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Hair extensions might seem like a new invention but in reality hair additions have been around as far back as the Egyptian times when both men and women work wigs. Since then hair pieces have been in and out of fashion ever since.
In 1800 fake hair was frowned upon and women left their hair to be natural until the Romantic era was in full swing when women wore elaborate Apollo knots. Come the mid Victorian era and hair pieces were used a lot more extensively. Then strangely in the early 20th century Edwardian women wore false hair additions to create the pompadour hairstyle which looked like a woman was wearing a teapot on her head. How that became fashionable I don't really know!
Around the 1920's less hair was the big thing so hair pieces took a dive around that time and it wasn't until the 1940s when long hair came back into fashion and women starting indulging again. Then in the 1960's big hair was back with a vengeance. Coils were the in thing or the updo as better known to us were seen of many women, this was created by very extravagant human hair pieces. Wigs made from real or fake hair were commonly worn around this time too and carried on into the early 70's. Come the 80's and big hair was in but only natural hair. Famous singers wore wigs but that was about it.
The clip-on hair extensions come in a variety of different colours and lengths are the best option for non permanent hair pieces. They are very easy to use and as long as you get the right hair colour and texture of hair, no one will know your hair is fake. In fact I have sat next to a work colleague for months not realising that her long hair was in fact clip on hair pieces. It was only whilst getting ready for our Christmas works do that she pulled her hair off! I was shocked to say the least as her natural hair was just shoulder length and I had no idea.
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From the free-spirited sister with dreadlocks playing her guitar in sunny California, to the curly blonde haired girl in Florida, African American women are known for their plethora of diverse hairstyles. However, most women can agree that the key to having good hair is healthy hair. No matter how many times a woman changes her hairstyle; one thing that should remain constant is the hair product that goes into her hair.
Hair is such a significant role in expressing who women are along with the style itself as an accessory that compliments a woman's particular look. Hair can signify many things such as youth, status, vitality, health and strength. For generations, women have been taught to take pride in their crowning glory. Century's later; women have taken their identity back and left behind the oppression that came with conforming to society who defines beauty with good hair. Women have taken matters into their own hands by defining their own definition of good hair and proving to the world that beauty in hair comes in a bountiful variety.
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The ski resort of Les Deux Alps wants to give visitors a chance to experience what it is like to be caught in an avalanche and learn how to survive without all of that messy "white death" business. The "Robocoaster," as it is called, was the brainchild of of local businessman Marc Dode, who lost a friend in an avalanche several years ago. The simulator is encased in a large dome that features two cabins and a large fan to blow cold air.
It can also rotate around six axes and can throw the user through an arc of seven meters during the course of a two-minute ride, with the final 20 seconds focused on the avalanche itself. The simulator is set to open today at a cost of 10 € or $17 per person. [Les Deux Alps and Pistehors via Get Outdoors]

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In search for a local school for Ella. Academic education is not important, its social and negotiating skills she must mastered.
Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.
In search for a local school for Ella. Academic education is not important, its social and negotiating skills she must mastered.
The best thing about Singapore is definitely the food. Foreigners called them street food or food court. Locals called them hawker centre.
They are cheap and delicious, but unhealthy.
I walk on this life journey alone. Life is like a sketch book, each page is blank, no lines, no rules. Use the lessons learnt of past pages to write the next chapter.
Despite all the negative messages people say around you, don't listen to the voices in your head, but follow your intuition.
It'd been two weeks since she on holiday in Vietnam. I missed her sound of voice.
Europe is slower pace, so you get to appreciate the little things from nature. Like that breath of fresh air in the morning.
It has been a stressful week, everyone is busy but unproductive. It's a corporate life.
So I decided to explore this Singapore to clear my head, see places and the people.
Sometimes you just live with the chances life given you.
Then you met someone who give you a purpose and energy in life.
This the next few years will pass by very fast.
You take on the world and the challenges of society. Always looking up, there will be sunny days.
And there will be rainny days too.
By mid 30's you are bored and out of energy. Building a family is not easy.
By now you realised life is just a game.
When you're young its all about winning, once you are wise you know when it's important to lose.
There are temptations.
And there are temptations.
Your plans and principles are the key.
Life can be a legacy.
Or life can be eating evening meals alone.
Inspired by motivation quote means going through a trough patch of life.
Ella enjoys photography.
I missed the Australian sun, sand and surf.


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How to Apply U shaped Kitchen?
A kitchen with U shaped pattern is mostly applied by the people. The position may be varied as it depends on the arrangement of your kitchen cabinet. It is recommended for you to apply this pattern so you can use the rest of the space in your kitchen. U shape pattern is applied when you have more kitchen cabinets. It is better to apply than horizontal pattern as it will make more space for your kitchen. It is the smart way to do to use the interior of the kitchen well.
The Benefits in Applying U shaped Pattern
U shape is one of the ways in arranging the furniture in the kitchen. It makes the interior of the kitchen to be well organized. Furthermore, you can maximize the rest of the space for applying anything else. Thus, you will have benefits with applying this pattern.
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Kenji Suenobu necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 12 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
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I've put several applications out on the App Store already, most with help from 99 designers users like you! Bitgate Mobile is a part time development shop that develops apps for mobile platforms ranging from Flex and Flash to iPhone and Android.
Kids and teens, and anyone who wants to play an addictive game. Involves rotating your phone in multiple different directions to keep the center piece within the scope of the graphic object! People who play this will play action-type games with rotation of the phone as the object of "staying between the lines".
I need two screens. First screen is the title screen which shows the name of the app, the current difficulty level, and three options: Play, Difficulty, and Leaderboard. Leaderboard will only show up if the user has successfully logged in. If the user doesn't log in, the only two buttons will be displayed. (Leaderboard can be disabled or greyed out, too.)
The second screen is the play screen. You're free to go crazy here: the concept is the score, timer, and current degrees of rotation on the top. The bottom area is the playfield. Please see the attached graphics for more concepts.
The bottom area of the display can be moved, but the size will not change. It takes up most of the bottom of the screen. I can use images for the graphics in the game area, but I'd prefer not to: I want to keep with the design of the graphics you provide. If you deem the use of graphics and images in that area to be more appropriate, I'll consider them in the overall ending design if it's compelling enough.
Things I like in a game like this might be a wood-grained or metallic texture, perhaps an organic feel to it.
The game screen must be iPhone 4 compatible. I already have icons for the app, all I need are the game screens.
Screen graphics must be 640 x 960 in dimensions. Game play is only in portrait mode, which means the layout will never change, only the way you hold the phone.


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Here is an example you can run from the original paper showcasing exponentiation which can execute transparently either server-side or client-side. The server-side code is intentionally limited to bases less than 100 and exponents less than 20.
Here is some simplified code that defines an exponentiation function:
void Build<B, R>(B _)
where B : ISymantics<B>, new()
var e = _.Lambda<int, Func<int, int>>(
x => _.Fix<int, int>(self => _.Lambda<int, int>(n =>
_.If(_.Lte(n, _.Int(0)), () => _.Int(1),
() => _.Mul(x, _.Apply(self, _.Add(n, _.Int(-1))))))));
The parameter "_" is the tagless interpeter and it's type is ISymantics<B>, which defines the semantics of the language being interpreted:
/// <summary>
/// The abstract base class of a typed expression.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the encapsulated expression.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="B">The brand of the interpreter that can interpret this expression.</typeparam>
public abstract class E<T, B> where B : ISymantics<B>, new() { }
/// <summary>
/// The interface for interpreters.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="B">The brand of the interpreter. This should be unique for each interpreter.</typeparam>
public interface ISymantics<B>
where B : ISymantics<B>, new()
/// <summary>
/// Construct an integer.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="i">The integer value.</param>
/// <returns>An expression encapsulating the value.</returns>
E<int, B> Int(int i);
/// <summary>
/// Add two expressions.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="left">The left expression.</param>
/// <param name="right">The right expression.</param>
/// <returns>The sum of the two expressions</returns>
E<int, B> Add(E<int, B> left, E<int, B> right);
The code-behind for the .aspx page interprets this code twice, once with a LINQ-based compiler for server-side execution, and once with a JavaScript backend to generate the client-side program.
The client-side program depends on only one utility function to compute the fixed point of a given function:
function fix(f) {
return function self(x) { return f(self)(x); };
Clearly any programs written this way are fairly verbose, but it's fairly straightforward to define wrapper structs around E<T, B>, such as Eint, Ebool, etc., to provide overloaded operators such that embedded programs look almost like ordinary C#. The current ISymantics interface is also limited to single-arg functions, but it's possible to add more overloads to support multi-arg functions.
Of course, it's already possible to translate C# expressions to JavaScript if we write a LINQ expression visitor. However, LINQ expressions are in a sense more limited than operating on this lifted data type. For instance, it's not possible to translate a static function to JavaScript using LINQ expressions, but it is possible using the final tagless representation.
It's an open question whether such final tagless interpreters can be made usable enough for real programming. However, the techniques employed here, in particular the structure which enables semi-safe type constructor polymorphism, are definitely useful for other projects that require retargetable abstractions.
The full source code is available, and includes a simple C# evaluator, LINQ-based compiler, a JavaScript backend, and an interpreter that computes the depth of the expression tree, which was also an example in the tagless paper. Also included is a partially working partial evaluator. This proved the trickiest to implement, and the only remaining problem appears to be recursive partial evaluation.
As future work, the partial evaluator can be parameterized by the type of compiler, so it can partially evaluate managed code and JavaScript programs; it is currently needlessly tied to the managed code interpreter. I also plan to implement the aforementioned wrapper structs and other enhancements to improve the clarity of embedded programs, hopefully to the point where they are usable for real programming.
[Edit 2009-08-16: it just came to my attention that the JS failed on the first run, but succeeded after a server-side execution was performed. This was a DOM manipulation bug, and the source and server code have been updated to fix this.]


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Bear In The Forest
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- Natural wood grain shows through the image
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- Made & handcrafted in Singapore
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Here is the view from my office. There's not a day goes by that I dont think about you. There's not a day goes by that I dont call you. The nights are lonely without you.
So I decided to pickup a weekend job as a real estate agent. Visiting you once every 2-weeks is not enough, I'll work the remaining weekend to make the most of my time - saving towards our wedding.


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The Civil War
Between 1861 and 1865, Americans made war on each other and killed each other in great numbers if only to become the kind of country that could no longer conceive of how that was possible. What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America.
Production made possible by grants from General Motors Corporation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation


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Hey RPG Community!
Im pretty new in the RPG world, but maybe some of you already met with me on the servers.
I saw the impressive tracklist on the blog, and i thought: "What a pity, that no one cares about that, no updates, but there are many great new tracks out there."
So i contacted with HawkGer, and now i try to take care of that list.
I'll check TMX regularly and try to choose all of the good tracks to the list.
If you dont find a track in the list, but you think its worth to place in it, dont hesitate to contact me here, or on TMX (login: maca013).
So now all the WRs are corrects on the 'old' tracks, with the name of the holders, and i added ~100 tracks to the list from the recent year. Also made some new charts too, you can see it below the table.
I'll plan the next bigger update in the end of the summer.
Until that: Keep Building, and Keep Racing! :thumbsup:


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Has the thought of a career break ever entered into your mind? Well you certainly won't be alone.
With a career break, you have the freedom to do things that you might have missed when you were younger or have been meaning to do, but never quite found the right time or opportunity.
While many career breakers use this freedom to start new business ventures, try their hand at freelancing or retrain, many might decide to remove themselves completely from what they know, and go travelling.
By volunteering abroad during a career break, you get to travel and see the world, learn about and immerse yourself in a new and different culture, discover a unknown passion, learn a new skill or even find a new career path. Sounds extreme, but it happens!
Recharge and refocus
It's easy to get stuck into a daily routine or the standard 9 to 5, but there's no reason why it has to stay like that. Taking a break from the grind and doing something like volunteering can lift you out of your comfort zone and into new and exciting experiences. You might even feel better for it! All you need to do is take that step.
Discover a new career path
You might even discover that your 9 to 5 wasn't even meant for you in the first place! You won't be the first, and you certainly won't be the last to potentially discover a new career path. From teaching, to a career in field conservation, to becoming a PADI Divemaster; check out a varied list of projects below.
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Englewood "manliest city"
Englewood, chosen as the "Manliest City" in the U.S., don't need no stinkin' Old Spice. Movoto, which covers "the lighter side of real estate," names Colorado as the winner of the national ?Quien es mas macho? contest.
The most manly city? Englewood! Really! Look for yourself:
"Like the majestic Rocky Mountains and mighty Colorado River that cuts through them, the state of Colorado is a beacon of ruggedness throughout the American West and beyond. With its abundance of outdoor activities and wide-open spaces, this icon of the Old West and the gold rush is easily one of the manliest in the union. It's the kind of place where you can climb a mountain or steer a raft down a roaring river during the day, then enjoy a big bison steak, glass of whiskey, and fine cigar at night while sitting beneath a painting of manly men mining gold.
"While the entire state is pretty much a Mecca of manliness, we thought we'd look a little closer and use our experience in ranking cities on a national level to determine which metros can claim to be the manliest.
"Based on our research —- which may or may not have involved some breaks to cut wood and wrestle bears -— we found that the following Colorado cities are tops when it comes to manly stuff:
1. Englewood
2. Littleton
3. Denver
4. Grand Junction
5. Wheat Ridge
6. Fort Collins
7. Boulder
8. Loveland
9. Lafayette
10. Lakewood
Movoto noted that Englewood is home to the Pirates Cove waterpark, underscorrrrring Englewood's masculinity.


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So you've purchased EPEAT or ENERGY STAR technology…but now how is it being delivered? Softchoice now offers a "Consolidated Ship" option on all hardware purchases. Consolidated shipping means that we will reduce the number of shipments customers receive by shipping the order only when all the necessary items have been allocated. A single shipment means fewer trucks on the road and fewer packages for customers to track!
An estimated $150,000 was spent by Softchoice this past year on partially shipped orders due to backorders and product constraints. This resulted in 40,000+ pounds of carbon emissions that could have been avoided. Promoting complete and consolidated shipping is a priority at Softchoice. We have calculated an order allowing partial shipping causes 15% more shipments than one booked to ship complete. We are continuing to promote having orders ship complete internally for the cost savings and environmental benefits.
Check out the below video that explains the process:
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Making more environmentally conscious purchases is one of the greatest powers we have in curbing wastefulness.


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James F. Barlow, a retired masonry contractor who drove a weapon carrier at Omaha Beach during the World War II Allied invasion, died Sept. 1 at St. Agnes Medical Center after suffering a fractured hip at his Academy Heights home. He was 87.
Mr. Barlow was co-grand marshal of this year's Catonsville July 4th parade and was the commander of two veterans posts. He also led the parade in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
Born in Baltimore and raised near Union Square, he attended 14 Holy Martyrs School and was a 1942 graduate of St. Martin's High School, where he was the center on the school's basketball team.
He, and his four brothers, enlisted in military service during World War II.
He joined the Army and was placed in a transportation unit. As the Allies planned to invade France in 1944, he was told to drive a motorized vehicle that carried a large gun.
In 2004, he was named Maryland's Catholic War Veteran of the Year and recorded his memories of that experience of landing off the northern coast of France. He said that "50 feet of water looked like 50 miles."
He wrote that "as my truck hit the waters of Omaha Beach on D-Day, water flooded in. My ankles, my knees, the whole front of the truck, my backside was getting wet. Where is the bottom? Please, Lord, let this truck touch bottom! The truck bottomed out and I got traction as enemy gunfire splattered on all sides."
He said his crew of four jumped out and pulled the anti-aircraft gun off the truck's back. "We dug in," he said. "And we made it."
Mr. Barlow drove supply and armed vehicles through France and Belgium and was part of what became known as the Red Ball Express, a motorized convoy. In the harsh winter of 1944-1945, he drove supplies in the Battle of the Bulge.
"At Bastogne, he was part of the unit that helped break the German encirclement," said Herbert Markowski, a friend who lives in Ellicott City. "He fought all the way through Europe until the German surrender."
After the war, he returned to Baltimore. At a victory block party, he met his future wife, Marie Crofoot.
He remained active in veterans affairs and became commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Spirit of America post in Catonsville and the Hugh Monaghan Catholic War Veterans post in Pikesville. He was a charter member of the National World War II memorial in New Orleans.
Mr. Barlow returned to the battlefields on three occasions. The Belgian government flew him back in 2004 as part of a commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge. "He became emotional there when the Belgian children came up and thanked him," said Robert Gollery, a friend who lives in Catonsville Manor.
Friends said that Mr. Barlow used the GI Bill to learn bricklaying and general masonry. He had his own business and worked until he was 85. He made a specialty of fireplaces and chimneys and worked throughout Catonsville and Oella, among other neighborhoods.
"He was a superb brick mason," said Wayne McDowell, a Catonsville contractor. "He was also a perfectionist. He could go in and undo the mistakes others had made. He was also quite a father figure and mentor to the younger workers."
Mr. McDowell said that Mr. Barlow climbed scaffolding and worked on chimneys until he was in his mid-80s.
"He loved opera and theater and carried a boom box with him," said Mr. McDowell.
In 2004, Mr. Barlow restored the granite walls of the 1865 Grimm home on Frederick Road in Catonsville, a commercial building now known as the Ship's Cafe.
"He was strong as a bull," said Jim Andrews, who owns and operates the restaurant with his wife, Sharon. "Masonry is an art and he was one of the best."
Mr. Barlow did 1,400 hours of volunteer service at St. Agnes Hospital. He was also a lector and parish council member at St. William of York Roman Catholic Church.
"I called him the mayor of Catonsville because the only Catonsville neighbor he didn't do some favor for is the one he never met," said a friend, Tim McCarthy.
Mr. Barlow was a University of Maryland basketball fan. He played golf frequently and was an enthusiastic fan of the old Baltimore Colts. Family members said he later became a Ravens fan.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's Monastery Roman Catholic Church, 3801 Old Frederick Road in Irvington.
Survivors include a daughter, Phyllisann Godfrey of New Gretna, Pa.; a granddaughter; and a great-granddaughter. His wife of 48 years died in 1997.


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Hydration and water use is the most important consideration for outdoor activity—activity that most often is enjoyed with friends, family and teammates. A hydration pack should make it easy and convenient for everyone to access and use water for all of its many purposes. GEIGERRIG, with its "Never Suck Again" tagline, has introduced a simple, pressurized hydration system that sprays. It is no longer a requirement to suck the water out in order to access it. With a GEIGERRIG Hydration Pack the water sprays out, providing a cleansing rinse for body and gear, an opportunity to share water without sucking on nasty bite valves, and a hands-free hydration system that is truly effortless and that does not disrupt breathing or aerobic activity. Because of this incredible convenience for water access, GEIGERRIG reports that people that carry a GEIGERRIG tend to use about 50% more water than when they carry a traditional hydration pack. This means greater hydration and performance. With greater water use, comes the need to refill more often. GEIGERRIG even addresses this issue with an in-line filter that snaps in and out of the drinking tube. On the go, the user of a GEIGERRIG can dip their Hydration Engine into a stream, river, creek or pond and just keep on moving. The pressurized system pushes the water through the filter as it travels through the drink tube. This means more access to more water. And don't worry about refilling with the dirty stream water. The GEIGERRIG, unlike so many hydration packs, is oh so easy to clean. Thanks to GEIGERRIG's connection with Hydrapak and their patented slide top, the GEIGERRIG Hydration Engines turn inside out for cleaning in the top shelf of a dish washer or for rinsing out and hanging to air-dry in a tree. Mike Atkinson, Former Navy SEAL and Owner of Trident Tactical/Technical, said "Other than ammunition, radios and weapons, water can be the heaviest thing we carry. And, it has so many necessary uses. The GEIGERRIG system finally makes it easy to access, use, and share the water while also getting the hands-free benefit of a hydration pack. The plug-and-play, on-the-go, in-line filtration unit is on the money. Greater access to water… Much easier use of water… A pressurized spray… All without additional weight or any sacrifice of capacity in your pack. It looks like a no-brainer. It was my product of choice as well--for both the Shot Show and Outdoor Retailer show." Dennis Brown, COO of Aquamira Technologies, Inc. commented, "We were excited to be involved in the in-line filtration capability of the GEIGERRIG. The GEIGERRIG pressurized hydration engine opens a whole new world for the performance of in-line filters for hydration packs. It greatly enhances the convenience of personal water filtration and improves the access to more water sources for hydration pack users." In just six months, GEIGERRIG has plowed deep into the market with over 300 retail doors carrying this new product and distributors opening internationally. Retailers in motor sports, running, biking, boating, kayaking, skiing, fishing, hunting, camping, and emergency preparedness have found GEIGERRIG an important product. Steve Johnson, President, CEO, Tucker Rocky Distributing – The Leading Motor Sports Distributor in the United States said, "We're excited because GEIGERRIG offers so much to the world of hydration packs with virtually no additional cost. With a RIG on your back you can spray off your gear, spray off your face, share without sucking on a nasty bite valve, filter water from a stream, turn the hydration engine inside out for cleaning….and the packs are tough as nails. We're also pleased that GEIGERRIG is dedicated to supporting retailers by not selling direct and by offering 100% of their on-line orders to 100% of the dealers who carry GEIGERRIG products. GEIGERRIG packs are a good fit for the power-sports market." - Steve Johnson, President, CEO, Tucker Rocky Distributing. GEIGERRIG packs can be purchased by consumers at www.GEIGERRIG.com, and the order will be fulfilled by a GEIGERRIG retailer. The Hydration Engines have a lifetime warranty for leakage, and the packs have a 2 year warranty. (Visit www.GEIGERRIG.com to see footage of the new GEIGERRIG Hydration Engine surviving the blast of a bomb placed inside a GEIGERRIG pack.) GEIGERRIG – Providing convenient and optimal use for the water in your pack and the water you find along the way. <iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GuOMtEw1JM4" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe>


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The couple who became overnight Internet sensations when their singing and gas-pumping stunt on Jay Leno's "Pumpcast News" went viral said their act wasn't staged.
Will and Monifa Sims appeared on the "Today" show on Wednesday to set the record straight after skeptics pointed out that the pair are professionally trained actors.
Monifa, a fitness trainer, insisted she was caught by surprise when host Matt Lauer asked if they were tipped off that the segment was being taped at the gas station.
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"How would I know? That's just the gas station I go to, to get gas every Wednesday after I train my clients. That's what I do," Monifa said.
Her husband Will, a bartender, confirmed the authenticity of the performance.
"One hundred percent. That's us." Will said.
Will's hidden camera performance of the Bon Jovi classic and Monifa's rendition of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" aired last week on "The Tonight Show" and the video went viral with over 11 million hits as of Wednesday morning.
The prank segment features actor Tim Stack, who plays a news anchor that surprises gas station patrons by appearing on the screen above the gas pump. On-camera customers are rewarded with free gas after they perform a stunt at Stack's bidding.
On Monday, The Smoking Gun pointed out that the Sims are professionally trained actors and Monifa had even appeared in the same segment in 2011 at the same gas station, in the same car and workout pants.
Monifa told The Smoking Gun in an interview that it was just a coincidence that she appeared on "Pumpcast News" for the second time.
"When I heard him and i looked, I said 'Oh no, this cannot be happeneing again! This is awesome!'" she told Lauer.


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Combine American football and the 100-meter dash, pump up the adrenaline level, throw in a couple of Elvis costumes—and you have one of the world's fastest-growing sports
Author Larry Olmsted
AN IMPERIAL STORMTROOPER accompanying Darth Vader along the sidewalk barely gets a second glance. The same goes for the photo-op guys dressed as Transformers, Hello Kitty and Super Mario Brothers. But when a gray-haired couple strolls down Las Vegas Boulevard in matching Scotland team jerseys and kilts, heads turn. It can mean only one thing: Sevens is back in town.
A supercharged spin-off of conventional rugby, Rugby Sevens has emerged as one of the world's fastest-growing sports. This is partly because of the pre- and post-match excess—Sevens is as much a carnival as it is a spectator sport—and partly because the game itself is such a whirl.
With teams of seven on a field scaled for twice as many players, Sevens is a blur of hyperactivity and over-the-top athleticism. At last year's Las Vegas event (the only international men's Sevens tournament in the U.S.), players scored on average every 79 seconds.
In traditional rugby, each team has 15 players, most of them huge, playing on a pitch roughly the size of a football field. Because 30 massive bodies take up a lot of space, you tend to see more grappling and posturing than open play. Put half the number of players on the same field, however, and suddenly you have space—tons of it. This fact, combined with an almost complete lack of stoppages, lends Sevens the freneticism that has proved such a hit with fans. Beth Coalter, Sevens manager for the International Rugby Board, rightly describes the game as "fast, exciting and totally entertaining."
American sports fans tend to be taken aback by the pace and unpredictability of Sevens. In many ways, it resembles a nonstop NFL kickoff return, in which anything can happen and usually does, with fumbles, bone-crunching tackles, interceptions and high-speed breakaways. Teams move down the field in a line, passing backward and looking for defensive holes, but players can also kick the ball forward to teammates sprinting for the goal line. Another appealing factor is the game's simplicity: Unlike with football, the rules do not require a lifetime of study. "You can start watching yesterday," says Nigel Melville, CEO of USA Rugby, "and understand it today."
Conceived in Scotland in the late 1800s, Rugby Sevens didn't enjoy widespread popularity until more than a century later, following its inaugural World Cup in Edinburgh in 1993. In a remarkable triumph for the sport's boosters, Sevens has been put on the roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, marking the first time rugby will be played at the Olympics since 1924, when the U.S. won gold competing in the traditional Fifteens version.
But then, Sevens is ideally suited to the tournament environment. A match takes just 15 minutes, including a minute for halftime, so as many as 24 games can be played in a single day. "If you go get a beer, you come back and two different countries are playing," says Matt Hawkins, captain of the U.S. men's national team, the Eagles. "It's 14 minutes that are action-packed, but then there's another 14 minutes. And another."
With extra space on the field, Sevens emphasizes speed, a fact that has made American player Carlin Isles the sport's most exciting talent. A world-class sprinter, Isles likely would have made the London Olympics in the 100-meter dash had he hailed from a different country. But the U.S. has a glut of runners, so Isles traded his track shoes for rugby boots and joined the Eagles. He is now regarded as the fastest player in Sevens history.
With the Rio Olympics coming, the U.S. is putting a lot of money and effort into Sevens, and the Eagles are on the upswing, ensconced at a new Olympic training center in Chula Vista, Calif. The effort is already paying dividends: Playing against Spain in Vegas, with two scores by Isles in the first half, the Eagles roll over their supposedly superior opponents and go on to finish the tournament tied for seventh (which is quite respectable, given that the U.S. isn't exactly renowned for rugby of any sort).
The Eagles are also quickly gaining a cadre of enthusiastic supporters, an increasing number of whom are joining the legions of fanatics who travel the world to follow their teams. There's ample evidence of this devotion at the Vegas event, which is a clamorous multicultural jamboree. Clive, a 60-something Londoner attending the U.S.-Spain game, has already done Dubai and South Africa this season, and holds tickets for upcoming events in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London and Glasgow. "I played Fifteens in university and afterward, but once I watched Sevens I could never watch Fifteens again," he says. "It's just too slow." The supporters around him, meanwhile, are more interested in singing bawdy songs than discussing the finer points of the game.
The same goes for the crowds lined up along Fremont Street for the tournament's opening parade. As each of the national teams passes by, the fans that have followed them halfway around the globe roar with approval, a response that seems a mix of nationalistic fervor and the simple desire to shout very loudly. At the stadium, beer and food stands representing participating countries line the route, with samosas, barbecue, fish and chips, curries and more being consumed in vast quantities.
"This place rocks," says Eagles head coach Alex Magleby, surveying the scene. "It's awesome, it's nonstop, and it keeps building all day. The costumes are crazy, and some people spend all year working on them." The costumes are indeed something to behold: Elvis, spacemen, three blind mice, gorillas, bananas, Pac Man and Marilyn Monroe are all represented. Sure, Sevens games are action-packed, but there's a sense that many of the fans are just as enthralled by what goes on off the field. As Eagles player Luke Hume puts it, "It's a big dance party where there also happens to be rugby."
LARRY OLMSTED is a longtime sports and travel journalist. He has set Guinness World Records in poker, golf and skiing, but only his skiing record still stands. Look out, rugby …
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At the highest level Rugby Sevens is played between national teams, culminating in the World Cup every four years; this year it's in Moscow, June 28–30. (rwcsevens.com)
The easiest tournaments to attend are those in the annual HSBC Sevens World Series: Las Vegas; Hong Kong; Tokyo; Wellington, New Zealand; Gold Coast, Australia; Dubai; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; London; and Glasgow. A 10th meet will be added in Argentina for the 2013–14 season. (irbsevens.com)
Hong Kong's tournament is far and away the most festive—it's the city's version of the Super Bowl—followed by Las Vegas and Wellington for sheer celebratory glee.
A women's World Series launched in 2012, with tournaments in Houston; Dubai; Guangzhou, China; and Amsterdam. (wsws.irb.com)
The USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship will be held this year June 1–2 in Philadelphia, with 20 teams competing; NBC will broadcast. (usasevenscrc.com)
A man who writes about rugby and bbq has got my attention! thanks!


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When I first started buying record albums and 12-inch singles in 1977, I was collecting all kinds of pop music such as Gary Numan, Blondie, Boney M, Bee Gees, Grace Jones, Grandmaster Flash, etc., throughout the following decade.
There were only few handful of electronic musicians and music groups who've pioneered electronic music decades prior to the 1980s, such as Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, Jean Jacques Perrey, ELP, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and others.
However, the 1980s decade began with a backlash against disco music, and a movement away from the orchestral arrangements that had characterized much of the electronic music of the 1970s. Music in the 80s was characterized by unheard of electronic sounds accomplished through the use of synthesizers and keyboards, along with drum machines. This made a dramatic change in music. 80s pop music experienced a revolution driven more by technology and consumerism than any resounding political message. It was that new electronic sound from synthesizers, samplers and drum machines, enhanced with unprecedented leap forward towards advanced and new production techniques of the time, where both analog and new digital domains fused together as one.
By 1982, I was already tired of the old disco sound but hip to the new "rap" genre (which were heavily produced by drum machines and synths) and in love with all kinds of electronic-pop and electric-funk styles. However I was still hungry for something more but wasn't quite sure what it was. Something was in the air … or ON THE AIR for sure.
After Malcolm McLaren's release of Buffalo Gals in late-1982, I knew something bigger was coming along. 1983 saw the big shift in electronic dance music taking place. In Europe (especially Germany, England and Italy), electronic dance music was essentially electric-disco — 4/4 drum beats + 1/8th note basslines — such as New Order's Blue Monday.
However, in New York, electric-disco became known as "high energy" with a twist: a new sub-genre was emerging as "electro" which was a blend of hiphop beats with electronic dance arrangements.
Examples of electro music releases were:
- Freeez – "I.O.U."
- Man Parrish – "Hip Hop be Bop" (listen to track in flash music player above)
- Man Parrish – "Heatstroke" (listen to track in flash music player above)
- Man Parrish – "Boogie Down Bronx" (listen to track in flash music player above)
- Mantornix – "Needle To The Groove"
I was enrolled in a boarding-school back then in England and was still listening to New Order and Grandmaster Flash on the Walkman. There was this fuckin' Jamaican kid in my dormitory — David Yakabu. One day, David ran up to me and said, "Hey mon! Chek dis Mon Pah-rish wikkidest sound!" I put on the heaphones, he pressed play, and my socks were blown off my feet.
I was listening to Man Parrish for the first time ……… "Hip Hop Be Bop" and "Heatstroke."
HOLY CRAP – THIS SHIT IS FIERCE !! — was my impression.
I followed and bought every release by Man Parrish.
Man Parrish links…
Read below, Sean Cooper's Review of Man Parrish…
MAN PARRISH REVIEW by – Sean Cooper, All Music Guide
This ground breaking 1983 Dance-Urban Synthesizer album is considered by many, to be a DANCE CLASSIC and a MUST HAVE in any serious collection. Man Parrish is said to have coined the phrase "Hip Hop" from this classic, electronic dance record.
Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny ( Man ) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut'n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like "Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)" and "Boogie Down Bronx" were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys to Autechre and Andrea Parker — and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day. A native New Yorker, Parrish was a member of the extended family of glam-chasers and freakazoids that converged nightly on Andy Warhol's Studio 54 club. His nickname, Man, first appeared in Warhol's Interview magazine, and his early live shows at Bronx hip-hop clubs were spectacles of lights, glitter, and pyrotechnics that drew as much from the Warhol mystique as from the Cold Crush Brothers.
Influenced by the electronic experiments of his good friend and co – writer Klaus Nomi and Brian Eno as well as by Kraftwerk, Parrish together with "Cool" Raul Rodriguez recorded their best-known work in a tiny studio sometimes shared with Afrika Baambaata, whose own sessions with Arthur Baker and John Robie produced a number of classics equal to Parrish's own, including "Wildstyle, " "Looking for the Perfect Beat, " and the infamous "Planet Rock." What distinguished "Hip-Hop Be Bop, " however, was its lack of vocals and the extremely wide spectrum of popularity it gained in the club scene, from ghetto breakdance halls to uptown clubs like Danceteria and the Funhouse. After he discovered a pirated copy of his music being played by a local DJ at theinfamous "Anvil" club ( NYC ), Parrish found his way to the offices of the Importe label (a subsidiary of popular dance imprint Sugarscoop and Disconet DJ mixing service), which whom he inked his first deal. He released his self-titled LP shortly after, and the album went on to sell over 3 million copies worldwide. He was signed to Electra Records and managed by David Bowie's notorious manager Tony De Fries and the infamous Main Man Ltd management team. Tony De Fries had managed careers of David Bowie, New York Dolls, Mott the Hoople, Mick Ronson and Dana Gillespie to name a few.
Following a period of burn-out that followed, Parrish recorded and remixed tracks for Michael Jackson, Boy George, Gloria Gaynor, and Hi-NRG group Man2Man, among others, and served as manager for the Village People and Crystal Water to name a few. While Parrish's subsequent material has achieved nowhere near the success or creative pitch of his earlier work, he continues to record from his brooklyn studio and is a frequent DJ at New York's eclectic night spots and SM clubs. His Sunday Underground Party "Sperm" at the "Cock Bar" on New Yorks lower east side, is notorious, to say the least ! He is main DJ and co founder for a circut party called "Hustlerball" which has parties in many cities worldwide. He also has several adult websites and online businesses which keep him busy as a webmaster, and "jack of all trades". His second LP, DreamTime, appeared on Strictly Rhythm in 1997.
- Sean Cooper, All Music Guide


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