Here is something a little lighter from the weekend (but we have still somehow managed to keep it property related!)
Well done to Alexandra for winning the X factor last night. I was (unashamed to admit it) routing for the 19 year old from London to win the 6 month singing competition saga. To be fair, [...]
Coordinated Rate Cut Move By The Central BankersAs I said as my closing line to my blog yesterday, if only we could get the EU to cooperate with the global financial crisis that we are going through. This morning as I write this (7:00 AM EST), the U.S., Canada, Britain and the EU cut rates 50 bp in a coordinated move to loosen the flow of credit around the world.This came on the heels of close to
Our beautiful new computer arrived in the mail yesterday. Since I am a student I got a free after rebate iPod Touch 8GB. You can see it in the picture above.
Here is a picture of our desk before.
Tons of cords and whatnot thanks to PC technology. And a down right mess thanks to me being in school again and a severe lack of time.
Here is our desk after we installed the
Desde el balcón con el brazo derecho extendido saludas a tu pueblo que aplaude con fervor.Vitorean el Hail sacrosanto como protección contra los enemigos, el cayado invisible de tu omnipotencia te hace alzar la frente sintiéndote el más poderoso entre los poderosos.Tu sonrisa deja ver los colmillos que clavaste en la yugular de tus víctimas, por lo tanto dejaron de ser subliminales.La suprema
Hallelujah da autoria de Leonard Cohen, incluída no seu álbum de 1984 "Various Positions", é uma das músicas que mais vezes - cerca de 120, contando só as versões em estúdio - terá sido regravada por outros artistas: John Cale, Imogean Heap, Jeff Buckley ou Rufus Wainwright, são apenas alguns dos músicos que a reinterpretaram.Além disso foi usada nas bandas sonoras de vários filmes com
The Federal Government revealed it would help Toyota by giving it $35 million from its $500 million Green Car Innovation Fund, money Toyota said could help subsidise the higher cost of the hybrid. Premier John Brumby joined Toyota executives and staff at Altona yesterday to celebrate the announcement, but refused to reveal how much Victorian taxpayers would be kicking in to the project. It's als
Image: Beautiful South Africa!
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Image: heliconsportponies.com….This image symbolizes: FREEDOM!!
31st May is the 151st day of the year and there are 214 days remaining…that is in the
Gregorian calendar. It’s also a non-tabacco day throughout the world. On Yahoo you can read about “Tougher controls including plain packaging,
Espen Lind(on guitar), Askil Holm, Alejandro Fuentes, Kurt Nilsen(World Idol)
4 norwegian great singers.
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My stove, grill, and oven definitely make it evident that I cook pretty often. That's always my excuse when my mom comes over. It's not that I don't clean my stove and grill, but it's hard to get that stuff off. It's burnt on grease!Our new cleaning lady, Marcela, introduced me to Easy-Off Heavy Duty Oven Cleaner. Man this stuff is powerful. Look how clean my stove is! I'm sorry I didn't have the foresight to take before pictures, but if you cook often, you can use your imagination.It's also possible that Marcela is much better than the first cleaning lady we tried but she says Easy Off is good stuff, and she should know.Hallelujah! Praise the powerful cleaner!
¿Recuerdan aquella canción melancólica que se escucha en la película de Shrek?, esa que el coro dice "Halleluuujaaah, Haaalleluuujaaah...", pues esta canción pertenece al poeta, novelista y cantante canadiense Leonard Cohen y se titula justamente así, "Hallelujah". Su canción Hallelujah ha sido versionada por multitud de artistas. Inclusive el cantautor puertorriqueño Draco Rosa interpretó una versión en español titulada Aleluyah en su album El Teatro del Absurdo, en el 2007. Quizás la versión más conocida es la de Jeff Buckley, en su álbum Grace (1994). Esta es la versión original en la voz del mismo Leonard Cohen:Pero, a decir verdades, mucho mejor ha quedado en versiones como por ejemplo ésta, en la voz de la cantante canadiense Allison Crowe:O en la voz del K.D. Lang c
The keyword for this week in DC has been RAIN, my friends. Quack quack, gonna build an ark.I was so happy to spend time with Kandi this week. It wasn't much but it helped me out as far as my general mood. You see, Kandi is one of those people who doesn't get hung up on trappings. She's very down to earth and very tolerant of others. Hell, she and I have been through the "same boyfriend" thing, and she and I survived it. If two women can't survive that, they can't survive anything. She remarried last year, and is happier in her love life than I've ever seen her. She deserves happiness, though...every bit of it.She's a complete 180 from another dear friend of mine, WG. WG is a very organized person, which she needs to be in order to be a successful businesswoman. However, WG also i
I really enjoyed the debut album from Boston band, Hallelujah The Hills. The album, Collective Psychosis Begone, had just enough freak out, distorted vocal, two minute caffeine enhanced tunes to get me hooked. And now the band have some new tunes to share, in the form of a new EP, titled Prepare To [...]
Well, maybe things are not always so bad. I do have nightmares sometimes, but it doesn't mean life sucks. I don't want to say, finally, yay, my college life is going to over soon, and yet all the hard work seems be paid off in time. One thing I need myself to remember is 'never give up on my dreams'. I will see...The obstacles and pains are the things that only myself can understand. Right now, all I want to say is 'Hallelujah!'
A joyful smile nearly broke my face when I read about the new form feature in Google Doc’s. Glad I happened upon Seth Godin’s blog today, otherwise I might have missed this new function, as it’s not readily apparent when viewing the online spreadsheet.
With the 2007 travel incentive program winding down - trip departure in [...]
Finally its here! After few days of delay, Gundam 00 Episode 11 entitled: "Hallelujah" up now for download here.Your Ad Here Subscribe to Hethler's Naruto Shippuuden
Efter förra fredagens fadäs, där juryn lyckades skapa sympati för Andreas Sjöberg så till den milda grad att han samlade telefonröster i massor, är det imorgon dags att en gång för alla skicka hem honom till Malmö!
Juryn väljer idolernas låtar och redan där syns det att man i alla fall inte försöker hjälpa Andreas mer än nödvändigt. Hans andra låt är Gloria Estefans "Conga".
Låtvalet till Amanda är däremot något som redan i förväg känns som en ny höjdpunkt när hon ska framföra Leonard Cohens "Hallelujah".
Det är en låt som givetvis är bra med Cohen, men det är Peter Jöbacks svenska version av den från sitt julalbum "Jag kommer hem igen till jul" som är den jag lyssnat mest till. Där heter den "Decembernatt".
En som överraskade förra veckan var Marie Picasso. Hennes insats i "Weak" höll en trovärdighet som hon inte lyckats med tidigare.
Jag tror och hoppas att Amanda Jenssen tar med sig
Jag tycker inte om henne. Jag tittar helst åt ett annat håll när hon börjar prata och jag ser helst inte på henne när hon sjunger.
Men nu när vi tycker ungefär likadant om Amanda Jenssen så har jag och Carola hittat något som vi båda kan säga hallelujah till.
Det var väl en j-la tur att det inte var något mer gudaktigt än så som hon fick mig att säga så om!
För övrigt fick jag nästan lika mycket gåshud när jag nu på morgonen tittade på Amandas framträdande igen.
Ett tips är också att surfa in på Amandas MySpace-sida där det finns några låtar upplagda för lyssning.
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About two years ago, I told my husband "I have been living on Maui for 10 years (more or less), and I have not once gone to the Front Street for Halloween - I've got to do it at least once". And so we did. We went in 2005. Having kids though, our main focus was the "children's parade" and we did not stay for the later night "mardi grass" type celebration which is the highlight of the night.Are you planning on going to Lahanina this year for Halloween? We are not. We did it once, and once is good enough for me. But for many especially for the young and single, it's a fun place to be.The Front Street Halloween celebration almost got banned this year. Back in August some members of the Native Hawaiian community requested that the Halloween celebration not be held in this historical site. However, the Maui County Cultural Resource Commission did not grant that request after a hearing was held about it.So, back to Halloween celebration, instead of going to Front Street, we are going to
It seems that 7 Columbian youths were taken by Jesus up to Heaven and shown the glories of God.
The first three of the six testimonies, the seventh having been lost due to technical difficulties, are the longest and best constructed. The last three strike me as having been thrown in to hit a couple of talking points that needed emphasis.
Apparently the youths were snatched up by Jesus, and shown heaven. Despite the headline, Revelations of Heaven and Hell to 7 Youths, only two mention Hell, and that in passing. Once at Heaven the angels (Testimony 1)… oh, wait, Jesus (Testimony 2) opened the Gates and let the kids go inside. There is a tree, a field of flowers, fish that caress your body and that don’t freak out when you take them out of the water.
I learned some things.
1 ) “God is absolutely rich and He owns all the riches in the world.” (Testimony 1)
2 ) And he’ll give you some bling if you love him. (Testimony 1)
Actually, I already knew this. It
This article is about your worth as a woman given of God to man as a gift. Your worth as a woman and a Godly woman. Strive for excellence as you seek your goals, continue to hold on to your faith as God lead you to a victorious life.
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Thats right y'all... JOHN BROWN IS IN THE BUILDING!!!!!Whats HOOD, y'all? Its ya girl Licious. (Did she type what's HOOD? Geezus!!!) I have succeeded in tracking down that sexy m@therf@cker Mr. John Brown. (Is he sexy?!) For those of you living under a rock, John Brown was the runner up on VH1's 'Ego Trip's The White Rapper Show' earlier this year. He has agreed to take some time out of his busy schedule to sit down and chop it up with the Licious One! Y'all make sure you tune in on Thursday, July 26th @ 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain, 9pm Central and10pm Eastern Time. Listen in on the The L-Down with Licious. (Did she really type sexy?)Written by Licious (minus the pink)
Thats right y'all... JOHN BROWN IS IN THE BUILDING!!!!!Whats HOOD, y'all? Its ya girl Licious. (Did she type what's HOOD? Geezus!!!) I have succeeded in tracking down that sexy m@therf@cker Mr. John Brown. (Is he sexy?!) For those of you living under a rock, John Brown was the runner up on VH1's 'Ego Trip's The White Rapper Show' earlier this year. He has agreed to take some time out of his busy schedule to sit down and chop it up with the Licious One! Y'all make sure you tune in on Thursday, July 26th @ 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain, 9pm Central and10pm Eastern Time. Listen in on the The L-Down with Licious. (Did she really type sexy?)Written by Licious (minus the pink)
We have pee in the potty, ladies and gentlemen!Sweetpea finally did the deed on her potty for the first time! We've been encouraging her to use it, have shown her how (thanks Princess!) and have talked a lot about being a "big girl." In my mind, I knew that she just wasn't ready.Hubby was wondering when the day would arrive. He was all about trying to give her liquids at certain times, and putting her on the potty at certain times. I figured that when she was ready, she was ready. She would sit there and say, "see, mommy, I'm going potty! psssssssssssssssss!" She was great at the peepee sound. But no actual urine.Until today!Of course, now she wants to hang out in the bathroom, waiting for pee. All the time. Hey, I'll take today! I did the happy dance and rewarded her with a little lollipop. Pumpkin and Princess wanted lollipops, too, and I explained that they got special rewards when THEY started using the potty and that they (whispered) could have a lollipop in a w
At the WWDC (World Wide Developer’s Conference) today, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs announced a few new things (iPhone stuff, new Mac OS blah blah). The most interesting (and most surprising) announcement was a port of Safari (Apple’s default web browser) into Windows XP and Vista.
What this means for Web Developers
This means us Windows developers can now test all our sites on Safari natively without having to run to the closest Best Buy or Apple Store to do testing. Nor do we have to use services like BrowsrCamp — which are good, but only give you an image of a screen rendering. Now we can finally properly design without discriminating!
A Primary Browser?
Steve Jobs wants you to use Safari as your primary browser regardless of what operating system you use (even Linux with Windows virtualization). But in my opinion, Firefox with its countless add-ons beats out Safari regardless of operating system. Still, it’s bound to please those Mac fanatics that can&r
Halle Berry & Mom were spotted shopping in Beverly Hills earlier this week:...time for those pregnancy rumors to start flying again!YESTERDAY, Paris Hilton was photographed leaving her home, and she was toting some interesting reading material:...yes folks, that is a Bible! I would say something smart, but i'm not gonna mess with Jesus.ANYWAY, some of my favorite celebs were spotted out and about at the Cannes Film Festival:The beautiful Ms. Kelly was photographed at the De Grisogono TerraceThe boys of Entourage: Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly and Adrian Grenier. That show is quickly becoming one of my favorite addictions-"DEATH PROOF" VIP Party:Kerry Washington is gorgeous.Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Weinstein, & Rosario Dawson chilled on the inside-THE Ocean's 13 Cast @ lunch:The movie will be in theaters on June 8th!
John Brown sent me over his new video, you can peep the interview I did with him here. Also the Dead Serious video is here.
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Doctor A from Rotoworld gave us the heads-up about Dirty on Purpose from Brooklyn. He has been pimping them in his columns for quite some time and I finally heeded his advice and downloaded the album, Halleluha Sirens. Doc said that they have a Sonic Youth feel to them and I’ve read that they were a sort of shoegazer outfit. Usually not the description that gets me fired up to listen, but I respect Doc’s opinion.
I first listened to it on the way down to Austin for SXSW. I don’t know if I was just so excited to be flying without a kid on my lap but I was digging them right from the first listen. The first track, “No Radio”, comes at you with the prerequisite fuzzed-out guitars and dreamy vocals, but there are some nice horns and even catchier hooks in the tune.
The rest of the disc follows suit. There are a couple of songs that didn’t really grab me. They just kind of drifted by without me taking notice, but there were more than enough stellar trac
In a very ugly game on Saturday, it took overtime but the UCONN Men halted their 5 game losing skid behind the play of Jeff Adrien and Jerome Dyson. Those two players led UCONN to a 61-50 overtime win over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Adrien led the way with 19 points and 7 rebounds while Jerome Dyson chipped in 13 points. Craig Austrie added 13 points to the cause as well. For Rutgers, they were led by Jaron Griffin, who scored 18 points. Anthony Farmer added 13 points.
The first half was ugly as both teams struggled to make baskets. Between the two teams, they scored 39 points and had 14 baskets between them. UCONN led 23-16 at the half.
The second half really wasn’t played that much better other than the fact that UCONN took good control of the ball. Rutgers got it down to 2 points at 28-26 before UCONN went on a 10-3 run which you would have thought that the game was out of reach. Unfortunately for UCONN, they weren’t able to make their free throws down the stretch and
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Andy Robinson's "resignation" today will have caused many England fans to exhale. But he didn't leave before making his excuses. In a statement he said: "The current structure and system for developing elite rugby players and performance in the international arena is not working".
Robinson may have a point. The physical demands being asked of England players in the Guinness League are causing more injuries and more tiredness. England supporters often look lustfully over the Irish Sea at a system that puts players and their game schedules first.
His obituary will read as thus - he has filled the post of England Head Coach for 22 test matches. His record stands at won 9 - lost 13, seven of them in a row, equally a losing streak record. The last straw came with Saturday's defeat to the Springboks, a game England lead 14-3 at one stage.
With talk of replacements such as Warren Gatland and former playing legend Martin Johnson been touted, Twickenham's bi
I've basically pinned down an idea for my novel. I don't really want to give too much away here because I've heard horror stories about people getting their ideas ripped off by scurrilous writers.... which is very sad and depressing.But.... essentially, my story is going to involve communication through time to earlier human races or branches of the human evolutionary tree and modern day scientific jiggery pokery. It will have mutations, evil monks and of course - evolution. I'm looking forward to getting started on it. I want to try and develop the ideas of the characters first though and also think out a novel structure that in some way resembles the process of evolution itself.... so, not much to do!I keep getting side tracked though because i've just started a Masters course at the University of Sussex. I'm studying Biodiversity Surveying which is taking up all my time at the moment. Biodiversity surveying basically means learning how to identify all the plants and animals an
