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For Like Ever poster
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Mmmonica's recommendation
I will love this poster "for like ever." I saw it on the cover of Domino magazine and had to have it. Luckily, the caption in the magazines said it was ten bucks. Unfortunately, people had beat me to the poster and the first run was sold out. Then, the font foundry that sells the poster, Village, decided to reprint it in neon red ink on pink paper. It's a huge, 25"x38" poster-- definitely a statement maker.
Princess's recommendation
Love this. But I don't love how the price keeps rising everytime I check the site. It's pretty much double the original price now.
cocokelley's recommendation
bought it. love it. this poster reminds me of my best friend in high school who used this phrase frequently. i couldn't decide if i wanted the pink/red combo or the limited edition gold/cream, so i got both! i really dig the gold.
megmcd31's recommendation
Love it but it was only $10 a few months ago. Still worth the price increase...look at how adorable it is!
OooLaLa's recommendation
I too saw this in Domino Magazine (one of my faves) and have been looking for it, thanks!
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noahp's recommendation
The pink and red version has much greater impact.
revolutionarygirl's recommendation
Fantastic use of color and typography. I plan to frame and hang this alongside our wedding photos to give a little spunky romanticism to formal photos.
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I love just about everything on your list. Typography isn't a new trend but you've shown some nice examples of how it continually surprises when used in the hands of imaginative minds! Nice.
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Ligaya's recommendation
I saw this on the cover of domino and it compelled me to check out the magazine. I love the pop art/cool typography. Will make a great focal point. I also use the word "like" a bit too much in my speech so it's fitting :)
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jezebel's recommendation
Wear your heart on your sleeve...
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droob's recommendation
A bright, graphic way to express, like, infinity to your guests.
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naif2970's recommendation
Super hip poster!
riseg's recommendation
I first saw this limited edition poster in an article about Jessie Randall (one of my favorite accessories and clothing designers). This poster adds a little humor any room. It's going to look fabulous in my new guest room!
cjharmony's recommendation
Absolute, like, conversation starter for today's generations. Not to mention the flawless, pop-art-like design. All thumbs up!
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Screeny's recommendation
wonderful colors, great design...
danar's recommendation
I received on of these as a wedding gift and it doesn't fit into my house, I had it professionally framed in large silver frame, GREAT wedding gift, I just don't have room for it. If anyone wants to buy it please contact me firstname.lastname@example.com. framed poster is located in Los Angeles
followstudio's recommendation
A classic!
iheartdesign's recommendation
great typography poster
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lvl's recommendation
simple & totally sweet.
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tycity's recommendation
$40 Limited edition of 25" x 38" posters silkscreen printed in pink and fluorescent red inks on acid-free paper. This edition supersedes the original poster, which was a non-archival untrimmed press sheet. This edition was printed in response to the huge demand for the poster, which has appeared in articles about accessories designer Jessie Randall in Elle Accessories and Domino magazines.
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JMichelle's recommendation
Just like everyone else, I fell in love with this poster after seeing it on the cover of Domino... as soon as I get my next paycheck I'm shelling out the 40 bucks to get this lovely print.
aprils214's recommendation
i love love this poster but am looking for the gold version, which is sold out. If ANYONE knows where i can find a gold one please contact me....i'll pay whatever!!
miss_framboesa's recommendation
oh, and forever tastes like raspberries!!
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brklynpop's recommendation
I loved this item ever since I saw it in a spread of Sophia Coppola's apartment. Its now on its second run from type foundry Vllg, also available in a metallic gold version and a coordinating gold-on-natural canvas tote bag. If you buy it, please make sure to leave one for me :)
Stockton's recommendation
I first saw this poster in Domino magazine and I am still coveting it - limited edition, silkscreened pink and fluorescent red inks on acid-free paper. It would look so great in an all-white room. (They also made one in *gold* inks!)
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I LOVE this poster. It's also featured in House and Home's December 08 edition. I have been looking everywhere for it!!
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whataboutem's recommendation
I think about this poster a lot. and how I must own it. I love the red lettering on the bright pink background. It comes in more neutral colors but you have to go big or go home. I mean... It's so... something I must have. You should have it too.
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lapetitebijou's recommendation
poster, art, home decor, design, pink
krftd's recommendation
this sweet piece will make my walls pop
Andrea's recommendation
First saw this in my friend Jess' incredible apt; such a stand-out poster.
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emsy101's recommendation
Love it! Great for anyone who uses the word "like" too much in conversation.
Gleefully tongue-in-cheek ! ;-D
- hanahula
spiritualista's recommendation
I used to say this all the time! Teenagers...
wata's recommendation
Constantly saying like? Like, this is just for you! For like ever!
babidol's recommendation
perfect thing to sweeten up a wall ;)
PatrickNormandin's recommendation
the colors are super!
notasausage's recommendation
Great type and simple design.
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Haute_Pink's recommendation
I believe I saw this in an issue of Elle Decor some time ago, in another color combo. I love this, it's different, it's bright, it's fun.
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The Overs will be mentored by new X Factor judge Kelly Rowland, former member of Destiny's Child. According to the report, Potter was a "massive standout' during the preliminary audition rounds, particularly for her country version of Beyonce's "Irreplaceable."
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Rachel Potter starred in the first Broadway revival of Andrew Llyod Webber's Evita in 2012 in the role of Juan Peron's mistress. She wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of the ballad "Another Suitcase in Another Hall." The actress made her Broadway debut as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, with music by Andrew Lippa.
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Thousands of boat owners would be hit with licence and registration fees for the first time under planned changes that would deliver millions of dollars to the State Government.
The NSW Waterways Authority has recommended that boating licensing and registration requirements be extended to any craft that is "mechanically propelled" to increase boating safety awareness.
This means thousands of extra boats - from "tinnies" to small yachts with motors - would have to be registered each year, and their owners would need a licence to operate them.
At present, only boats capable of 10 knots or are 5.5 metres or longer must be registered. A licence is required by anyone who wants to drive a boat at more than 10 knots, regardless of its size.
A one-year general licence costs $35, and drivers must undergo a test and training.
Registration for vessels up to 3 metres costs $40, and then $7.40 per half metre thereafter.
The Waterways Authority issued 450,000 licences last financial year, and more than 190,000 craft were registered. It is estimated that about 80,000 craft do not now require registration.
The recommendations are contained in the authority's draft Sydney Harbour traffic management plan, which has been sent to boating industry representatives before its public release.
In the plan, the authority has proposed a blanket speed limit of 30 knots, or about 55 kmh, for recreational craft on Sydney Harbour, where none now exists.
The plan would allow the authority to increase "rules of the road" awareness by owners of smaller craft, which "feature prominently in incident and fatality statistics".
It says 65 per cent of fatalities nationally and in NSW were occupants of small powered vessels. The new measures would allow the Waterways Authority to "target this 'high risk' group".
Last financial year 391 boating incidents, including 19 fatalities, were reported to the authority, the highest number since reporting began in 1992. Human error was to blame in half of the incidents.
The draft plan was due for release early last month, but was delayed because it is understood the Minister for Transport Services, Michael Costa, wants the licence and registration recommendations released in a separate plan as they cover Sydney Harbour and the rest of NSW.
David Cribb, chief executive of the Charter Vessel Association of NSW, said the association supported the proposals, but warned that the Government needed to ensure licence costs remained at current levels.
"Our people, who are properly qualified skippers, find people in recreational boats don't know what to do," he said. "We think it will be beneficial to maritime safety if everyone knows the rules."
Under the draft plan the Waterways Authority would produce a handbook, Boating on Sydney Harbour, covering safety, equity and environmental issues on the harbour. It has also suggested an education campaign about the impact of excessive wash from boats, which, it says, is one of the most complained about harbour issues.
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There's something sinister going on at Fraser's Grove Park.
On Saturday, Jason Booth was with his two-year-old son at the park near the corner of Kildonan Drive and Rossmere Crescent when he noticed a tree that had been intentionally cut on both sides. The large ash, just three metres from the swing set his son was playing on, could have fallen over at any minute.
At first, Booth figured the city was planning to cut down the tree -- until he took a closer look.
The cuts were at a 45-degree angle and about two metres from the ground. The cuts were even and looked to be done with a chainsaw.
'...An act which could have potentially crippled or killed a child this weekend has to be taken very seriously' -- East Kildonan resident Jason Booth
Speaking with the Free Press, Booth described the discovery as something beyond a simple act of vandalism.
"I'm not a lumberjack or anything, but it looked like it was cut specifically to fall on the swing set. I got a chill from that," said the East Kildonan resident. "This goes beyond vandalism, this is a calculated way to hurt people."
In fact, some area residents say they woke up to the nasty, buzzing sound of a chainsaw -- coming from the direction of the park -- around 3 a.m. on Saturday.
"My neighbour went to look out the window, but it was too dark to see anyone," said Rob Parisien, who lives near the park. He shuddered at the thought of what might have happened if the tree had toppled over.
"It's scary because there are city workers who work in the park every day," he said.
After his discovery, Booth warned two families near the swing set, and two 11-year-old girls playing close by, to stay clear of the dangerous tree.
Booth also called Winnipeg police, who taped off the area.
Contacted Sunday, police said no suspects have been identified in the incident.
The tree was removed by the City of Winnipeg's forestry division on Saturday night, and staff also cleaned up the area Monday afternoon.
"Vandalism is vandalism, but an act which could have potentially crippled or killed a child this weekend has to be taken very seriously, especially when this appears to be the latest act in an escalating series of crimes," said Booth.
Within the past year, the park's public washroom had been torched, causing the city to implement overnight surveillance. And last summer, bolt-cutters were used to cut down almost every swing within the park.
"It's a perfect place for vandalism because the park is so dark," said Parisien, who uses the park on a daily basis. "I think more lighting would make a huge difference."
A few years ago, Parisien wrote a letter to North Kildonan city councillor Jeff Browaty addressing his concern about the park's lack of lighting.
Browaty isn't convinced that's the right way to go, but he shares residents' concerns.
"Park experts don't recommend lights, because it draws people to the park at night," he said. "It's a quiet neighbourhood and it's unusual the park is being targeted so heavily.
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Alan Ritter is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. His interests include NLP in short informal messages (e.g. Twitter), modeling lexical semantics with latent variables, modeling conversations in social media and paraphrasing between different styles of language (for example translating Shakespeare's plays, noisy Twitter text or technical writing into standard English and vice versa). He was awarded an NDSEG fellowship, and won the best student paper award at IUI in 2009.


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Warnock, 63, was confirmed as the club's new manager on Saturday following the recent sacking of Simon Grayson and the former Sheffield United and QPR boss has already identified areas that need strengthening.
"The chairman was supportive when I spoke to him. He knows I feel we need two or three players if we can get the right ones to supplement what we've already got," Warnock told the club's official website.
"Gwyn Williams will be trying as well to let one or two players go out, as will my staff.
"Ideally I'd love to get somebody in before the weekend. I do feel there are areas we have to improve if we're not to write this season off. I don't want to write this season off, not just yet - even though the bookies aren't giving us much opportunity.
"One of the reasons for coming was because there's an opportunity there. The size of the club is geared for that situation. It's fair to say that the squad has to improve, but there are a lot of players here so they have to prove it at the same time. The challenge is there."


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he former House Speaker, having brawled his way to a stirring victory in South Carolina, sought higher ground by declaring he wasn't going to spend all his time rebutting Romney's "misinformation". Romney moved to demystify his wealth by releasing two years' of tax records, showing he paid tax at the rate of 14 to 15 per cent on annual income of $US21 million to $US22 million. This is the investments rate under current US law, and Romney's not going to pay "a dollar more" than he's obliged to, though as a Mormon he makes large contributions to his church. But the sheer size of his income will play straight into Obama's class war strategy, so Romney's going to have to do a better job explaining how his accumulation of so much wealth through private equity firm Bain Capital creates jobs and expands economic opportunity.
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MAXJAZZ label will take place starting at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, May 25 at Jazz at the Bistro.
The event will culminate in a headlining set at 7:00 p.m. featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford (pictured, above left), pianist Bruce Barth, saxophonist Tim Warfield, and singer Carla Cook, all of whom have recorded for MAXJAZZ, backed by St. Louis' Montez Coleman on drums and Bob DeBoo on bass.
Before that, though, the afternoon will feature a performance from Brilliant Corners, which is co-led by saxophonist Paul DeMarinis and guitarist Dave Black and was the first band to record on the MAXJAZZ label, as well as music from Good 4 the Soul, Jesse Gannon, Cheryl Brown, Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz St. Louis' own Gene Dobbs Bradford and Phil Dunlap, and additional acts TBA. Look for a full schedule of bands on the Jazz St. Louis website the week of the event.
died on February 8 of this year. An investment banker before he retired and founded MAXJAZZ, McDonnell (pictured, below left) also was a board member of Jazz St. Louis.
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Monday night's Commissioners' meeting was long on content, longer on revelations, and did not follow the scripted agenda. The meeting started with recognition of Leadership-Vance participants and a thank you to the members of boards and committees. The presenter for the only scheduled appointment was not on time, opening the floor to the public comments period.
Editors Note – This piece references times in the audio, you can listen to the audio file here: http://homeinhenderson.com/2014/04/09/news/county-business/audio-vance-county-board-of-commissioners-meeting-monday-april-7th-2014/
Water District Board
Mr. Lawrence Brame was again standing before the Board, before it metamorphosed into the Water District Board, speaking about the county's management of the water project. In the newest marketing brochure for county water Mr. Brame noted that brochure incorrectly compares the county's $30 base fee to the city's ETJ base fee of $25.18. Mr. Brame pointed out that the ETJ base fee includes 3,700 gallons of water (499 cubic feet), the county's base fee does not include one drop of water. Mr. Brame added he did not know the source for the $7.62 per 1,000 gallons the brochure indicates is part of the city's ETJ fee. Mr. Brame continued on saying he recently learned taps are not installed when the pipe is initially laid. Taps are installed some weeks or months after the pipe is buried. This means the same effort is required to install a tap pre-construction as post-construction. Mr. Brame asked why a post-construction tap costs $1,670 more than a pre-construction tap. When Mr. Brame concluded his public comments, Chairwoman Brown asked if the water committee had addressed the issues in the brochure. If you have been following along you may recall that at the February 17th, Special Called Meeting county management did not present a mockup of the updated brochure for the Board to review and discuss. The Board approved the new marketing brochure sight unseen. I digress. Commissioner Brummitt answered that the committee was unaware of the first issue. He added the "second issue is explainable within the fee schedule as far as construction phase and so forth the USDA sent us." Chairwoman Brown asked that the issue(s) be on the agenda for the next water committee meeting. (You can listen to the Public Comment period on the audio recording from 13:17 through 17:50 minute marks.)
When the Board morphed into the Water Board Mr. McMillen and Mr. Tim Carpenter, the project's chief engineer, both made verbal status reports. Neither submits a written status report for inclusion in the Board's meeting packet. Mr. McMillen said a lot had been accomplished in Phase 1, including the March 20th notification from the State DOT that six out of seven roads were certified allowing the placement of taps. Which roads, he did not say. Why one road was not certified, he did not say. Specifically how many customers are actively connecting, he did not say. Nor did he discuss the major water main break causing draining damage. Strangely not one commissioner asked for those answers. During Mr. Carpenter's status update he attempted to assuage the Board of the revelation that pre-construction and post-construction tap installation require the same effort. Mr. Carpenter stated after service proofing the lines (pressure testing and sterilization) a different crew installs the taps. Following the verbal status reports, the Board was briefed on the $186,292.40 Phase 1A change order #7. After much discussion the Board with a 6 – 1 vote (Commissioner Wilder the sole nay vote) approved only $159,337.40 of the change order. The other $26,915 will be approved when the work is completed. After a briefly discussion the Board approved refunding of $19,500 for 156 wet tap fee deposits where County Wide Water is not going to flow. Chairwoman Brown asked Envirolink how many paying customers are on the system. Envirolink's representative said 260 paying customers as of their undated report. Commissioner Brummitt obtained clarification that the 260 paying customer are part of the 619 wet taps in Phase 1A. Envirolink's representative added that they are on track to have 346 paying customers by June 30th. Next month Envirolink will be bringing a new issue for discussion who pays for the water that leaks from large and small breaks in the pipe. The Board spent more than an hour discussing the pros and cons of transferring 106 wet taps to the Kittrell Water system. Commission Wilder opened the discussion saying that transferring the taps to Kittrell will greatly hinder County Wide Water flowing deeper into parts of Phase 1A. Since the audio of the meeting is available I encourage readers to listen to the recording. From the Peanut Gallery's point of view this was one of the most intense and informative discussions on the County Wide Water. (You can listen to the entire Water Board segment on the audio recording from 50:06 through 2:43:41 minute marks.)
Finance Director's Report
Big news in this report was the revelation that local CPA firms did not bid to work the County's financial audit. The real reason will never be known. A local firm did bid on the five fire departments' financial review and audit.
Committee Reports
Selling of the Armory was the big topic of discussion. The plan now is to contract a real estate auction firm to sell the Armory to the highest bidder. The Peanut Gallery wonders who would want to buy a building that has sat neglected for 20 plus years. Maybe the value of the parts is greater than the whole.
County Manager's Report
Almost three hours into the evening the innocuous Intergovernmental Committee request opened decades old city and county governmental distrust. At the behest of the Board, the County Manager asked the City Manager to ask the City Council to reactivate the Intergovernmental Committee as "a means of adequately planning for future success." The City Council responded with a question and a demand. The question, what is the County's intent "to replace the liaison arrangement with a committee approach." The demand, the Board had to submit a formal request with reasons for the change. Listening to the audio you can hear the animosity expressed by some of elected towards the city's elected. (Audio recording from 2:54:05 – 3:07:05 minute marks)


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Do you know why there is so much violence and chaos in parts of the community?
Well, not only does Bill O'Reilly know, Don Lemon knows as well, and he took the opportunity to inform us of these reasons this past weekend on CNN's "No Talking Points":
According to Lemon, there are 5 things Black people can do ourselves to eliminate criminality and ignorance in our neighborhoods and fix them, which are:
5. Pull Up Your Baggy Pants
4. Stop Saying Nigga/Nigger
3. Pick Up Trash/Stop Littering
2. Graduate High School
1. No More Children Out Of Wedlock
Truthfully, I completely agree that these are things that would be cool to see in the Black community, and they may provide us with the right mindsets to tackle our professional and personal hurdles with a higher rate of success – but does anyone with any semblance of common sense really believe that these micro adjustments are the BIGGEST solutions to our incredibly large and complex issues?
But, even more importantly, what I want to know is when the hell are we as a society going to address the issues in the Black community by mentioning the non-stereotypes?
The reason Don Lemon's rant irked me is the same reason Barack & Michelle Obama's May commencement addresses at Morehouse and Bowie State respectively, had me seeing red: They effectively chastized a group of graduating students by mentioning how far too many young Black folks are focusing on trying to be rappers or ball-players, and how they need to clean up their acts. The problem is, the Obama's rant was done in front of the very same young promising Black minds that overcame all that ignorance. And while they offered rudimentary, vague and non-specific ideologies on how WE can enact change (as opposed to speaking as people in an office where actual policy change can happen), we once again limited our scope of the issue to stereotypes: Sheneneh and Lil' Ray-Ray.


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Sean Price Soul Perfect ft Illa Ghee Royal Flush
As we celebrate the late, great Sean Price's birthday today there's a brilliant new Sean Price Soul Perfect video. Hitting us right in the feels, Shaun Price (daughter) and Bernadette Price (wife) fill in for Sean.
PREVIOUS| Innocent? ft Sean Price and Ruste Juxx – Silent Murder
The official video has been uploaded to Sean Price's YouTube channel and is gets us right in the feels! Credits go to Crummie Beats who produced the single, and Guy Blelloch who has done a brilliant job with the visuals. A big shoutout to Illa Ghee and Royal Flush who also feature on the track and video.
VISIT | Duck Down Records Website
Fans also have a unique opportunity to purchase a limited edition Sean Price bobble head and flash drive bundle. The custom "P" flash drive is 2GB and the bobble head is 7.5 inches tall. Further details can be found on the Duck Down Records website ^^ just hit the link above.
You can watch the official video for Sean Price Soul Perfect ft Illa Ghee and Royal Flush on the YouTube player below. (P.S. keep watching to the very end of the video to see Shaun Price spit some bars LIVE!)
Category: Videos
S.A.S – Legends Never Die
PREVIOUS | S.A.S ft Wretch 32 – Better Than This Remix
This is the new single from S.A.S (Mega and Mayhem) called Legends Never Die. In tribute to the late Sean Price, and produced by Mook, S.A.S premiered the single on WatchLOUD. S.A.S are widely regarded in America as two of the best UK rappers, and their connections to Duck Down meant the tribute was inevitable. At the end of the track, a clip of Sean Price speaking of S.A.S completes the 3.50 track which you can listen to, on the soundcloud player below.
Category: Music
Black Milk ft Random Axe – Scum
PRE-ORDER | If There's a Hell Below – Black Milk
If this isn't a Hip-Hop dream collaboration I don't know what is. Detroit native Black Milk joins forces again with Random Axe (which also includes Sean Price and Guilty Simpson) for the new single Scum. The single is taken from Black Milk's upcoming album "If There's a Hell Below" which will be available to fans from the 28th of October. It's also available to pre-order from the iTunes link listed above. You can view the full tracklist for Black Milk – If There's a Hell Below and also listen to Black Milk ft Random Axe – Scum here.
01. Everyday Was (ft. Mel)
02. What It's Worth
03. Leave the Bones Behind (ft. Blu & Ab)
04. Quarter Water (ft. Pete Rock)
05. Hell Below (ft. Gene Obey)
06. Detroit's New Dance Show
07. Story and Her
08. All Mighty
09. Scum (ft. Random Axe)
10. Gold Piece (ft. Bun B)
11. Grey For Summer
12. Up and Out
Category: Music
Innocent? ft Ruste Juxx and Sean Price – Silent Murder
RELATED | Ruste Juxx and The Arcitype ft Punchline – Barbarian Bars
RELATED | Willie The Kid ft Sean Price and Sha Stimuli – Delirium
Making his debut on Hip-Hop Kings is Brooklyn-based rapper Innocent?, and there's not much more you can do to make an impact than team up with Ruste Juxx and Sean Price for the single "Silent Murder". The single is featured on T.H.E.M Recordings forthcoming "Killin' The Game" album which we will post nce available. Credits go to DJ Static who produced Silent Murder and Donald Robinson Cole III who directed the video. You can watch Innocent? ft Ruste Juxx and Sean Price – Silent Murder on the YouTube player below.
Category: Music, News, Upcoming Releases, Videos
Willie The Kid ft Sean Price and Sha Stimuli – Delirium
RELATED | Sean Price and Talib Kweli – Palookas (LIVE)
We've got another collaborative album to be excited about come 2014. Willie The Kid and Bronze Nazareth have joined forces to release the upcoming "The Living Daylights", and to kick off promotion for the album we have a leak called "Delirium" which features heavyweights Sean Price and Sha Stimuli. The official track listing has also been released which includes guest verses from Young Dirty Bastard, Roc Mariaco and others. You can listen to Willie The Kid ft Sean Price an Sha Stimuli – Delirium on the audio player below.
1. Intro
2. Avalon f/ Roc Marciano
3. The Guilt
4. Ain't Nothing f/ Boldy James
5. Fucking Blades f/ L.A.D
6. Bless My Food f/ Tekh Togo
7. Sweet Sorrow
8. Delirium f/ Sha Stimuli and Sean Price
9. The Blitz f/ S-Class Sonny
10. Coming From
11. Breakfast In France
12. Ice Cold Guinness f/ L.A.D (bonus track)
13. Wu Babies f/ Young Dirty Bastard and Sun God (bonus track)
Talib Kweli ft Sean Price – Palookas (LIVE)
DOWNLOAD | Talib Kweli – Prisoner of Conscious
Related | Skyzoo ft Talib Kweli – Spike Lee Was My Hero
In October Hip-Hop fans flocked the Duck Down Music and Javotti Media's CMJ event showcase which Talib Kweli headlined, and here is a new video of Kweli bringing Sean Price on stage to perform their collaboration track "Palookas". Talib Kweli released his fifth studio album "Prisoner of Conscious" earlier n 2013 is currently touring with Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Big K.R.I.T. You can watch Talib Kweli ft Sean Price – Palookas (LIVE) on the YouTube player below.
Category: Videos
Sean Price "BBQ Sauce" feat. Pharoahe Monch (Music VIdeo)
Brooklyn rapper Sean Price is the most interesting man in the world in this retro-style video for 'BBQ Sauce,' which features Pharoahe Monch on chorus duties. Produced by Evidence and DJ Babu (of Dilated Peoples), 'BBQ Sauce' is off Price's latest album, 'Mic Tyson' which dropped at the end of October. The deluxe edition is out now at iTunes. Sean P is currently doing an international tour with stops in the UK, France and Germany, check out tickets here!
Category: Videos
Sean Price – Haraam
Sean Price – Mic Tyson | http://bit.ly/mictyson
Following the release of Sean Price's album "Mic Tyson", should fans decide to purchase the deluxe edition from iTunes (link above), they'll find the single "Haraam" featured as track sixteen. Sean Price / Duck Down Music have released the video to Haraam through Vlad TV, and credits go to Monstar Films for the visuals, and Team Demo for production of the single. Please feel free to browse the Hip-Hop Kings archives for previous Sean Price material, however you can watch Sean Price – Haraam on the youtube player below.
Category: Videos
Sean "Seanwuar" Price vs Pharoahe Monch
Sean Price – Mic Tyson | http://bit.ly/QuIMWh
Hip-Hop fans around the world will be aware of Nardwuar with his unique interviewing techniques on the biggest of Hip-Hop stars. As we approach the release of Sean Price's "Mic Tyson" (available on 30th October 2012, we have a brand new video of Sean "Seanwuar" Price vs Pharoahe Monch. Pharoahe Monch is of course also preparing to release his forthcoming album P.T.S.D (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) later this year as well. You can pre-order Sean Price – Mic Tyson from the link listed above, and you can also watch Sean "Seanwuar" Price vs Pharoahe Monch on the player below.
Category: Videos
Sean Price – Bar-Barian
iTunes Pre-Order Link | http://bit.ly/mictyson
Brand new music from Sean Price reached my inbox about one hour ago, so Hip-Hop Kings fans can be the first to hear his new single "Bar-Barian". Sean Price will be releasing his highly anticipated album Mic Tyson which will be available on 30th October 2012, and we've already heard a number of promo tracks ahead of the release. Fans are still able to pre-order the deluxe edition of Mic Tyson from the link listed above, and if you're based in the New York Tri-State area can see Sean Price performing live at SOBs on Oct. 30th with special guests: (http://tktwb.tw/QfzMEu). You can listen to Sean Price – Bar-Barian on the soundcloud player below.
Sean Price – Bar-Barian by duckdown
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7 Mid-Mon Valley firms land state grants
Seven companies in the Mid-Mon Valley were recently selected to receive economic training grants from the commonwealth.
A total of $87,612 in training grants was awarded to the following companies for fiscal year 2012-13:
• Conspec Controls Inc., $5,050;
• DMI Companies in Charleroi, $13,850
• Monongahela Valley Hospital, $22,800
• Perryman Company-California Technology Park, $9,350
• Progeny Systems Corporation, $17,100
• Rose Plastic USA, $6,200
• Shumar's Welding and Machine Services in Grindstone, $13,262.
"I commend these organizations for actively seeking and successfully applying for a training grant through the Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania," state Rep. Peter J. Daley said.
"Through these grants, individuals can seek out and obtain training they need in today's manufacturing and technology-based businesses.
"Workforce development is an important part of growing and expanding not only our local job base, but also in helping to power our local companies to create the jobs of the future, giving them a competitive edge."
Created in 1999, the network is funded by the state Department of Community and Economic Development through the PA First Fund. Partners in the program provide support to help companies assess their training needs, develop training plans and apply for funding.
Historically, nearly 90 percent of all state funds allocated to WEDnetPA have gone directly to pay for employee training.
For example, MVH received $20,250 for basic an advanced Excel class and $2,550 for IT training. From 2004 to 2011, MVH has received grants totally $92,128.
The grant allocated to Perryman Company, located in the California Technology Park, is funding employee training safety, and ergonomic training for employee workplace behavior, said Bruce Mazza, human resources manager.
The grants are an investment by the state organization in local firms.
"I believe this is proof positive of the potential that we have right here in the Mon Valley to grow business and industry and fuel the economic revitalization of the commonwealth," Daley said.


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|From: Jens Axel Søgaard (jensaxel at soegaard.net)
Date: Thu Jun 1 08:39:47 EDT 2006
Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > On May 31, 2006, at 10:21 PM, Edmund Dengler wrote: > >> - overall slowness compared to languages such as Perl when regular >> expressions are used (I had one task which executed about an order of >> magnitude faster and consumed a lot less memory when I recoded it as a >> series of transformations based on converting the string to a list, >> running a transformer, and converting it back into a string, in >> contrast to using pregexp) > > > Small question: did you try the same task with plain regexp (the > built-in pattern matcher using the Perl algorithms)? Edmund, note the builin regexp mechanism also works directly on input ports. This will give a little extra speed. An example can be seen at <http://www.scheme.dk/blog/2006/04/tokenizing-scheme-source.html> -- Jens Axel Søgaard
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AnthroCon 2013
When does AnthroCon 2013 pre-registration start and does a college idea work if one doesn't have a driver's license or ID? What about birthday? My college ID doesn't show my birth date, so what should I do?? Thanks for the help :3 Can't wait for AC13 I have a written monologue that I wrote and planned to perform at the Masquerade at AnthroCon 2013:
The Origin of the Fish Taco
So, one night while I was out I just saw the movie Paranorman, which was pretty good, I got in my car and my stomach growled, luckily, there was a Taco Bell nearby. I drove to the drive through part of the parking lot, I was asked for my order, so I asked if they have any fish tacos, the voice replied, "Sorry sir, we don't serve fish tacos." My world sank into complete silence, it was like a moment in a movie where the background zooms out and zooms in on the actor or actress. I know you're not suppose to leave the drive through, but I did. I parked my car and calmly walked into the restaurant. I asked for the manager, he came and said, "What can I do for you?" I replied, "Why don't you serve fish tacos?" The manager stared back at me for a very long time, then he spoke, "Why, because who would eat a fish taco??" I was speechless, apparently he didn't know who he was talking to. I calmly asked and said, "Really? Well, I'm an otter and my favorite food is fish and I've had tacos before, but there's always something missing." The manager knew what I was talking about, but he replied, "We aren't going to make fish tacos, sir. I'm sorry to make you feel bad, but we serve humans here." I wasn't sure what to do and then I remembered the movie Bolt, so I got down on one knee and slowly looked up at them and said, "Please, oh please sir, make me a fish taco." The girl at the cash register was moved by my cuteness, but the manager wasn't and you can guess what his answer was, yep, a big fat N.O. So I left in defeat, as I got in my car and closed the door, the girl came out to my car and tapped on the window, I rolled it down and she handed me a piece of paper and left without a word. I looked at the paper and read what it said, it said: 1) Go to WalMart 2) Go to the seafood section, get fish (any kind, doesn't matter) 3) Go to where the tortillas are at - You're welcome and a very cute/adorable otter . My heart felt warm and a smile came to my face, I drove to WalMart and did what the paper said. I was a happy otter when I left WalMart and drove home listening to some good music. I got home and fixed myself a fish taco and the taste made me dance the night away and I dreamt of nothing but fish and tacos. So when you can't get a fish taco at Taco Bell, just make your own.
I hope it fits the time range for the Masquerade :3
its gonna be fun :3
From the photos and videos, yeah :3
A State ID is not very expensive to get, usually $20-30 at your local Department of Motor Vehicles. It's like a Driver's license, only without the driving ability, and the minimum age is often 13. We highly recommend you get one of those, or a Passport.
We will usually accept a College/School ID with photo, in combination with a Birth Certificate; but these require extra scrutiny and slow things down for yourself and others. Please look into a State ID- it will benefit yourself for more than just Anthrocon.
Okay thanks, I'll be sure to do that in time for AnthroCon 2013, hope I can make it to this one and make new furry friends and get to know people like me and be able to see fursuits with my own eyes :3 Will there be a time schedule for things like the parade, photoshoot, masquerade, etc. Because I'm going to have a fursuit with me and I don't want to miss out on those events Oh and is it possible to do my idea for the masquerade by having two voluenteers help me with the performance, I plan on having a charades game full of random acts, I didn't know what else to do and that was the first thing that popped into my head. Thankies.
There will be plenty of schedule infor available. http://anthrocon2012.sched.org/ and http://www.anthrocon.org/schedule have examples form 2012.
Oh thank you so much :3 I want to know if my idea for the Masquerade would work? Thanks again
IIRC, they'd like acts to be kept to around 3 minutes (I should probably let the staff answer that); if so, there's not much you can do along the lines of charades in that amount of time, plus past years (don't remember 2012 and don't feel like checking the schedule) have had separate fursuit charades panels - you might want to look into them.
Plus some of us don't really care for charades
Oh okay :3 I might just not do the Masquerade this year, I can't think of anything else to do, I'm new to this and don't really have talent like Sardyuon and I can't do flips, I can act and dance, but I just don't know. Any suggestions like acting out a monolouge? If not that's cool.
It might be good for you to attend Anthrocon in 2013, see how the Masquerade goes and what sort of acts make it through the rehearsal/audition process, and then work towards an act in 2014.
Well, I might do a group performance, not sure, but there is still time, right? I mean AnthroCon 2013 isn't until June/July?
Yes, I believe it's the 4th of July weekend next year, so you should have ample time to set up a group act if that's what you want.
YAY :3 I might be doing a group act
We are coming for our first Anthrocon next year, but I noticed that this year "So its your first Anthrocon" clashes with "Fursuit games". Next year it may be an idea to seperate the two so there is no clash. "Fursuit games" look awesome and we will be there, "so its your first Anthrocon" would probarly be a good idea to attend as, its our first Anthrocon. Even though we may have an alter ego sadly it is still not possible to be in two places at once.
There will be overlaps in schedule.. they are unavoidable, when you have the sheer amount of programming Anthrocon has. We've got multiple panels and events going on at just about any given time. However, I'm sure our programming staff will keep this request in mind.
I took a quick look on Youtube to see whether anybody uploaded an entire "first AC" panel, but all I could find was this 10-minute clip on how to deal with fursuiters; that, plus the 6-2-1 rule are arguably 90% of what you need to know...
At least the Opening Ceremonies were uploaded, so I was able to see what I'd missed since I went to the DocRat/Endtown panel instead (along with half a dozen others) - was there really no other slot for them that required them to be scheduled against OC?
Thanks chiaroscuro & Ron
I can see how there is only so much you can get into just three and a bit days. Great idea Ron, just watch the guide that would be pretty much the same every year on You Tube and do the fun stuff !
One other little suggestion, you have sponsor then super sponsor tix, just from my experience ( with other events ) slot in one extra level above it call it a platinum pass / platinum sponsor or something like that with a few extra benifits. Charge about 5 times more than the top tier you current have. Great way to really add a few extra dollars to any charity or special project you wish to fund. For people flying across the world, CEO's taking a week off work etc the cost of the con really is irrelevant.
Can't wait to see you all next year.
Me 2 :3
On a purely practical level, I don't know what the con could offer at a Platinum level of membership. (I've been a Supersponsor every year I attended.)
Allowing them to 'jump the line' and be the first into any event will cause hard feelings in those who've been waiting an hour to be the first into an event. First shot at elevators would cause the same. (And this would only work at boarding in the Westin on the ground floor. There aren't suffiicient Security staff to do that at every floor.) Supersponsors already get reserved seating at the 'big' events. Their choice of hotels? This wouldn't matter much: someone with that much 'spare' cash could rent a suite at the hotel's normal room rate (AKA rack rate). Also, it's much more likely that this kind of person would spend their money to go to an additional convention at another time or place as opposed to spending it at Anthrocon. Finally, the number of Supersponsors has been dropping slightly over the past few years, IIRC. This implies that the numbers of people with that much money to burn are uncommon in the fandom... and possibly getting rarer.
I hope this didn't sound too nasty: I'd like for Anthrocon to get tons of money as well. I just don't think it could work.
Indeed, it would be better for people who can afford it to spend the money with the dealers, at the Art Show and Artist's Alley, and donating to the charity, as well as patronizing the restaurants and other businesses in the area, because that helps support the convention indirectly -- dealers and artists will return again if they do well, and we build goodwill with local merchants. Of course, for those who are so inclined, we always accept outright donations!
Hi Charleig & Petercat
Good point, having not been to a con before I did not realise how non commercial they are. Just bumped into a person I knew that is going who is a CEO of a leading Australian company and just could not believe that he is a furrie. Like many he loves the anonymity of furdom and made me wonder how me wonder how many others were out there like that.
As for the hotels there there is a Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) platinum card that exists and guarantees a room, upgrade etc many gentlemen & furries of means have them. They are the ones that those "spare" rooms are set aside for that seem to appear even when the hotel is fully booked. Great for NYE etc.
Funny thing is that when I first heard of Anthrocon it looked like a fancy dress party for grown ups, over the past few years I have really learned that it's so much more and after joining a few groups both here and in your country I wish I found this community so many years ago.
Can't wait to be there and finally recieve our fursuite commissions.
I've never been to one either
Friendly suggestion: even though the system lets you edit your original post, IMHO this is yet another example of "just because you can doesn't mean you should", as we can't tell what the changes were, unless you add an "Edit: (details)" note.
I'm guessing that your modifications include that your college ID doesn't show your birthdate; I'll let the reg. staff confirm this, but I suspect they need both a picture ID and a way to verify your age; a birth certificate should suffice for the latter, but it seems like the "state ID" mentioned elsewhere in the thread should be easier to get...
I'm new to this site and thanks :3 I thought there was a way to delete/remove posts


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A new nonprofit animal shelter could be opening in Franklin County.
Planning board members voted unanimously Tuesday, Feb. 19, to grant a conditional use permit to property owner Jim Latzel to build a philanthropic kennel and stable on 84 acres located on Highway AC just north of Elmont Road in Boone Township.
Latzel's property is located in an agricultural, nonurban (ANU) zoning district, which would allow the stable and housing for other livestock, but requires a CUP for the kennel and philanthropic uses, including associated educational activities, with a CUP.
Latzel submitted plans for a 138- by 58-foot building that would contain 20 kennels, each complete with its own run. He said he would like to eventually add another like-sized kennel adjacent to the first to be able to house a total of 40 dogs.
"I made a site visit and they have several buildings there already," planning board Chairman Bill Evans said. "It's very well run, well planned and the buildings are outstanding. I think it will provide an excellent service to the area."


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I am putting an old P4 together. CPU reads at 1.3 GHz instead of 2.66 GHz. I have done some searching and found about the multiplier being wrong, but I can figure out how to change it. I have a jumperless mobo and can't find the right setting in the BIOS.
BIOS has FSB at 400 and RAM at 266. Should be 533 and 333. Option for 333 doesn't show up, just 266 and auto. I ran speed test and processor is truely running at 1.3 GHz.
Please help me with some suggestions on how to fix this. Mobo is Intel D845GEBV2. Thanks


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New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad or IIM-A said on Tuesday it is hiking fees by 9.6% to Rs13.70 lakh for its flagship two-year post-graduation programme for the Class of 2012 which will gain admission this year.
The fees include all costs other than food. "The fee has been arrived at after taking into account the significant increase in costs due to implementation of 6th Pay Commission's recommendations as well as general rise in operating costs due to high inflation in the economy", said a press statement on the school's website.
A school PRO declined to say how much the fees was earlier. She said the calculations showed the fees was 9.6% higher than for the Class of 2011.
Fee hikes at IIMs have been controversial in the past, with the government, which owns these premier business schools, resisting fee increases. The IIMs have said they are autonomous schools and have a right to raise their fees.
The IIM in Bangalore said on Monday it will raise fees to Rs13 lakh from Rs11.5 lakh, for the Class of 2012, PTI reported. The decision was taken at a meeting of the board of directors, chaired by Mukesh D Ambani.
IIM-B director, Prof Pankaj Chandra told reporters that the students will pay fee of Rs6 lakh in the first year of study, and the remaining Rs7 lakh in the second.
The IIMs stressed that the schools will continue to provide fee waivers to students based on family income. At IIM-A, 41 students of a total of 310, or 13% of the class, studied free in the academic year 2009-10.


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Tipster opens door for FBI probe of New Jersey's Sen. Menendez
WASHINGTON — A team of FBI agents has been conducting interviews in recent weeks in the Dominican Republic and the United States, looking into allegations that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., patronized prostitutes in the Caribbean nation, but has found no evidence to support the claim, according to two people familiar with the investigation.
One person said agents have asked about whether a Florida eye doctor — a close friend and major campaign donor to Menendez — provided the senator with prostitutes on vacations there. Another person said investigators are looking into allegations involving underage prostitutes and sex parties.
The two, who spoke on the condition of anonymity said FBI agents are following leads provided by an unknown tipster.
Menendez has denied the prostitution allegations.
"As we have said all along, Sen. Menendez welcomes any review because his actions have been appropriate, and we believe the facts will confirm that," a Menendez aide said Friday.


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Thorntons today reports an increase in total Company sales to £47.0 million for the 14 weeks up to and including 5 October 2013, an increase of 2.1% compared to the same period last year.
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Divisional sales increased by 11.0% to £23.8 million reflecting continuing strong demand from our commercial partners:
· UK Commercial sales rose by 11.2%.
· International sales increased by 36.1%, although this remains a small part of overall sales.
Divisional sales declined by 5.7% to £23.2 million as we closed eight stores in the period resulting in 288 Own Stores at the end of the quarter.
· Like for like sales decreased by 0.4%.
· Consumer Direct sales returned to growth, increasing by 14.2%, although this also remains a small part of overall sales.
· Franchise sales improved by 17.3%.
Jonathan Hart, Thorntons' Chief Executive, commented:
"We are pleased with the performance of both our operating divisions in the first quarter, and we have made further good progress in rebalancing revenues towards our FMCG division. We have an exciting Christmas offer across the business and are encouraged by the strong order book within our FMCG division. This puts us in a good position ahead of the key Christmas trading period.
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I spent a bit of tonight working on the voxel engine, but unfortunately my priority had to be on consulting work. I decided to have a bit of fun with wind, and making it roll across the terrain. To do this, I needed something suitable to blow about in the wind. I always picture rolling plains of wheat, so I decided to make some wheat.
I then applied this wheat to the terrain, and applied it often! I also moved the wind calculations completely over to a shader, which was lots of fun. I just make a simple 'skew' matrix and then apply it to the vertex positions.
// calculate the skew matrix mat4 wind_matrix = mat4(1.0); wind_matrix[1].x = tan(rad / 3); // get the position, normal and light position vertex_position = (model_matrix * wind_matrix * vec4(floor(in_position), 1)).xyz;
By manipulating the value of 'rad' with respect to position, I can now make the wind roll across the terrain. Here's a picture of it in action (which doesn't really give it full justice).
I then spent some time on figuring out how to make perfectly smooth videos. My computer is *really* old. It is an old school Core 2 Duo E8500, and I'm in dire need of an upgrade. However, I need to make do with what I have for now, so I wrote up some quick code to write out each frame to a .png file. It works by simply reading the pixels and writing them to a Bitmap. I make sure to lock the bitmap bits to make for quick copying.
int[] pixels = new int[Width * Height]; Gl.ReadPixels(0, 0, Width, Height, PixelFormat.Rgba, PixelType.Byte, pixels); // we need to process the pixels a bit to deal with the format difference between OpenGL and .NET for (int i = 0; i < pixels.Length; i++) { int p = pixels[i]; int r = p & 0xff; int g = (p >> 8) & 0xff; int b = (p >> 16) & 0xff; pixels[i] = (r << 16 | g << 8 | b) << 1; } // create a new bitmap object of the correct height and width and then lock the data for quick access System.Drawing.Bitmap bitmap = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(Width, Height); var data = bitmap.LockBits(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, Width, Height), System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.WriteOnly, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb); Marshal.Copy(pixels, 0, data.Scan0, pixels.Length); bitmap.UnlockBits(data); // bitmaps are flipped in the y direction, so flip it back bitmap.RotateFlip(System.Drawing.RotateFlipType.RotateNoneFlipY); // write the frame out to a file bitmap.Save("F:/capture/frame" + frameID++ + ".png", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
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Oh Girl,
I know you're playing with me.
Oh girl, I know you playin with me,
But I never know why you stayin with me. Layin wit me,
stuntin all these games.
I like playin 'em when cravin' em.
But it's just a pest like something left behind.
I try to keep it slow, but you're fuckin with my mind
So I kick it overdrive, and you tell me get in line.
So I stand up straight, but you push me on my side.
Grabbing on my dick, but then say it's not the time.
Oh Girl
I know you're playing with me.
... Oh right, a review. Uh. From the beginning with the rapid bops to the tings and the tangs, and then the tickity ticks, to the synth hops, then CUT! Slow that shit down, start hummin oh girl to the suttle violin. But freeze, we bring out the gangsta raps when the poppin synths come back. Repeat that humm, and embrace the killer outro. I don't know how you do it, but keep fucking doing it.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
love it
man i love this song dude
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
this is so smooth! makes me clam
i really like this one. i like the ambient element mixed into it. it jus comes together so nicely, that it's enticing.


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SUCCESS!!!! After a week, and doing the same thing over and over, I was finally able to connect.
Now another question, when I'm on my pc at home, and add books to Calibre, will they appear in the catalog on Aldiko, so I can add them to my Aldiko shelf?
When you go back into your calibre catalogue in Aldiko, the new books will all be there. I often browse by "newest" but it's easy to look by author or name too. Aldiko has a lot of great features, enjoy discovering them all.
Ps: I hope you used the "stanza" ip address from the post, that one really makes browsing books a breeze!
Concerning library books:
You don't need Overdrive to get library books if Aldiko is correctly set up. In aldiko go to Settings menu (upper right corner) from the home page. At the top there is a choice for Adobe DRM I believe. Tap on that and enter your Adobe Digital Editions username and password. From a web browser window, go to your library's Overdrive sign in page. Copy the URL or write it down. Mine is " http://toronto.lib.overdrive.com/".
Go back to your Aldiko catalogue menu and tap the + sign to add the library's name and url. You can then go into your overdrive account from this catalog link (I check off "remember me" so I only have the password to enter the next time) and get the library's mobile Overdrive interface and then can either browse for new books or go to my account to add holds to my cart etc. Selecting a book from overdrive, within Aldiko, puts the book on your shelf. It will have a white border to help you distinguish it from the others that are not on loan.
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Epilepsy affects both men and women, but the health, treatment, and impact of having epilepsy will vary depending on gender.
For example...
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- Seizures may start, stop, or change at times of puberty, pregnancy or menopause.
- Some women may have reproductive problems or concerns around menopause that need careful evaluation and treatment by both their epilepsy and women's health providers.
- The overwhelming majority of women with epilepsy have healthy babies. But women's care during pregnancy needs special consideration to ensure healthy mothers and babies.
- Some seizure medications have a greater risk of birth defects in the child when the mother takes the medicine during pregnancy. Advance planning before pregnancy can help women get on the best medication before pregnancy.
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Inimitable Rich Lister
None of this is news. But what we didn't know previously was that Tinkler's political outrage had even gone as far as his favourite (and very expensive) hobby: horses.
Tinkler's star colt, All Too Hard, is now worth an estimated $30 million after winning the Caulfield Guineas in October. He paid $1.025 million for the horse last year.
According to sources at the major Whitehaven shareholder's Hunter Valley horse stud, Patinack Farm, the coal magnate named him All Too Hard in a nod to major project approvals being all too hard for O'Farrell. Better yet, he was previously (and briefly) named Greiner's Muppet. But in an uncharacteristic moment of temperance, Tinkler decided to employ a dash of subtlety.
Ironically, it's now Tinkler who's finding it all too hard to pay his debts.
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Sheer Genius: Fashion's New Zen
PICTURE PERFECT Honor Fraser (left) in her new Culver City gallery wit artist Rosson Crow in front of Crow's "Five Minutes Late and Two Bucks Short at the Cha Cha."
Fraser's and Crow's own clothes.
Painter Kimberly Brooks (center) at her Venice studio with her painting "Blue."
From left: Dress, $78, Simply Vera Vera Wang; shoes, $720, Brian Atwood; belt, $595, Moschino; green bangle, $95, Dinosaur Designs; yellow bangle, $90, A.V. Max. Dress, $400, Cynthia Rowley; shoes, $750, Giuseppe Zanotti Design; ring, $375, Stephen Dweck. Dress, $615, Sportmax; shoes, $600, Calvin Klein Collection; necklace, $615, Marni; ring, $45, Kenneth Cole Reaction. Dress, $1895, Rachel Roy New York; shoes, $495, Tod's; cuff, $145, Noir.
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Billy Vunipola decided to join Saracens for family reasons, according to London Wasps Director of Rugby Dai Young.
Vunipola, 20, will join his brother Mako at the Men in Black at the end of the season - a decision that came as a huge disappointment to his current club Wasps.
Young told the Wasps website: "We are clearly hugely disappointed. Billy is a player that the Club identified some time ago as one with huge potential and he's been developed by London Wasps, despite a period when he struggled with illness and injury, into one of the brightest young talents in English rugby."
"During our contract talks, the player had been adamant that he did not want to leave the Club but we know he was under pressure for family reasons to go and join his brother at Saracens.
"We did everything in our power to keep Billy. We offered him the contract he asked for. He is playing regularly and he has already got international recognition, so we didn't see any reason for him to leave.
"Although we had heard the whispers about him going to Saracens, we were only officially informed yesterday afternoon that Billy was leaving and he had previously signed for them.
"Although we are bitterly disappointed right now, it is only fair for me to say that I believe that Billy will become a top quality international player for years to come and we wish him the best with his career.
"There is a long way to go in the season and I am sure he will give his all for Wasps in the coming months."


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Frances on the news
Yesterday the Seattle Times reported that during last December's snow storm the mayor's neighborhood received "preferential treatment" from the snow plows. As it turns out, Mayor Nickels lives just a couple blocks from Click!, and last night Deborah Horne from KIRO TV interviewed Frances ("a jewelry designer in West Seattle") in the store. She set the record straight -- California Ave north of Admiral was basically unplowed for much of the storm -- and looked great on the 11 o'clock news. At this time there isn't any video on the KIROTV website.
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Wrong-way driver causes crash on Loop 410
Updated 9:47 am, Friday, October 4, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — A wrong way driver who police said admitted to drinking at a friend's house Thursday night collided with a pickup as he drove east in the westbound lanes of S.W. Loop 410.
That crash also led to another fender bender that sent a 5-year-old girl to the hospital, police said.
Patrick Rodriguez, 21, faced a driving while intoxicated charge, according to a police report.
Rodriguez was in a Chrysler 300 headed east on the westbound access road of Loop 410 when at 9:20 p.m. he crossed the grass median and ended up in the 410 main lanes, still going the wrong way.
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A pickup driving west was hit head on by the Chrysler, police said.
Rodriguez and two people in the pickup were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
The injured girl was one of five people in a Nissan Sentra driven by her mother. The woman was driving the correct way on the access road but came to an almost complete stop to check out the wrong-way collision and her car was rear-ended by a pickup, police said.
The girl was flown to University Hospital with possible head trauma but she was expected to survive, police said.
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When Brenna Blixen is offered a trip to Paris in the winter break, she jumps at the chance.
After a tearful goodbye with her gorgeous boyfriend, Jake Kelly, Brenna is shocked to discover that Saxon Maclean is also headed to the City of Love.
He's trouble and irritating as hell. But also seriously hot.
Can Brenna resist her animal urges, or is good girl Brenna about to turn bad…?
Junk Miles is the second title in the Brenna Blixen series.
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Liz Reinhardt was born and raised in the idyllic beauty of northwest NJ. A move to the subtropics of coastal Georgia left her with a newly realized taste for the beach and a bloated sunscreen budget. Right alongside these new loves is her old, steadfast affection for bagels, raisinettes (even if they aren't really candy), the Oxford comma, movies that are hilarious or feature zombies, any and all books, but especially romance (the smarter and hotter, the better), the sound of her daughter's incessantly wise and entertaining chatter, and watching her husband work on cars in the driveway.


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The dramatic takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter could take another turn in its dying moments, with Japanese-owned Lion looking like it will not sell its 10 per cent WCB stake into Canadian giant Saputo's offer.
Saputo has already won the protracted bidding war, with rivals Murray Goulburn and Bega Cheese caving and accepting Saputo's offer this month. Saputo secured 50 per cent of WCB - and therefore control - last week.
But if Lion fails to accept into Saputo's $500 million-plus offer it will prevent the Montreal-based company from getting to the 90 per cent hurdle, at which point a compulsory acquisition takes place.
It will also prevent other WCB shareholders from receiving an additional 20¢ a share, for a total of $9.60 a share in cash, that Saputo will pay if it gets to the 90 per cent mark.
On Wednesday Saputo snapped up Murray Goulburn's 17.7 per cent WCB shareholding, taking its stake to 77 per cent and triggering a 20¢ rise in its offer to $9.40 a share (worth $526 million). At the 50 per cent mark shareholders were entitled to $9.20 a share.
The increase in Saputo's offer price also means its offer, which is last and final, will be extended until 7pm on February 12. Prior to the extension the offer was due to close on February 4.
If the Greenhill-advised Lion refuses to sell its stock, WCB will remain listed on the ASX and Saputo will have to keep paying listing fees and dealing with the legal requirements associated with being an Australian public company.
Lion seized its 10 per cent WCB stake in a share raid in October at prices of up to $9.25 a share. The company has kept its cards close to its chest, saying only that it wants to strengthen its relationship with WCB and protect cheese supply contracts it has with the company.
The problem is Saputo has been unenthusiastic regarding talks with Lion about its supply arrangements.
Part of the conundrum for any discussion is the collateral benefits provision which prevents favourable or unequal treatment among shareholders in a takeover situation.
Considering Lion's motive for forking out around $50 million on WCB stock was for leverage in negotiating contracts with WCB's acquirer, selling to Saputo now look pointless. On Tuesday Lion said it "has no current intention to accept Saputo's takeover offer...although it reserves the right to do so."
Lion, which is owned by Japanese behemoth Kirin, has written off billions of dollars from its Australian dairy acquisitions and has struggled in the highly competitive retail environment.
A glance over the company's past financial commentary shows that the low value, high volume, cheese category has been a weight on Lion's business for some time. Lion apparently views its WCB stake as a means of shoring up its position and stemming the bleeding in a price-driven business line with high private label penetration.
Meanwhile Bega Cheese and Murray Goulburn will reap respective cash proceeds of around $101 million and $93 million from selling their WCB shares, fuelling speculation that there will be more deals in the red hot dairy sector.
Australia's biggest privately-owned dairy processor, United Dairy Power, is on the brink of being sold for around $70 million to a Chinese buyer. UDP founder Tony Esposito told The Australian Financial Review earlier in January that a sale was imminent. Media reports linking Beijing-based private equity firm Origo Partners to the deal are understood to be incorrect.
The Australian Financial Review