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Great job, Pikachu. I completely agree with KM and KK.
Great job, Pikachu. I completely agree with KM and KK.
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I agree, too, Pikachu. There's no reason you should not win any pool that you happen to be running and no reason should should feel any guilt about it.
I never expected to win this one because I can't put anyone on my team that I actively dislike so there was no way I was ever going to add in Melissa even though I knew the show was going to do everything it could to push her along. That's kind of why I rarely hit the top in fantasy football.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
Yeah, what Florimel said. I picked my team based on who I like, which turned out that America didn't agree with me this time. Haha.
If you win Pikachu, you win. That's the way the cookie crumbles or the dance shoes get the wood chipper. LOL
Good luck to everyone in the running for the most glorious mirrored ball in all the world!!
Sheldon Cooper: Woman, you're playing with forces beyond your ken
Penny: Yeah, well your Ken can kiss my Barbie.
So who do we all have for the winner. I tried to go back and figure it out but there are too many replacements. Easier to just repost them here. I chose...
#1. Melissa and Tony
Shoepie: On the scoresheet, team captains are in bold lettering. Arielflies has Shawn & Derek as the winners, chrisg has Emmitt & Cheryl, Debb70 has Apolo & Karina, etc.
Some of the team captains have been eliminated so they're at 0.00 and the background is shaded in.
Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars Pool Results
Week Ten
Welcome to the Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars Awards Banquet! With teams made up of couples who were past champions on the show, it was anyones guess which star would end up waltzing away with the trophy. We had a lot of ups and downs in the pool and there were several contenders for the win.
One word about scoring before we get to the much-anticipated results. I was unsure whether to give the three bonus points to the last couple to dance because of the format of the finals. When all couples have only one dance, the last couple to dance might have an advantage because theyre the last ones to give an impression to the audience before phone lines open. Voters might have forgotten routines seen earlier in the show. This week, all three couples had three dancestwo in one night, one on the finale night. They went in rotation so I dont know if anyone got an advantage being last. As it was, the three points wouldnt have changed anyones standings in the pool so I decided to leave them off.
Weekly Scores
A.G.E. Dream: 117 points
Cream Pumps: 374 points
Flat Feet: 362.5 points
Hollywood Glam: 245.5 points
How 'Bout Them Cowboys?: 204.5 points
Lift Police Begone!: 204.5 points
Lightfoot: 87.5 points
Mreid1472: 87.5 points
No Messing About: 204.5 points
Paddle Pleasers: 245.5 points
Paso Doooooble: 234 points
Pika-Cha-Cha-Chu: 450 points
Team How Did That Make You Feel?: 245.5 points
Two Left Feet: 0 points
Final Team Rankings
1. Pika-Cha-Cha-Chu: 2,785.5 points
2. Flat Feet: 2,702.5 points
3. Paddle Pleasers: 2,574 points
4. Hollywood Glam: 2,516.5 points
5. Cream Pumps: 2,395.5 points
6. Team How Did That Make You Feel?: 2,358 points
7. No Messing About: 2,308 points
8. How 'Bout Them Cowboys?: 2,301 points
9. Lightfoot: 2,265.5 points
10. A.G.E. Dream: 2,251 points
11. Lift Police Begone!: 2,247.5 points
12. Paso Doooooble: 2,116 points
13. Two Left Feet: 1,946.5 points
14. Mreid1472: 1,807.5 points
First place on the leaderboard and the winner of the Mirror Ball Trophy is Pika-Cha-Cha-Chu!
Being the only pool member to go into the finals with a full team, they were a shoe-in for the win.
First runner-up is Flat Feet. They had both the All-Stars winner and runner-up on their pool team, with the runner-up as their superstar couple.
Second runner-up is Paddle Pleasers. They also had both finalists on their pool team, but neither was their superstar couple.
Honorable mentions go to Cream Pumps for being the only team with Melissa & Tony as their superstar couple. You nailed it!
Last place on the leaderboard and winner of the Wooden Leg Award is .Mreid1472!
A late start, coupled with not making any changes when add/replace week was on, sealed their doom. Better luck next time!
Thank you to everyone for participating! I hope you enjoyed playing as much as I did. Nows the time in the program for you to leave your feedback about the pool. Is there anything you would change in future pools to make them better? Do you like getting to see the first episode before choosing your pool team or would you prefer to have people choose teams before seeing the first episode? Did you like having an opportunity to update your pool team or would you prefer for pool teams to remain unchanged to the end? Did you like how the results were given each week? If you have any suggestions, let me know!
The pool was great.
I didn't like the mid-season adjustment at first, but I like the idea so we don't have some teams out of the running early in the season. I suggest you consider an approach like those variable rate CDs--you get one chance to change during the season. So each team can make one change to their roster and one change of their super couple. They need to post the change request at least 1 hour before showtime. All changes have to be done before the semi-finals. The changes apply going forward, no adjustment to previous scores.
The only other suggestion is that the "bottom two" should apply only if Tom (or Brooke) clearly states that the couples are the bottom two. If they are "not necessarily the bottom two" then we shouldn't penalize a team just because the producers are trying to be dramatic.
As far as my team this season, I've been a big Melissa fan since season 8 so I regret not selecting her as my super couple.
Thanks for the feedback, RickiRick.
It's difficult to keep tabs on team changes when any pool team can change any week. That's why I prefer to have everyone make their change in the same week.
I agree about the bottom two. I hate how DWTS does it, even though they qualify it by saying the bottom two is not necessarily the two couples with the lowest scores. I would be fine with eliminating that portion of the scoring since it's not fair and accurate.
It was actually a last minute decision to add the judges' scores to the scoresheet. I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me to include them before so really that's probably all that is needed.
Thanks for running this pool picachu, it was a lot of fun!
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Ron Moore did fantastic things with Battlestar Galactica in his rebooted Syfy series. Will he be able to breathe that kind of magic into a Wild West setting? On network television?
That's the gamble ABC is taking with the purchase of Moore's pitch Hangtown, Deadline reports. Moore will produce along with Matt Roberts, one of the writers from the (sadly) failed BSG spinoff Caprica.
Hangtown is a Western that embraces elements of a weekly procedural. It's set in the titular frontier town during the early 1900s, and will focus on three characters: the town marshal, "a Matt Dillon/Clint Eastwood type who prefers to solve crimes by his instinct," an East Coast doctor who wants to use "the new field of forensics to solve crimes," and a young woman writer, "who is trying to sell dime novels to the publishing houses in New York about crime in the Wild West."
Honestly, it sounds a bit cookie-cutter. This is Ron Moore we're talking about, though. He took the hard sci-fi of BSG and made it both entertaining and relevant for wide audiences. If he can nail that same balance with Hangtown, ABC could be looking at a good opportunity here.
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Randy Orton: The Evolution Of A Predator isn't so much a biography of the champion WWE superstar as it is a like inside the head of its subject. The feature bases itself around Orton's journey on 'The Road to WrestleMania' where we see him preparing for various matches leading up to the WWE's biggest and boldest event and his position in it. Along the way, we get not only footage of Orton stretching, training and dealing with doctors and physical therapists but we also get a look at what his life is like outside the ring - or at least what his professional life is like. The focus here is very much on his WWE superstar status and as such this isn't so much a biographical piece as it is a slice of life look into his career.
Orton does go into a little bit of detail about his early days, discussing how when he was nineteen years old he got tired of working as a gas station attendant and had his father, 'Cowboy' Bob Orton Jr. (son of Bob Orton - Randy had wrestling in his blood, whether he wanted it or not!), pull some strings and get him an interview with a WWE talent scout. Evidently that scout liked what Orton brought to the table and soon enough he was an up and coming star in the OVW league alongside other future WWE titans like Dave Batista, Brock Lesner and of course, John Cena. It's here, Orton notes, that he first start getting cocky - which is fine, says Arn Anderson, so long as you can back it up. When Orton made the transition to the big leagues and debuted in the WWE, he'd fast climb the ranks but Anderson, as his trainer, would try to reel him in. Randy is a big guy and his early years featured a lot of high flying kicks and 'off the top ropes' maneuvers that would wind up causing him some fairly serious pain that he still carries with him. This lead to an evolution in his style, on his way to the very top where, after joining up with Batista, HHH and Ric Flair to form Evolution, he'd soon become the youngest champion title holder in the history of the WWE.
As the documentary plays out we also see how and how often Orton deals with the media, takes time out to sign for the fans whenever he can, and how infrequently he gets to go home and actually have a personal life. It's fairly telling and interesting to have this material mixed in with the expected career highlights, such as his time as the 'Legend Killer' and his later infamous feud with CM Punk.
The documentary moves at a good pace and covers pretty much all of Orton's career highlights (save for the perpetually absent Chris Benoit material) and more importantly it also allows him to discuss things in his own words. That said, the WWE's tendency to bleep him when he curses, which is frequently, gets old fast. Of course they want to keep things reasonably family friendly on their releases, but Orton curses a lot (as does Cena at one point!) and the bleeping gets irritating. Regardless, what's here is pretty interesting even if some of us probably would have liked for it to have provided more background information on Orton's life and given us more dirt on his early years. Orton does talk about being kind of a nerd in high school, noting that he had bad acne and that he didn't lose his virginity until he was finished high school, later than his peers ,but these are fleeting comments even if a few pictures from his archive are fun to check out.
Input on Orton's personality and style come from commentators like the aforementioned Cena and Anderson is welcome, while 'Cowboy' Bob Orton Jr. chimes in here and there as do Triple H, Batista, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus and a few others. All in all, it paints an interesting portrait of the life and career of a man who tends to be a pretty vicious contender in the ring, and gives him a refreshingly honest and human personality.
All of the material in this collection is presented in 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen although when the documentary makes use of some older footage going to Orton's early days mattes appear on the left and right side of the screen to present it full frame. Some of the older material was shot on consumer grade video and isn't in the bets of shape, though all of the newer material looks just as fine as you'd expect it to. Colors are nice and natural and there are no problems with print damage, dirt or debris. Skin tones look good and there aren't any compression artifacts or edge enhancement issues to note either. All in all, it's a pretty standard WWE transfer - it's not reference quality, but it looks good enough.
The English language Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo track is of decent enough quality, though there isn't really all that much to it in terms of channel separation, nor does there need to be. You can hear the interviews and narration on the feature just fine and there is no audible hiss or distortion outside of some of the older archival clips used in the documentary. The matches vary in quality here, just as they do where the video is concerned, meaning that the older ones don't sound quite as clean as the newer ones but there's nothing here to be concerned about, it all sounds fine.
Disc one includes just the documentary and some menus and chapter selection but this is a three disc set and the later discs include a pretty solid selection of bonus matches, some of which are touched on in the documentary. Here's what you get:
Disc Two:
Randy Orton vs. Slick Robbie D, OVW Christmas Chaos - January 31, 2001
Randy Orton vs. Hardcore Holly, SmackDown - April 25, 2002
Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels, Unforgiven - September 21, 2003
Intercontinental Championship Match With Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam, Armageddon - December 14, 2003
Handicap Tag Team Match With Randy Orton, Ric Flair & Batista vs. The Rock & Mick Foley, WrestleMania 20 - March 14, 2004
Hardcore Match for the Intercontinental Championship With Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley, Backlash - April 18, 2004
Intercontinental Championship Match With Randy Orton vs. Edge, Vengeance - July 11, 2004
Handicap Casket Match With Randy Orton & "Cowboy" Bob Orton vs. The Undertaker, No Mercy - October 9, 2005
Disc Three:
Randy Orton vs. Kurt Angle, Vengeance - June 25, 2006
Legend Killer vs. Legend Match With Randy Orton vs. Hulk Hogan, SummerSlam - August 20, 2006
Texas Bull Rope Match With Randy Orton vs. Dusty Rhodes, The Great American Bash - July 22, 2007
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship With Randy Orton vs. Triple H vs. John Cena, WrestleMania 24 - March 30, 2008
"I Quit" Match for the WWE Championship With Randy Orton vs. John Cena, Breaking Point - September 13, 2009
Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship With Randy Orton vs. Sheamus, Hell in a Cell - October 3, 2010
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk, WrestleMania 27 - April 3, 2011
World Heavyweight Championship Match With Randy Orton vs. Christian, SmackDown - May 6, 2011
It would have been nice to see more early OVW matches included here but at least we get one, and it's cool to see his WWE debut against Hardcore Holly included. As far as the other matches go? They're a pretty good sampling of career highlights and, as the title of this set implies, they do go a long way towards demonstrating how Orton has evolved over the years into one of the biggest and best of the WWE Superstars. It should be noted that Orton's title match victory over Chris Benoit is missing from this set. The WWE has their reasons for this, but it was an important match in Orton's career and its omission is a big one.
As a third generation wrestler, you could say that Randy Orton was 'born into this' and to a certain degree you'd be right BUT you've got to give the guy credit for his accomplishments. Not only has he risen out of his father's shadow but he's developed his own style and managed to climb to the top of the ranks very quickly. This set may not offer up the comprehensive biography some fans probably wanted but it does give us a look inside Randy's head which makes for interesting viewing in and of itself. On top of that, we get a pretty solid selection of bonus matches as well. Recommended, particularly for Orton fans.
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The thing I hated that I saw, or heard of, in other groups was when a youth group collapsed and disintergrated when their youth pastor left.
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I figured, if you went to a youth ministry conference you could pay from from $39 up to $375 - plus travel costs, a hotel room, and food.
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This is the second greatest hits album released from the hard rock band from New Jersey which consists of Lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, Guitarist Richie Sambora, Bassist Hush McDonald, Drummer Tico Torres and Keyboardist David Bryan. The album, released on the 9th of November, contains a collection of their music from the past three decades, 80's, 90's and 2000's and also includes 4 completely new songs which are exclusive to this collection. I feel that the choice of songs within this album was an excellent one as it perfectly reflects what has made this band so popular over the years by including such classic songs as "Livin' on a prayer" "It's my life" and "Wanted dead or alive".
The lead single, "What do you got?", is one of the 4 new tracks included within this collection. The song is a mid-tempo rock track with reflective lyrics on the theme of loneliness and life. This song does have a memorable melody and lyrics to it however the same I don't feel can be said for last new track "The more things change", which is the final song on the second disc. I believe that the four new tracks are the type of songs that grow on you after a while rather than the instant classics of the bands earlier work. However I am pleased to see that these tracks have been included in the collection as it shows why Bon Jovi has remained so popular throughout the past 3 decades and that their songs are just as popular today.
Overall, I think that whether you are a big Bon Jovi fan or just enjoy some of his music, then this collection is a must buy as it offers you some of the bands best work over the decades.
However I do feel that if you already own previous Greatest Hits albums by Bon Jovi this may not be worth your money.
P.S. I am using this review as part of my college coursework therefore would really need some feedback on how i could improve it, if it is not too much trouble. Many thanks!
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Livin' On A Prayer
2 You Give Love A Bad Name
3 It's My Life
4 Have A Nice Day
5 5. Wanted Dead Or Alive
6 Bad Medicine
7 We Weren't Born To Follow
8 I'll Be There For You
9 Born To Be My Baby
10 Bed Of Roses
11 Who Says You Can't Go Home
12 Lay Your Hands On Me
13 Always
14 In These Arms
15 What Do You Got?
16 No Apologies
Disc #2 Tracklisting
1 Runaway
2 Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
3 Lost Highway
4 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5 In And Out Of Love
6 Keep The Faith
7 When We Were Beautiful
8 Blaze Of Glory
9 This Ain't A Love Song
10 These Days
11 (You Want To) Make A Memory
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Nostalgia reigns, with a slew of reunions including '90s Brit-pop heroes Blur and the Stone Roses, electronic pioneers New Order, hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan and goth icons Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This year's roster also boasts the return of '00s emo-electro favorites Postal Service, best known for their hit "Some Great Heights" from the Garden State soundtrack.
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NASHVILLE -- As President Bush told the nation the United States had launched a strike on Iraq, the Brentwood Hills Church of Christ in Nashville opened its doors to the community to watch on two big screens -- and to pray.
Leaders have their last say before bombs fall
On the eve of the U.S.-led war against Iraq, world leaders made their last attempts to avert it, and last comments before it.
Invasion planners race scorching heat, storms
CAMP UDAIRI, Kuwait -- Already the climb toward triple-digit heat has begun. Already the blinding dust storms have started to swirl.
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Bomb's power: blackout
U.S. forces may use a new "e-bomb" during the expected invasion of Iraq as part of a 21st century assault designed to render Saddam Hussein's forces blind, deaf, dumb and incapable of retaliation.
Hussein decries attacks from 'little, evil Bush'
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- President Saddam Hussein accused the United States of committing a "shameful crime" by attacking Iraq, urging his people in a nationally televised address Thursday to "go draw your sword" against the enemy.
Intel indicated early hit could take dictator out
U.S. forces launched precision airstrikes against Saddam Hussein near Baghdad late Wednesday, beginning what President Bush said would be a "broad and concerted campaign" to "disarm Iraq and free its people."
Long day of debate leads to decision
Bush calls Blair in the morning, discusses plans with advisers throughout the day and says "I feel great" before addressing the nation.
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Initially believing the night would be quiet, the nation's TV networks scrambled Wednesday to cover the first airstrikes in Baghdad that signaled the start of hostilities in Iraq.
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DENVER -- Denver's worst blizzard in at least two decades paralyzed parts of Colorado and Wyoming for a second day Wednesday, closing the city's biggest airport, stranding thousands of travelers and leaving as much as 6 feet of snow in the mountains.
Kidnapping suspects face charges in court
SALT LAKE CITY -- Charged with felonies that could send them to prison for life, the suspects in the Elizabeth Smart abduction stood expressionless Wednesday during their first court appearance by video from the county jail.
Split Senate denies Alaska plank of Bush's energy plan
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected President Bush's bid to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, dealing a blow to the White House, which has argued that increasing domestic energy production is critical to national security.
Cameras barred from free speech ceremony
CLEVELAND -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia banned broadcast media from his speech Wednesday at an appearance where he received an award for supporting free speech.
11 mysterious flulike cases found in U.S.
ATLANTA -- Health officials said Wednesday 11 suspected cases of a mysterious flulike illness have emerged in the United States, while on the other side of the world, medical investigators continue to puzzle over how the illness spread in a Hong Kong hotel.
Arafat agrees to share power
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appointed his longtime deputy Mahmoud Abbas as prime minister Wednesday, a senior official said, marking the first time that Arafat has been forced to share power.
World in brief: Arrests of dissidents in Cuba criticized
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Homeless and Hungry; Warm hearts, generosity keep weather at bay
During a weekend when plentiful rain, wind and cold gave proof summer truly is over, some area residents got a feel for what it's like to be homeless in North Dakota.
And with nothing but a cardboard box to shelter against the elements, it can be downright miserable.
The fourth annual Homeless and Hungry event took place Oct. 3-4 at 20 locations around the Fargo-Moorhead area.
The purpose of the event was to raise awareness for homelessness. Able participants fasted for 30 hours, spent a night in a cardboard box and went door-to-door asking for donations.
Amy Kippen, director of faith formation at Faith Lutheran Church in West Fargo, said that even though the weather wasn't ideal, the turnout was good.
"Everyone knew what we were in for. Everyone came dressed appropriately," Kippen said. "Some people got good sleep and some people got just a couple of hours."
Kippen said Faith Lutheran drew 81 participants and gathered roughly 3,000 pound of donations from the West Fargo community. She said the event raised roughly $130,000 and accumulated 20,000 pounds of donations overall.
Erik Hatch, director of youth ministries at First Lutheran Church in Fargo and director of Homeless and Hungry, put the total number of participants at about 750, or approximately 150 more than last year.
During church service Sunday at Faith Lutheran, Kippen said Homeless and Hungry participants were encouraged to talk about their experience.
"It was good to hear about how people have an understanding about homelessness now," she said. "I think every participant walked away with a different view of exactly what it's like to be homeless and hungry."
The event culminated Sunday with a city-wide soup kitchen. People who normally would be served at places such as the Salvation Army were bussed to the FargoDome. They also were allowed to take tied-fleece blankets made by event volunteers.
"It was great to have hot soup after the cold weekend," Kippen said.


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The House of Representatives last night passed the Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act (S. 1557), AHA-supported legislation that would reauthorize the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program through fiscal year 2018. The bill passed the Senate last November and now goes to the president for his signature. Enacted in 1999, the program provides funding to freestanding children's hospitals for direct and indirect expenses associated with operating their medical residency programs, which train 49% of general pediatricians, 51% of all pediatric specialists and the majority of pediatric researchers and do not receive GME funding from Medicare. The president's fiscal year 2015 budget proposal would eliminate $265 million in funding for the CHGME program and would instead create a new competitive grant program, funded by Medicare GME cuts, for which $100 million would be set aside for CHGME.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has just faced a humiliating defeat in a recent non-binding vote in the House of Commons. Enough members of his own Conservative Party voted against the government — demanding that he deliver substantial reductions in the European Union budget — so that even with the support of his coalition Liberal Party, the vote went against Cameron. According to British Telegraph, "the Government was defeated by 307 votes to 294, a majority of 13."
And it seems that Cameron has gotten the message. On November 6, he called European Union proposals "ludicrous" and suggested that it would be very difficult for the leaders of the nations within the Union to reach an agreement this month. Cameron has also threatened to veto the budget. The prime minister also is taking the position that the problems of the 17-member eurozone should be separated from the 27-member European Union.
Cameron told reporters: "I will also be making the argument that look, I understand the difficulties of the euro but the European Union budget is for all 27 members of the EU. We shouldn't be using the European Union budget to make up for difficulties and problems in the Eurozone." He said further:
If the Eurozone wants to have its own budget it should have its own budget and if they want to have fiscal transfers they can have fiscal transfers. If they want to channel more money to euro members who have difficulties they can channel more money to euro members who have difficulties but they shouldn't be using the European Union budget as a proxy for that.
So I will be arguing for a very tough outcome. I've never had particularly high hopes for a November agreement because these are always difficult, you've got 27 people around the table, you've got 27 different opinions but I'm very clear that I'm not going to agree to a future financial framework that isn't in Britain's interest.
Cameron has also stated that there should be two budgets — one for the European Union and another for the eurozone, the profoundly troubled 17-nation currency zone of which Britain is not a member. The crisis of the euro in nations such as Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Italy seems to be getting worse with every new report on economic activity or the bond ratings of those nations' sovereign debt.
German leaders have expressed dismay that Cameron is moving away from the European Union, and they noted that the British Parliament voted for actual cuts in the European Union's €1-trillion budget. Gunther Krichbaum, Chair of the Bundestag's Committee on the Affairs of the European Union Committee, has responded to Cameron and the Conservative Party by criticizing nations such as Britain "who want less Europe rather than more. The European Union is not a multiple choice." Germany is the largest contributor of funds to the European Union, while Britain is the fourth largest contributor, after France and Italy.
However, Britain is not the only European Union member which has threatened to block a budget agreement. France and Denmark have done so as well, although those actions were intended to get better deals for their nations. But Cameron has made it clear that his position is based upon the prudent use (or the wasteful use) of taxpayers' money.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be meeting with Cameron, and her low-key diplomacy has led many to speculate that she will launch a "charm offensive." Cameron, however, has made it clear that an understanding signed by Merkel, Cameron, and former French President Sarkozy in 2010 pledging to freeze or to cut the seven-year budget of the European Union should be honored.
Cameron himself may be living on borrowed time. His Conservative Party members alone cannot form a government, and the backbencher revolt against Cameron, as well as the unhappiness of Liberal Party members regarding Cameron's energy policies and their wish to cling more closely to the European Union, could well bring early elections and a possible defeat for the Conservative Party. The Labor Party, the principal opponent of the Conservatives, have made it clear in their recent vote, as well as in their rhetoric, which is focused almost exclusively on the failures of Cameron, that they will do anything they can to bring down his government. The European Union could well be that lethal issue.
Photo: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, at 10 Downing Street, in London, Nov. 7, 2012: AP Images


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Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
(Harrisburg) -- One of the generals leading the recent ouster of Egypt's president trained at the Army War College in Carlisle.
General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was an international fellow at the institution, which works to develop strategic leaders.
witf's Scott LaMar spoke with one of Al-Sisi's instructors at the college in 2006, retired Army Col. Stephen Gerras, a professor of behavioral science.
You can hear the full interview on Radio Smart Talk.
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I would like to confirm the message that the Egyptian Military power is possessed by the Egyptian people and the key role of the military power is to protect the egyptian boarders as well as to protect the egyptian people from inside threat. The Egyptian people revolted against Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood because Morsi didnt fulfill his promises to the Egyptian people. although he came via democratic free elections , he failed to implement the democratic element. Morsi came via democratic free elections but didnt practice any democracy, His performance was against multi patry government. " we the egyptians gave order to the militry power to take an action aganist Morsi , and the militry power took an action "
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How does Gerry's routine rate?
Gerry has an incredibly good intake of fruits and vegetables and gets a great variety of colour in his diet.
On this day he eats almost nine servings of fruits and vegetables, ensuring a good intake of soluble fibre, essential vitamins and minerals.
With such a good intake, it's possible that Gerry doesn't need his daily multi-vitamin.
He minimises his carbohydrate intake, which is fine as he balances it out with lots of fruits and vegetables. However, he does not need to restrict them quite so much as he is very active.
Including some potato, brown rice, quinoa or wholegrain crackers with lunch or as a snack is one option. Including carbohydrate here will just help to keep his blood sugars level throughout the afternoon and provide some insoluble fibre, too. Also it might be a good idea for Gerry to fuel himself before his run . . . maybe an isotonic drink or a piece of fruit.
Something small to kickstart the metabolism and help fuel his muscles.
Lastly, Gerry does eat a little too much protein. I would suggest reducing his daily two eggs.
Eggs are incredibly nutritious but ideally we should only eat seven a week.
Also it is always best to cook the eggs to help reduce the risk of salmonella but something tells me this is a long-standing tradition so maybe Gerry might compromise and reduce his egg intake to 7-10 a week and cook them.
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The first in our series featuring local soccer coaches talking about the World Cup and everything else surrounding the beautiful game.
The Millikan High boys soccer coach is Rod Petkovic. The 63-year-old was born in Serbia and has coached the Rams for 32 seasons. He says he's excited to see if his new, young crop of players have developed in the summer and fall as Millikan tries to win yet another Moore League title next season.
Press-Telegram: What are your first soccer or futbol memories?
Rod Petkovic: My first professional game was when I was 6 years old. It was a Red Stars game, a classico, with 100,000 people standing shoulder to shoulder. There was a goal from 30 yards out, I remember that very well.
But my best soccer memories were playing after school. We had Building A and Building B, and we'd play each other after school every day. We couldn't wait to get home and play. Now, kids can't wait to get home to get on their phones.
P-T: First World Cup memories?
RP: The first one I remember was the early 60's and obviously we stayed up till 2 a.m. or whatever it was. No one missed a game. It was religion. But small countries, like mine, couldn't afford the TV rights. We'd get a few games from neighboring countries, but we didn't get that many games … made it that much more special.
P-T: When your players are watching the World Cup, what do you want them to learn?
RP: I don't want them just watching the ball. I want them to watch the position they play. I want them to understand why these are the best players in the world and what it takes to be on that level. I want them to bring what they learn to the field.
P-T: What do you think about Team USA?
RP: What (Jurgen) Klinsmann is doing makes sense. He's increased the team speed so they can withstand counter-attacks from teams like Ghana. Landon Donovan has been a good talking point, but a guy like Julian Green brings that speed for a last 15-minute player who could create a goal. Donavan isn't that player. He just couldn't have played that role.
P-T: What about the Mexican national team?
RP: Some of my players have been talking about Mexico this and Mexico that. I told them to go to a doctor and get more sleeping pills so the dream can last longer. I've got Croatia in that group. Look at how they qualified.
P-T: Do you fill out a World Cup bracket?
RP: I did back in the 1990. Budweiser did one of those brackets for $1 million or something. I had Germany and they won, but I didn't have the final result correct. So close. They sent me a coupon for a keg. I re-gifted it.
P-T: What's your prediction for the 2014 World Cup?
RP: It's going to be a South American showcase. Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay … they're all used to the temperature down there. Brazil is a very special group. I think they'll win it.


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This is the shopping and restaurant center of the Nashville and Franklin area. Basically, if you love to shop and eat then Cool Springs will be perfect for you.
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Cool Springs is in effect an area that is made up of Brentwood and Franklin. The homes for sale that are mapped in Cool Springs will have a combination of Brentwood and Franklin addresses. within this dynamic housing market.
The growth of the Cool Springs community can be dated back to the opening of the Cool Springs Galleria Mall. Once the location was decided upon the old adage of "if you build it they will come" definitely applied - especially in regards to the real estate market.
Cool Springs Galleria and Cool Springs Crossings are located 15 miles south of Nashville in Franklin, TN. Cool Springs Galleria has five department stores, over 165 specialty shops, and the 500 seat Oasis Food Court.
Cool Springs also functions as a center for business and becoming a popular location for business to relocate the headquarters too. Nissan has recently announced the move to Franklin and Cool Springs from CA. This has a great impact on the Cool Springs area and housing market and has resulted in an influx of potential Californian home purchasers who are selling their current homes for 3-4 times the cost of a comparable home in the Nashville area.
This migration of business and new home buyers to the Cool Springs area has had the effect of popularizing the area by the attraction of peripheral support industries. The long term effect of these new home buyers is likely to enhance the areas appeal even further when friends and relatives come and visit the new home owners and this new and dynamic housing community and see for the selves the value of a $500,000 compared to say Los Angeles.
This area and the housing market is still growing although it's difficult to see what else can be added! Cupcakes seem to be a favorite!
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The home listings start at a minimum of $450,000 but there are many more luxury homes for sale here in the Brentwood and Franklin area that go up to $10,000,000!
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In a prior article I wrote about calling Java classes from Microsoft .NET using a bridging technology called JNBridge (www.jnbridge.com). That works by creating proxy classes in .NET that call into the Java VM.
This is one approach to connecting Java and .NET, but another approach is taken in a project called IKVM (www.ikvm.net). IKVM is an open source project which actually re-creates the Java VM in .NET! So rather than a bridging technology, it is instead a transforming technology. It also has a tool which will take a Java class, and migrate its bytecode into .NET intermediate language (IL). I have not used IKVM to replicate complex Java classes, such as the Primavera Integration API, but I have used it on simple classes, and I will show a simple example here using Hello World.
IKVM is not actually a bridging technology, since Java never actually runs. Instead, it is an implementation of Java in .NET, which then runs as true .NET programs. IKVM consists to three main technologies:
We will focus on "ikvmc.exe", the static compiler which turns java classes and jar files into .NET assemblies. From my point of view, I want to re-use pretty simple java tools in .NET, so this utility gets me through 90% of what I need.
In this example, I show how to create a simple Java class, compile it, and then transform it into a .NET dll using IKVM. Then I show how to code, compile, and call it from .NET
Here is a very simple Java class:
package awi;
public class demo
public String Message = "Hello from Java!
Compile it with the javac compiler:
javac demo.java -d ./
ikvmc awi\demo.class
Next we create a C# program which uses this dll.
using System;
using awi;
public class demo
static public void Main(string[] args)
Console.WriteLine("Hello from .NET!");
// create the proxy class
awi.demo foo = new awi.demo();
// this will output "Hello from Java!"
This code is compiled using the C# command line compiler, csc:
csc demo_net.cs /debug /r:demo.dll /r:ikvm.openjdk.classlibrary.dll
Run the program from the command line and it should say:
Hello from .NET!
Hello from Java!
IKVM is a neat package which can transform a Java class or jar file into a runnable .NET assembly. This example was very bare bones. But in the future I hope to test IKVM further, transforming more complex Java tools into .NET and using them inreal-world applications.


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The Royals television package, expanded to a record 140 games this year, won't be available in its entirety to subscribers of Cox Cable.
Today's noon game in Detroit, which will be televised on Fox Sports Kansas City (formerly Fox Sports Midwest), will be the first of 40 games not carried by Cox, the only cable provider in Topeka and large parts of Kansas. Tuesday's home opener against the New York Yankees will be carried on Cox (cable channel 34), but the Wednesday and Thursday home games against the Yankees won't.
For the first time in club history, Royals TV games are available only through cable and satellite outlets. There are no over-air telecasts.
Of the 140 scheduled TV games, only 100 — the same number offered a year ago — will be available to Cox customers after the company elected not to pay an increased subscriber fee to Fox Sports Kansas City, which now produces and distributes all Royals telecasts in the first year of a long-term contract.
Most cable and satellite TV providers agreed to the new deal and will carry all 140 games, 88 of which will be broadcast in high definition, said Geoff Goldman, a spokesman for Fox Sports Kansas City.
In effect, Cox is observing the same contract it had last year with Fox before the programmer expanded its Royals coverage to a record number of games.
"It's not part of our contract with Fox Sports," said Sarah Kauffman, a spokesman for Cox Kansas. "When a programmer wants a lot more money for something, ultimately the consumer ends up absorbing those added costs. We weren't willing to ask our customers to pay for that increase."
Goldman acknowledged that FSKC has incurred added costs, both in production and in rights fees paid to the Royals, in increasing its telecast schedule. In an attempt to recoup some of those costs, the network sought a fee increase from the cable and satellite companies who buy its programming. All but Cox and some smaller Midwest cable providers agreed to the increase, Goldman said.
Cox also isn't carrying the high definition signal being offered by Fox Sports, Goldman added.
"We respect their decision, and we apologize in advance to fans who live within their territories and may be inconvenienced," said Goldman, adding that negotiations with Cox are ongoing.
In addition to today's game, other April games that won't be carried on Cox are Sunday (at Minnesota), April 9 and 10 (New York at Kansas City), April 12 and 13 (Minnesota at Kansas City), April 17 (at Los Angeles Angels), April 22 (Cleveland) and April 30 (at Texas). All those games were scheduled for high-def broadcast.
ROYALS NOTES — Center fielder David DeJesus returned to Kansas City on Tuesday for an MRI exam on the left ankle he reinjured in Monday's season-opening win in Detroit. DeJesus originally injured his ankle on March 24 in a spring training game. He twisted it again Monday chasing a ball hit over his head in the second inning.
"I don't think it's too bad," a hopeful DeJesus said after the game. "But at this early point in the season we thought it would be best to be cautious and not let this become a long-term thing."
DeJesus was replaced by Joey Gathright in center.
The status of second-baseman Mark Grudzielanek also bears watching after he was hit by a pitch on the left hand Monday. Grudzielanek initially had difficulty closing his non-throwing hand but still made some timely defensive plays despite the pain. He was pulled for a pinch-runner in the 10th after reaching base for the fifth time on three singles, an error and the hit-by-pitch.
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In today's so called techno world, we come across a lot of people sending wrong text to another person. Just when you know it, you get an instant reply which is rather amusing. Doing a little research we have come across some of the most hilarious texts replied to a wrong number. These hilarious texts will leave you laughing for days.
It is only human that we at times make a humble mistake in sending a text to a wrong person. But what you get from a hilarious texts is the output which develops into a long term laughter tickling your funny bone to a great extent.
Look at some of the most hilarious texts sent as responses to the wrong number.
Hilarious text # 1
Caller 1: Hey dude are you ready to party tonight?
Caller 2 : Ummm can I know who this is?
Caller 1: oops sorry wrong number..
Caller 1 : Bye
Caller 2 : .... hey, hey, hey but I want to party!
Hilarious text # 2
Caller 1 : Hello Gorgeous lady! How have you been? When on earth did you move locations?
Caller 1: This is Bob, the male stripper who danced for your neice's bachelorette party.
Caller 2 : Pretty sure, you have the wrong number mate. I am most decidedly not a gorgeous lady.
Caller 1 : Awwww. Dont you say that!
Caller 2 : Allow me to expand on this further: I. AM. A. MAN, understood?
Hilarious text #3
Caller 1 : Hey mate I am Ricky, just wanted to know if I can come look at your car you have put up for sale. After 7 pm is good for me, when are you available to meet?
Caller 2 : I should be available after 8 tomorrow
Caller 2 : Anyways, goodnight beautiful, I cannot wait to hold you in my arms tomorrow. Love and miss you tons.
Caller 1 : Look man I am just interested in your car!
Hilarious text #4
Caller 1 : Hey are you free on Tuesday night, I want to catch a movie or do something fun
Caller 2 : Damn Right I'm free, mate
Caller 2: This is America, a free nation!
Hilarious text #5
Caller 1 : Hey Miranda
Caller 2 : Whose this?
Caller 1 : lol you gave me your number like two minutes ago!
Caller 2 : I feel sorry for you dude, I think she gave you the wrong number.
Wasn't that hilarious? These are some of the most hilarious texts replied to a wrong number. Have you been a victim of this two, share with us if you have.


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The Hahnel Giga T Pro is a combined wireless and timer controlled remote shutter release. It is ideal for a wide variety of photographic uses that require timed or contact-free shutter release, including wildlife, long exposure, astral, studio and time-lapse photography. Designed for use with Nikon DSLR's this version includes interchangeable connectors for use with the different models. More
Giga T Pro II Remote Control main features
- Timed sequence fully programmable including selftimer, delay, interval timer, exposure count and exposure length setting
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- Can also be used as cable shutter release
- Wireless control with more than 100m range
- Through wall transmission
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- LCD display with back lighting
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Charles Brown, Jr., provides a moving account of his quest to find truth concerning his family in Missouri.
Charles Brown is the President of St. Louis African American History & Genealogy Society.
He was born and raised in the Carondelet Neighborhood of South St. Louis City and attended North East Missouri State University. His strong religious foundation was rooted in the Quinn Chapel AME Church.
After retiring as a coach and educator, Charles helped organize a family reunion on his paternal side. This genealogical journey had a lot of secrets, hidden agendas, and valuable history.
He discovered that his immediate ancestors were involved in a racial cleansing and a hanging which occurred in Pierce City Missouri in 1901. The events of this travesty were never discussed by any of his family. After the incident was uncovered, a documentary was produced explaining this incident as one of three such incidents in the United States in the early 1900s. Charles is a participant in the film Banished that received national attention.
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News Dōjin Chain Reports Rising Sales Despite Recession
posted on 2009-02-02 14:55 EST
Hirotaka Yoshida, the president of the Toranoana chain of anime goods and manga stores for otaku, told Sankei News of his company's growth strategy, despite the global recession that has forced many other businesses to restructure. The chain plans to open its third store in Tokyo's Akihabara otaku shopping district and aims to develop a conduit for spreading the "Akiba" culture and dōjin (self-published) works overseas in the near future.
Yoshida observed that Akihabara has transformed in the last 15 years from a neighborhood of volume retailers for electrical appliances to a district that caters to otaku of manga, anime, and other interests. Yoshida was shocked when Toranoana's first store had 4 hundred million yen (about US$4 million) in sales in its first year. Toranoana now has 16 stores nationwide with plans for more. Yoshida notes that Akihabara gets many overseas tourists, so he feel that there is an opportunity to export the Akiba culture.
His company deals with about 8,000 creators of manga and other goods, of which 30% are non-professionals. According to Yoshida, the non-professional creators had almost nowhere else to publicize their works until Toranoana. The business expands by selling goods such as games based on the creators' characters. Yoshida received a report that projected a 120% growth in sales in January. Since the stores carry a core selection of 300 to 3,000 items, expenditures are extremely low. Sankei News says that 18% of Toranoana's products are adults-only materials, although Yoshida mentioned that his company is having difficulty bringing that share below 10% in order to pass certain standards for stock listings.
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Called Birthplace: Your Guide to Birthing Facilities in Queensland, it is an online tool that provides information on all 62 birthing facilities in Queensland, public and private.
Research Fellow Rachel Thompson, who is leading the project, said Birthplace was developed in response to women's requests for more information about their options and more transparency in maternity care in general.
"From our early work talking with pregnant women and new mothers, it became clear that the best birthing facility for one woman may not be the best for another," Ms Thompson said.
"There are major variations in practice across different hospitals and birth centres in Queensland. Facilities differ in the types of care they offer and in their policies and practices.
"Women want this information to help them make the best choices for them."
Ms Thompson said Birthplace supported women and families to identify the facility that best met their individual needs and preferences.
She said the information provided about each facility includes types of care offered, quality of interpersonal care, levels of medical intervention and special services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and culturally and linguistically diverse women.
She said women who may not have much choice in where to birth, such as those in rural and remote areas, Birthplace provided information about what to expect from the planned place of birth.
"Many women in rural and remote Queensland who relocate to a city for birth may never have been to that hospital or birth centre before," she said.
"They often miss out on opportunities to get to see the facility in advance, and to find out about the care offered.
"Birthplace isn't a solution to all the access issues experienced by families in rural and remote communities, but Birthplace can at least help families know what to expect."
Aleena Wojcieszek, a research officer on the project, said Birthplace has been developed to be useful to as many different people in the community as possible.
"In developing Birthplace, we have made considerable efforts to ensure the information is relevant and easy to understand, and to overcome common barriers to uptake of online health information," Ms Wojcieszek said.
"The information we provide in Birthplace is based on what women told us they want to know. We have also used strategies that we know enhance comprehension of health and statistical information, including the presentation of statistics via diagrams and pictures, and a built-in dictionary which translates medical jargon for the user."
Picture: A screenshot of the Birthplace online tool that allows people to explore birth facilities across Queensland.
Ms Thompson said, most importantly, the information in Birthplace was sourced not only from the birthing facilities but also from women who have recently had their babies in those facilities via a QCMB-run biennial survey of maternity care consumers whose responses are fed directly into Birthplace.
She said this was a key demonstration of the Centre's agenda to promote consumer-driven health service reform.
Both the uptake and impact of Birthplace is being evaluated by researches in the QCMB over the next two years.
For more information about the project, please contact Rachel Thompson:
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Usual routine of plug in the creative Zen,Unmount same and fire up Gnomad2,gets as far as querying the file system and dissapears!
Any one having this problem or can help me find out whats happening please?
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(gnomad2:2146): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory of theme Azenis Icons has no size field
Device 0 (VID=041e and PID=4162) is a Creative ZEN X-Fi.
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text: No talent who came out of Woodstock and who continued actively performing more than a quarter century later remained as closely associated with the 1960s and "flower power" than Melanie. Born Melanie Safka in Astoria, Queens, in 1947, she made her first public appearance at age four on a radio show, later studying at the New York Academy of Fine Arts. After mounting a singing career while in college, she later sang in clubs in Greenwich Village, and was signed to a publishing co... Read more


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Travel Sling Tote Small leather travel tote, Cross body thin leather shoulder strap, adjustable and removable, Leather loop on back allows you to slip your belt through and wear on your waist, Main compartment is a flap-over w/gusset, magnetic snap, phone pocket, zip mesh pocket, clear plastic window pockets, Rear compartment is a 3-way zip w/gusset, zip mesh pocket and slots for credit cards. Fully lined. Measures 5"x 7"x 2" $69.95 (See black tote for detailed picture)
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About this Vendor
We offer DJ, Videography, and Photo Booth Services
Fantasy Sound offers exceptional disc jockey, videography, and photo booth services for weddings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. We take great pride in the service our experienced staff provides for our clients in planning their big day. Experience for yourself the Fantasy Sound difference!
Reception, Wedding
MC Services, Recorded Music, Sound Equipment, Music
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What a great company to hire for your wedding! I got married in February and they were by far the easiest and most professional vendor to work with! I used them for Lighting and Decor services, DJ, and Photobooth. The lighting and decor was magical. They make sure everything is... Read More in its right place and every detail is perfect! My DJ was Steve and he was awesome! He was really fun and knew how to read the crowd. We met with him twice to discuss music selections and he listened to all of our concerns and requests. The photobooth was a huge hit at the wedding! My guests enjoyed taking pictures with the all the fun props they provide and got to take home copies right then and there. It was great to get digital copies as well after the wedding to look through and see how fun my guests had on my special day. I would recommend Fantasy Sound to everyone! They know how to make your special day even more special. You will not be disappointed! Thank you again Fantasy Sound for a memorable day!
We loved working with Fantasy Sound!! Lindsay was absolutely over-the-top helpful. She went above and beyond from start to finish and quick to respond at all times, sending photos with descriptions, being patient with taking a long time on decisions or making changes, late... Read More additions, and so much more. She even went above and beyond to find a way to match our GOBO to our invites when we couldn't get the info on the exact font, she found a way!! We didn't meet the team that helped make everything look perfect the day of, but they certainly did an incredible job. Everything was hung up completely perfect, to the centimeter! Our rentals from Fantasy Sound played a huge role in making our big day look like a dream come true! You would be smart to use Fantasy Sound for your event rentals and they will make you feel like a top priority.
Lighting, Draping, DJ Services!Reviewed on 8/22/2013 Monique B
I have had the pleasure of working with Fantasy Sound for years as a wedding professional, and naturally when it was time to plan my own wedding, hiring them was a no brainer! We hired them for DJ services, lighting, draping and video. I had trouble explaining my exact vision... Read More for the lighting at first, however I trusted my vision to the experts, and when I saw it all come together on the wedding day, it was absolutely PERFECT! From the beautiful white chiffon draping separating the ceremony from the reception outdoors, to the exact pink "glow" I envisioned in the indoor lounge area, to the great music and the absolutely fantastic video we received to relive those awesome memories...Fantasy Sound completely exceeded our expectations!!! Although logistics were not the easiest at the private home we chose as our venue, the entire staff reassured us every step of the way they would make our vision work. If you want a beautiful wedding, ease of mind during the planning process, and an overall smooth event, you need to hire these professionals.
The mics didn't work during my wedding reception so no one could hear the speeches. Their process is very organized; on the other hand, you're made to feel like you're just a number with them (they do so many weddings per weekend). The DJ we worked with was nice. Try to get... Read More one of the owners as your DJ if you go with this company.
We're so sorry to hear about the technical difficulties during your ceremony! We will certainly look into our equipment to figure out what the malfunction was. We also apologize that you felt like you were just a number to us. While we do have multiple... Read Less Read More
We hired Fantasy Sound for our DJ, lighting, and photobooth for our wedding at Nella Terra Cellars on September 15th, 2017. Kevin Dennis was our DJ. Darcie was our primary contact in the office. We were referred to Fantasy Sound from the venue and we were so glad that we were!... Read More From our first meeting with Kevin, he made us feel at ease about the whole process. It is clear that Fantasy Sound is an incredibly professional company. Kevin listened to help understand the vision for our reception, and answered all of our questions. His guidance from experience was invaluable to our planning. Kevin personally edited a cutting of our first dance song so we could practice in advance. Darcie helped counsel us through the photobooth planning process, including our constant switching of where we wanted it to be placed. Endless thanks for their flexibility. On the day, Kevin was present and professional. He made me (Kevin, the groom) feel perfectly at ease when he put a microphone on me for the ceremony, and everything sounded great. The reception was absolutely made by Kevin. Not only did he keep things running smoothly and on time, but several guests commented that it was the best reception dance music they had ever heard, and a few asked for the playlist that he had put together. We are so glad we hired Kevin to be our DJ, and for Fantasy Sound for helping to provide the perfect wedding. Thank you!
Thanks so much Kevin! We loved working with you and Jessica and we are thrilled we were able to meet your expectations. Best wishes to the two of you!
Fantasy Sound were absolutely amazing! From planning stages to our wedding day, they were available to answer any questions we had. Darcie from the office regularly reminded us of any upcoming meetings we had with them or when payment was due (you'll know when you start planning... Read More a wedding how much these reminders come in handy!) Our DJ Kevin was awesome. He got our music taste down perfectly and had our guests on their feet all night. Finally the lighting looked INCREDIBLE. We'd wanted a kind of inside/outside flow for our reception and we went for the bronzy color which created a beautiful sunset feel to the room. All in all I can't fault Fantasy Sound and would recommend them for any big event I was planning. Thank you guys for making our wedding day so wonderful!
Wow! We really appreciate your feedback and kind words! We are thrilled to hear that Kevin and Darcie provided such great service for your big day and that everything looked beautiful. We wish you all the best!
Father of the Bride: This was one of our best choices hands down. We used Fantasy Sound for both the 30 Day Coordinator and DJ. I never give a rating of 10 so I will have to give them 9.99! Keven and Megan coordinated and managed the Wedding Day Time Line to perfection. The DJ... Read More (Kevin) and equipment provided the perfect music sound levels and never once was there a break in dance floor fun. Megan assisted and attended to both the Bride and Groom at every level. Together they orchestrated a memorable event with never ending compliments from attending guests. I, nor my daughter, nor my Son-In-Law had never met nor do we know anyone at Fantasy Sound but I again will say, this was one of our best decisions to a perfectly executed wedding. Worth every penny with not one flaw throughout the entire process. Great job Kevin and Megan and THANK YOU
Thank you! We had such a great time working with you and your family, and we are happy to hear that you were pleased with our service! Thanks so much for taking the time to review us- we really appreciate it!
I love fantasy sound!! We hired fantasy sound to do our lighting, video, custom monogram, curtains, photobooth and DJ service. From the moment we set foot in the door, we felt right at home. They took care of everything and made wedding planning (which can be really stressful)... Read More actually enjoyable. Hire them for all your wedding needs! Shout out to Kevin and Jimmy! You guys rock!! Also thank you Darcy (and everyone else) for answering all my questions on the phone!
We love you too! We appreciate you taking the time to review us- it means a lot to us and we really appreciate your feedback and kind words!
We used fantasy sounds for our DJ and our drapery/chandelier! Steve was our DJ, he was awesome! So full of life and played THE best music while focusing on us. The chandelier we had was beautiful and so was our background drapery for our head table!
Thank you so much for your kind words and we're thrilled to hear you enjoyed our services! Steve certainly knows how to bring the party- we're lucky to have him!
Steve was wonderful. The only problem was that the acoustics in the venue made it difficult for us to hear the toasts.
Fantasy sound was amazing!!! Our dj was Kevin and he was excellent! It was important to me that people danced all night and he made it happen. He has been doing this a long time and really knows how to read the room. We also used Jimmy as our videographer. He was wonderful... Read More as well. He was so unobtrusive that many people told me they never even noticed his cameras. However, he sent me a sneak peek within a week of the wedding and he clearly was capturing it all!! Also, he seemed to work well with my photographer. They seemed to be collaborating on cool shots. I would highly recommend Fantasy Sound for dj and videography!!!
We their lightning service for our wedding. They did such an amazing job with GOBO Pattern Wash, cake spot light and Custom Monogram. They made the barrel room stunning!! We got so much compliments from our guests that our reception is like the dining hall in Hogwarts :) They're... Read More so professional, responsive and easy to work with. We'd highly recommend them for anyone who's looking for lightning service for their events :)
Fantasy Sound Event Services is top notch! Our DJ was Kevin, and he was outstanding, funny, and had the dance floor packed all night! The flow of my wedding was something I was nervous about but Kevin was perfect-- the timeline was perfect. Darcee in the office is always... Read More available, answers any questions, and is super friendly. Letting someone run your big day is a huge task but with Fantasy Sounds, you do not have to worry!
Working with the team at Fantasy was a real dream come true! They helped us set up last-minute lighting design for our Feb. wedding and were so patient and helpful while we made up our minds about what we wanted. Their team got set up and removal of our chandelier done in... Read More lightning-fast speed and were gracious the whole time. Highly recommend!!
We got married at Casa Real in Nov. 2016. Throughout that, Fantasy Sound was an integral part to our planning and experience for the wedding. Not only were they professional, friendly, and organized throughout the entire process; but they also were consistently able to help us... Read More overcome problems that came with planning and all of the cooks in the kitchen that comes with planning a wedding. While the lighting was amazing, perfectly handled, and gave an amazing glow to our photos; our DJ (Kevin) was perfect. He handled interruptions thrown in during the wedding day with ease, and made the night flow perfectly. His music choices were great, so great that I still have people talking about how good our DJ was and how fun the entire night of dancing was. I don't think there was a moment the dance floor was empty throughout the night. Fantasy Sound really did make our wedding a stress free experience. Thanks Fantasy Sound!
Kevin was a wonderful DJ and kept us dancing all night! Meeting with Kevin right before the wedding put my mind at ease and I knew the night would go as plan and it did! I would highly recommend Fantasy Sound!
We loved working with Fantasy sound and events. They made the process so easy with handouts to plan the ceremony and music throughout the wedding. The DJ, Nick, was very friendly and did an awesome job. We had so many compliments on the great playlist, I never left the dance... Read More floor and all of our guests danced throughout the night. The lighting was beautiful as well. We definitely recommend them.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! We are thrilled to hear that we made the planning process easy for you and that Nick kept the dance floor packed. Best wishes to the two of you!
Fantasy Sound recently did an amazing job with our wedding reception. The uplighting was beautiful, and Nick's DJ'ing was superb. We didn't have time to make a list of songstress to play, instead choosing to discuss the kinds of songs we liked, and he hit it spot on. We... Read More couldn't have asked for a more seamless experience, and we highly recommend them!
Thank you so much for your kind words! We are glad to hear that Nick created a great playlist for you and we wish you two all the best in your life together!
Steve was amazing... perfect timing and clarity with mics/music at the ceremony, to kept us on time, played the BEST reception music that kept people dancing all night long! We had several wedding guest comment on how amazing of a job DJ Steve did. Steve from Fantasy sound... Read More has our higher recommendation!
Thank you so much for your feedback! Steve is definitely a valuable team member and we are thrilled to hear that everyone enjoyed his DJing!
Planning our wedding from out of state meant I could not go to Livermore to talk with Fantasy Sound Services, but they handled everything via phone and email very professionally and in a timely manner. When the DJ we had booked for our day left the company for a new opportunity,... Read More Fantasy made sure we had a smooth transition to a new DJ. Nick ended up being our DJ for our wedding and he was FANTASTIC! I highly recommend working with Nick and his fantastic team for your event. Even though I couldn't meet with Nick before the wedding, Nick was able to take my phone calls and emails as needed in order to make sure our music was perfect. Nick kept the flow of our event moving smoothly and had amazing music playing all night long. Our guests were dancing and happy the entire night!
Kevin and his team are incredible!! We worked with Fantasy Sound for our lighting and decor and had Kevin as our DJ and boy are we glad we did!! The lighting and decor seriously made the venue perfect! The venue is already beautiful, but adding those little details took it to... Read More another level! We had so many compliments on all of it! As for Kevin being our DJ, he was AMAZING!! Everyone loved his style and people were on the dance floor the entire time! Thank you so much Kevin and team for everything you guys did!! We really appreciated it and you all were a big part in making our wedding dreams come true! I promise those who book Fantasy Sound will NOT be disappointed!!
We had a great experience with Fantasy Sound - we hired them for DJ and day of coordination. Kevin was our coordinator, and Steve was our DJ, and they both did an absolutely great job day of. The preparation beforehand was easy and Kevin was incredibly helpful through the entire... Read More process, giving us great advice on how to make sure our day was well planned and enjoyable for everyone, including us. We had a lot of fun working with these guys, and would highly recommend them to anyone looking. They were incredibly responsive, professional, and personable, and helped everything go perfectly!
Fantasy Sound provided the lighting for my wedding in December. In all honesty, we just needed a bare-bones, basic uplighting of our ballroom and cocktail area, but even though our needs were pretty minimal, Fantasy Sound was in constant communication and made sure everything... Read More was perfect. I cannot stress how important communication is with vendors (I wasn't as lucky with some of my other vendors), but they always got back to me with answers to my many questions right away, and were always efficient, professional, and by the time the wedding actually came around, I had full trust that they'd get the job done exactly - and they did! Fabulous customer service, fair prices, and the lights made the cavernous ballroom look warm and amazing.
We hired Fantasy SES for our November 13th wedding, and there was nothing unlucky about our decision! From the very beginning when we requested a quote and signed up for the DJ Meet-and-Greet, to the end of our wedding day, the folks at Fantasy were a truly professional and easy... Read More to work with. All of the DJs we met seemed amazing, but as soon as we chatted with Steve, we knew he was the DJ for us. We told him our vision for our wedding (priories: full dance floor, everyone having fun, etc) and he ran with them! Steve really knows how to read a dance floor and keep a good party going. He was so much fun to have as an MC and a DJ, and never once faltered in his professionalism. We received so many compliments from guests and even other vendors. We also consulted with Nick for some additional lighting. We had a strict budget for lighting, and we never once felt pressured on an upsell--Nick was great in providing quotes and suggestions based on our budget, vision, and venue. Thank you, Fantasy SES and crew!
Fantasy Sound was one of the preferred wedding vendors for weddings held at Wente. Now I know why! We worked with Nick for pre-planning (Darcie also helped!) and he was our DJ for the wedding. He was great. During our planning meetings, he knew the layout of the property and was... Read More able to give us advice on what he had seen that worked really well. He let us give as many, or as few songs as we wanted for the reception and played them in an order that went with the mood. When the schedule shifted a bit, he made sure to check in with us so that everyone was on the same page with the adjustments. Our guests danced the entire time (some even got up to dance to the dinner music!) and had so much fun. If you want a vendor with loads of experience to make your day stress free, go with Fantasy Sound! And choose Nick!


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The goal of a good interior designer is to help clients find their own aesthetic voice and to create spaces that reflect their personality and tastes, not the style of the designer.
As parents, we can do the same for our children in their personal space…their bedrooms. Need some inspiration as to how to involve your child in decorating their room? Follow these suggestions to create a room both you and your child will love.
Let them pick the palette. Take your child to the hardware store and let them go crazy picking out paint swatches (they are wonderful for art projects, so they won't need to go to waste). In all likelihood you will be handed some crazy colors. But don't worry; pick a toned-down version of a color you like for the walls. You can incorporate some of the more vibrant colors in fabrics, accessories, an accent wall, or even a fun mural or stencil.
Don't get hung up on the notion of a "theme." For some reason, children's rooms are the one place in the home where parents often adopt a unifying theme: Noah's Ark, Beaches, the Circus. Avoid this temptation…there will be much more room for creativity.
Take a trip to the fabric store together. Involving children in the wonderful selections in a fabric store will really allow them to put their fingerprint on their room. Even those of us who don't have real sewing skills can put together a simple comforter cover…if that's not up your alley you can use fabric glue or sticky tape to fashion some throw pillows. Still not interested in that project? Put some whimsical fabrics in frames…they make delightful artwork for a children's room.
Think outside of the frame. In addition to fabric (which I suggest an adult does to avoid bunching or rippling), gather other items together and let your kids go wild putting making collages to be put into frames. Family photographs, silk flowers, beads, their own artwork…the possibilities are endless, and children love seeing their artwork framed.
Put their name on it…literally. Craft stores often have large selections of unpainted wooden letters in a variety of styles; let your child participate in selecting the letters of his name. They may pick a mixture of upper and lower case, and in more than one style, because they aren't encumbered by the constraints of our conventions. Paint them with a few of those funky paint colors they selected in their paint swatches…this will be an accessory they will always treasure!
Display some of their favorite belongings. A football, a tutu, a necklace collection or bowl of rocks. Things that are dear to your children and have meaning for them should adorn their space. Letting their personalities shine in their room will help them let their personalities shine in the world.
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