Still smile every time I think of that Indigo bunting....what a joy.
Cardinals...my favorite birds....little Catholic birds I call them, have a lot of children.
He's going to give himself a hernia singing like that.
As if J-Ho is in any position to judge another's singing.
First time on TV
3 years later singing Dylan..robin and mo about 13 years old
We have squirrels. One has very pale coloring. We asked the vet about it today. He was quite surprised, said it was type of albino variation. We leave apple slice out for the in the winter. Vet told us on his property up north on an island he saw some black squirrels with a white stripe down their backs. There are certain animals that don't live on the island, being isolated (no skunks). He thinks they a new variant. All animals are such a wonder to watch.
Jessica Sanchez is not gifted.....she is a gift.
I agree...I sit in wonder, and I smile...each spring when the bluebirds return...The cardinals stay all witer, as do the nuthatches and chickadees and the MANY Mourning doves.....hell, I even applaude the red tailed hawk that comes to the deck now and then to "smell" potential prey...
Lately, they just fly to the tree on the other side of the deck when I fill the feeders...and I may be wrong, but I like to think their singing to me as I fill them, is their way of waying thanks, as opposed to "What the hell took you so long!" ;-) LOL
well............. that's debatable! LOL :)
Skylar just effed that Dusty Springfield song up -— no understanding at all.
Are we sure it isn't Shetasia?
For those that don't know...the Bee Gees donated the publishing royalties of this beautiful song to UNICEF. It has raised them millions and millions of dollars.
I have to wait til tomorrow to watch Survivor for Comcast to update their On Demand.
Have a great evening, you guys!
>>I would like to change my vote<<
You have to do penance — 2 "Hail Jessica's", 5 "Randy, 'Dawg I played with (insert artist here)'" and 3 JLo "you look great today"s
Since I am not posting frantically anymore:
I can see why you were so taken. We live next to a man-made river and we love wildlife -- we have some beautiful cranes that stop by from time to time, as well as some colorful robins.
I had the pure pleasure of spending my youth with a black lab that my dad saved.......in the 50's, if a dog was not claimed the sheriff shot it....the Sheriff called my dad and damn near begged him to take the pup....we did....and had the BEST black lab for 16 years!!! I still miss him...he taugh tme how to hunt...or more correctly, he taught me how to stay put during a hunt, so he didnt have to sniff me out too, when got lost ;-)
>>every person in this room have motive to kill Mr Mota but the real killer is<<
*SHHHCLK Snack bar will remain open another 15 minutes after that is closed for evening! Thank you!"
Later..I'm just about to turn it on now...I find I can watch a 2 hr show, using the fast forward button, in about 35 minutes..
"If I had a son, he'd look like...Joshua Ledet."
Check out those ears..and the gaydar!
Tonite's trivia question:
What singer was born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien?
Dusty Springfield
P2 sucks melodies from songs. He's a tonal vampire. The melodies disappear to a small tube hidden in his forehead.
Yeah, I really liked Hollie tonight for the first time,
I love Joshua. I just do.
Hi Yaelle. Nice pic! :)
Dial Idol has them the way I rank them.
Please! LOL
Thanks for not reading this!
And I can tell you exactly what these posters really don't like about Jessica, but I'll refrain, because it'll do no good, and no one will read it anyway.
So thanks for not reading this!
America Loves Mediocrity, Especially If It's Blonde
I finally watched the show.
Holly was beautiful tonight. She looked beautiful and sang beautifully.
I also like Phillip. I just can't help myself. He is sexy.
(my 2 cents)
And a big hello to all lucky FReepers who get to watch the show on east coast time. I am so jealous.
You have to do penance 2 Hail Jessicas, 5 Randy, Dawg I played with (insert artist here) and 3 JLo you look great todays
Add in a couple of " that's crazy's" as a finisher. LOL
Good one Ken....
You snuck the answer in, in a way that I didn't see it until I googled it.
Went back to post my response, and noticed your clever clue...
Well done
Think you know who will make a guest appearance and sing his rendition of I shot Bin Laden to the tune of I shot the sheriff? : )
I wouldn't be surprised, lol. Then he would take credit for writing the song.
Haha! I've amassed quite a collection lately. It won't be easy narrowing them down for the next Favorite Quotes post :)
Good morning, Jonny! I am not late from last night—oh no—I am EARLY for tonight! That's the ticket. ;^)
I was working on a project last night, but I had the TV on while I was working. I was most impressed by Miss Hollie! She really sounded amazing! I think Jessica is incredible vocally, but I am a little "tired" of her. I got a kick out of P2 and friend's duet.
It will be interesting to see whose fan base was the most active last night.
Later, gator. :^D
1. Do you stay up very late, or get up very early?
2. What's your adult beverage of choice when you start conversing with yourself?
We need a chick idol or they should just call it American Male Idol.
1) Both.
2) I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke pot or cigarettes and I don't take drugs. Thanks for asking.
Belated good evening :)
I won't be surprised if he goes tonight. I didn't like anything he did last night. And the "duet" was a ridiculous, I don't care what the judges say.
I'll give you that. I like Josh's style more than country western but I do understand how polished Skylar is and why she deserves to be at the finale. And finally little teeny Hollie came into her own.
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Blogs Liberty and Power Vote on AHA Free Speech Resolution is Nine Days AwayDec 29, 2006 12:29 am
Vote on AHA Free Speech Resolution is Nine Days Away
In an article for HNN, Ralph E. Luker, one of the sponsors, sends a reminder to those historians who opposed a previous resolution linking speech codes and the Academic Bill of Rights as twin threats to academic freedom but volunteered to support a targeted resolution on speech codes.
All AHA members can vote at the business meeting which Saturday, January 6, 2007 in the Hilton Atlanta's Fulton/Cobb Rooms beginning at 4:45 p.m. Here is the resolution:
Whereas, The American Historical Association has already gone on record against the threat to academic freedom posed by the Academic Bill of Rights;
Whereas, Free and open discourse is essential to the success of research and learning on campus;
Whereas, Administrators and others have used campus speech codes and associated non-academic criteria to improperly restrict faculty choices on curriculum, course content, and personnel decisions; and
Whereas, Administrators and others have also used speech codes to restrict free and open discourse for students and faculty alike through such methods as"free speech zones" and censorship of campus publications; therefore be it
Resolved, That the American Historical Association opposes the use of speech codes to restrict academic freedom.
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Deal Genius And/or RestaurantReviewPanel848 Dodge Suite 41 And/or 2119 Dewey Ave. Unit B Evanston, Illinois U.S.A.
Deal Genius And/or RestaurantReviewPanel e-mailed Borders $100.00 gift card,had to purchase an item, I did & rec. Gevalia coffee but not $100.00 on9/5/06 Evanston Illinois
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I have written a letter to the company and tried to e-mail and have not heard anything.
I also contacted Borders and Gevalia but Borders said anyone can buy their gift cards and give them out as they please. I pointed out bad advetising and got nowhere, the same with Gevalia and even cancelled future coffee orders.
I continue to get all kinds of free give-away
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The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale Art and Culture Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Act.Scene.Line). Line numbers correspond to the Norton edition.
Quote #7
Go, play, boy, play: thy mother plays, and I
Play too, but so disgraced a part, whose issue
Will hiss me to my grave: contempt and clamour
Will be my knell. Go, play, boy, play. (1.2.18)
Leontes says that while he plays and horses around with his young son, Hermione "plays" around on him, Leontes, with another man. By this point in the play, Leontes has convinced himself that that Hermione is cheating on him and he decides to pretend not to know about the alleged affair, for the time being. What's interesting is that Leontes's repetitious pun on the word "play" draws attention to the way he sees himself as a kind of actor who plays a "disgraced" role before an audience that boos and "hiss[es]" at him while his wife behaves in a deceitful manner. This reminds the audience that Leontes is actually a character, being played by a real actor on Shakespeare's stage.
Quote #8
I see the play so lies
That I must bear a part. (4.4.22)
Here, Perdita gives in to Camillo's plan to disguise Perdita and Florizel so the young couple can escape to Sicily. When Perdita says she must play her "part" in Camillo's little scheme, she draws out attention to how Camillo is also playing the role of a stage director.
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Why, be so still; here's nobody will steal that from
thee: yet for the outside of thy poverty we must
make an exchange; therefore discase thee instantly,
--thou must think there's a necessity in't,--and
change garments with this gentleman: though the
pennyworth on his side be the worst, yet hold thee,
there's some boot. (4.4.24)
In the last passage, we pointed out how Camillo seems to resemble a theater director when he orchestrates Florizel and Perdita's escape from Bohemia. Here, he continues to "direct" as he orders Autolycus to exchange clothes with the prince. This isn't Autolycus's first costume change – we've already seen him disguised as a robbery victim and a peddler. A few lines from now, we'll watch him deceive the Old Shepherd and the Clown by pretending to be a nobleman.


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The majority of Environmental Health & Safety Leaders in the United States — just under three-fifths — boast more than 10 years of experience in their profession. Salaries stretch from $45K to $114K per year, and the median is $76K per year. There are far more male Environmental Health & Safety Leaders survey respondents than women, making up 81 percent. Job satisfaction for Environmental Health & Safety Leaders is high. Almost all enjoy medical and dental coverage in this occupation, and a large number get vision benefits. The figures in this overview were provided by individuals who took PayScale's salary questionnaire.
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wirefly10790 Parkridge Boulevard reston, Virginia United States of America
wirefly misrepresentation cost me $$$$ reston, Virginia
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1. i signed up for unlimited texting but whatever they sent to verizon said 1000 minutes. i was charged $127 in overage fees my first month.
2. all three phones on the wirefly site were listed as "free activation" but verizon billed me $35 per line. verizon said i need to go through wirefly. wirefly first said they dont offer free activation, but another rep said they used to . now they have a $35 prepaid visa card for each eligible line. robert at wirefly said he could see that when i signed up they did have the free activation in place but that verizon is responsible for that. he said wirefly doesnt just offer things like that to get customers. so i asked who isoffering or paying for the giftcards they now give and he said wirefly. this one cost me $105 . i placed my order through "alvin" using the chat window. i copy and pasted the conversation into an email and sent it to myself. alvin clearly answered "yes, activation is free" on the chat.
3. i wanted a good phone for my daughter, but didnt need a data package. alvin directed me to the LG enlighten. i bought it. i signed up for the data plan on the other two phones, but not hers. turned out it does require a data plan, so what they sent to verizon had her signed up for the corporate package, at $45 per month, $15 more than the regular package. i was able to change that to a $30 package which i am locked in to for 2 years. $45 the first month, $30 for 23 months.
in total i am out over $900 due to wireflys errors.
i got nowhere with 2 phone calls, an email, and another call to a supervisor.
i still have the copy of my conversation with alvin in the chat window.
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I am sorry that you feel that our free activation information was not clearly explained to you on our storefront. Clicking on the link regarding free activation next to the phone, shows that this is an offer sponsored by the carrier, and that the carrier would assess the activation fee on your first bill, but credit the fee back on your 2nd or 3rd bill. We do try to make sure that our customers have this information at the time that they place the order with us, as we are constantly updating our prices and offers on our storefront. When you placed your order we were offering free activation through the carrier, for which our system does show you as being eligible.
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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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A steampunk-infused comic that pitted the Dark Knight against Jack the Ripper, 1989's Gotham by Gaslight was DC Comics' first — and, some would argue, best — Elseworlds story, inspiring a sequel, merchandise and nods in at least three video games. The alternate timeline created by Brian Augustyn, Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell even rated its own world, Earth-19, within the DC Multiverse (last glimpsed in May in Convergence: Shazam! #2).
And now it's the basis for a fan film.
DC Comics has announced the December debut of JSA: The Liberty Files — The Whistling Skull, a six-issue miniseries by B. Clay Moore, Tony Harris and Dave McCaig.
Set in the world introduced in JSA: The Liberty File, the 2000 miniseries by Harris and Dan Jolley, The Whistling Skull takes place in 1940s Europe, where, "with the Nazi war machine on the move, crimes are still committed even in the smallest hamlets." No specific story details have been provided.
"For readers looking for a new spin on the DC Universe, combined with brand new headlining characters, I think the book will be a treat, and it's just the first chapter in a much larger story," Moore told DC's The Source." This initial offering introduces readers to the legacy of the Whistling Skull in a wartime, pulp-infused setting, and should provide something fresh for readers to sink their teeth into."
Published under DC's now-defunct Elseworlds banner, The Liberty File and its 2003 sequel The Unholy Three portrayed members of the Justice Society of America as covert government operatives rather than superheroes: Codenamed the Unholy Three, the Bat (Batman), the Owl (Dr. Mid-Nite) and the Clock (Hourman) are eventually joined by the likes of Mister Terrific, Clark Kent, Mercury (The Flash), the Huntress and the Hawk (Hawkman) in their fight against Nazi and KGB agents.
In case we didn't already miss DC Comics' Elseworlds imprint enough, at Comic-Con International on Sunday Cartoon Network premiered a fantastic clip from DC Nation's three-part short series "Batman of Shanghai," featuring an anime-influenced Catwoman in 1930s China (there's also a cameo by a floppy hat-wearing Bane). If DC Comics doesn't do something with Shanghai Catwoman — I love that character design — well, they're really missing the boat. Maybe they can relaunch the character's solo title (again) in the next wave of the New 52.
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Whatever the result tonight we should still celebrate. Who thought we would get into Europe ?No-one thought we would reach the group stage.Now we are still in with a shot at going into the KO stages. Yes, its out of our hands but we can still believe.Look out for me and Nige, 8 rows back from the corner flag on the Tilton/Kop corner. KRO.
What can one say?We did what we had to and win; the lads have done us proud in this campaign.I hope that they will take this into our league games.If we play as we have in Europe then I cannot see many teams beating us.Here to a prosperous new year for the boys in royal blue.KRO


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Hinson's DRC Shock Pump is the company's response to the biggest change in suspension for 2013: Kawasaki's and Honda's decisions to go with air forks on their KX450 and CRF450 models. The pump retails for $59.99. If the customer chooses to have oversize bars (and we're told most do), an optional swivel end hose retails for $12.99.
Hot Rods was talking up its Complete Bottom End Kits for ATVs and dirtbikes, both two-strokes and four-strokes. Each kit comes with crankshaft, a main bearing seal kit, a complete gasket set, and an engine oil seal kit. They retail for between $239 and $699.
Kolpin's X-Factor Plow in a Box is a complete bolt-together plow system in a box weighing 95 lbs. and shipping through UPS at the under-84-inches rate. The plow mount fits most ATV frames from 2002 through current models. The 52-inch blade is made from 14-gauge steel with a double layer of steel at the center "X." The blade angle has five positions. MSRP is $459.99. The system requires that the customer also buy a winch or electric lift.
ModQuad was displaying hard doors for the Polaris RZR. The doors' latch is built in, meaning no potentially broken weldings. ModQuad has many new items just for the RZR, including a new mirror hanger, vent systems for XP models, 1-inch wheel spacers and a fire extinguisher mount. A new law in Oregon requires that extinguishers be visible, and that all UTV windshields have a wiper. All ModQuad products are made in Oregon.
Motorex bills its Racing Bio Liquid Power as a highly adhesive air filter oil. Both it and Motorex Racing Bio Dirt Remover was developed in collaboration with Twin Air. The dirt remover is a powder cleaner for reusable foam air filters found in motorcycles and ATVs. It cleans with water. As their names imply, both of these products are biodegradable and environmentally friendly.
New-Ray Toys will begin shipping the Honda Reed 22 in October. The 1:6 model will retail for between $38 and $40. A Kevin Windham model will also be available in October. Already on sell are smaller MotoGP models that retail for around $20.
PivotWorks now offers a lifetime warranty on everything it makes. The warranty covers even normal wear and tear. Customer need only keep their receipt. PivotWorks is promoting the warranty with a national ad campaign.
PowerMadd's new Cobra ProTEK ATV Windshield features an edgy design to match the newer ATV styling. The addition of ribs and contours also give the ProTEK windshield added strength. The ProTEK has two mounting options: Standard or Rapid Release. Users do not have to remove the shield to trailer their ATV as long as it faces forward. The ProTEK has a universal fit that comes with or without a headlight cutout, and with black graphics. Four part numbers encompass all options. Suggested retail is $120.
Pro Armor has a range of accessories for the Arctic Cat Wildcat, including front A-arm guards, doors and graphic kits, suspension seats, a harness bar, safety harnesses and a spare tire rack with the company's QuickShot feature.
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