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Words by Jacob McKean Photos by Gary LoVerde There was once a garage/surf band from Hollywood called The Bomboras. They lived down the street from where I grew up, so I saw a lot of them. Not blessed with great musical talent or a particularly sustainable genre to work in, The Bomboras were nonetheless a kickass live [...]

Integral JacksOne of the more interesting features built into a Champ Car is a set of three pneumatic jacks that are integrated into the chassis. There are two jacks up front and one in the rear. By connecting a pressurized nitrogen hose to a port located behind the driver, the pit crew can jack the car up in less than a second when the car stops in the pit. The integral jacks speed up the pitting

This post is about how crazy the ghetto has become.A man hit a 3 years old girl with his car in here in milwaukee last night at around 9:30 pm. If you are familiar with the milwaukee ghetto area the accident happened in between capital dr. and hampton ave on teutonia, the 4500 blk on teutonia. This is how it happened as far as i can put together, i have actually interviewed the individual that hit

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A XM SKYFI3 FOR MY CAR AS WELL AS FOR MY HOME STEREO. ?THE DEVICE WORKS IN ITS CAR ?DOCK AS IT SHOULD. ?HOWEVER, IN READING THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOME DOC DEVICE IT STATES THAT THE FM MODULATOR (THE PART THAT TRANSMITS THE...

Jumping Jacks is one of my favorite shoes for my baby for spring. Don't get me wrong, I'm not abandoning my Robeez for toddling around the house but for going out on the town baby style, I'm loving me some Jumping Jacks. Cute little navy blue and pink baby Mary Janes just look so cute with shorts and sundresses and for the budget minded moms, the resale values are fantastic. They hold up to scuffs and clean so well that they will still look new when your baby's little foot grows out of them. This translates into a huge discount for baby footwear, my friends! I put the pair of pink and white mary janes at the beginning of the post because they look so cool and ready for summer, but let's face it the navy blue pair with the cute pink hearts won't show wear nearly as much. I tend to shy

Pulp Summer Slam Forever April 26, 2008 | Amoranto Stadium Quezon City Featuring: Darkest Hour Mahatma King Ly Chee The Jumping Jacks Rex Plus Performances by: Urbandub Queso Kamikazee Sandwich Slapshock Greyhoundz Intolerant The Dawn Kadangyan Faspitch The Chongkees Concrete Sam April Morning Skies Oremuz Kaikatsuna Reklamo COG Balatek Gayuma (Red Horse Muziklaban Grand Champions 2007) The Pin-up Girls Teenage Hero Saydie Pedicab Kjwan Chicosci Typecast Piledriver End of Man SIN Valley of Chrome Moonstar 88 Manibela

Oh, New Nebraska Network. Did nobody inform you about copyright infringement? Of course not. Otherwise, you wouldn't have co-opted the N64 logo into your own. Naughty naughty!And what is the NNN about? Well, they've been around since March of 2005 and "has been the state's premiere source of progressive online political commentary and community-building." Being gamers, we're a bit wary of political stuff, because politicians often take up the cause that video games are a bad influence. Looks like they may have their first proof of that.[Thanks, Michael!]

Words by Jamie Peck Words by Nate Dorr It’s hard to pin down the genre of Peelander Z. Their showmanship is so intense that it’s easy to forget to listen closely to the music. But in between high kicks, stage dives, and band member introductions to rival the WWF, they play virtuosic rock music that’s fast and [...]

Number 553Terry Jacks"Seasons In The Sun"(1974) ..Genre:Popart by norek Three songs use to irk me at school. Really bad. One was Beach Boy's "Sloop John B", there was also Terry Jacks "Seasons in the Sun" & not forgetting John Denver's "Country Roads". It felt like everyday, we had to sing these songs at school assembly. I tell you, if America needs to find a new way of torture, this is it. I would blabber in a minute if i ever had to hear again in my life, especially, "Sloop John B". I would part with all my information on W*M*D (Weapons of Mass Destwuction), even to the point of what American company sold them to me.So why Terry Jacks? Why is he in the charts? You say. Well, it was one of the few songs at school that was sung the least, also it was the hardest to sing, but most of all, i have forgiven Terry Jacks. Gracious you might say, and who i am i to stand in the way of graciousness? But, i have learnt to like the song again without cringing every 5 seconds listening to it

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but I would still expect a bit more of originality out of a somewhat major company such as Dr. Jay’s. Its as if they couldn’t afford a graphic designer to conceive something more so… unique? I created the header logo within 10 minutes, using Microsoft paint at that, and as you can see above, its been jacked. Yes folks, you may now officially add Dr.Jay’s and their brand new site StreetSwag to the list of NWS biters… Knight Rider returns to TV, the image above is a render, KITT will be transforming, and theres no word on if David Hasselhoff will be involved. {read more} Com stays freestylin’, watch him spit more fire from Rap City 09/29/07. {watch it here} The infamous IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull has been found in Halo 3, read more on how to find it. {read more} Talib Kweli says another Reflection Eternal album is on the way, and so is a Black Star. {read more} Nokia’s d

The above message appears anytime I try to change the channel. I have noticed that the front A/V jacks are loose and wondered if there was a way to disable them so that the T.V. will work properly again. Thanks for your time. Brad

There was a reason why back in his prime with the Chicago White Sox Frank Thomas was referred to as the "Big Hurt". Thomas who is now the DH for the Toronto Blue Jays showed Monday night that every once in a while he can each back to those days and still put a big hurt on his opponent. Thomas hit three home runs against the Boston Red Sox, and led the Jays to a 6-1 victory over Boston. The three jacks put him ironically in a three way tie for 18th place in MLB history with 512. He is tied with former Braves Hall of Fame player Eddie Matthews, and "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks. Toronto starter Dustin McGowan had Boston off balance all game going the distance allowing just one run on five hits, and striking out nine. Red Sox veteran Tim Wakefield did not have great command of his knuckle ball allowing four runs on seven hits in just six innings. Boston has now seen their lead in the American League East shrink to just 3.5 games over the Yankees as New York beat Baltimore Monday night 8-5.© Copy

Hello. My front audio/video jacks are loose and I do not know how to access it for the purpose of repairing it. They are in a state such that when a video jack is input there is no connection, however if i wiggle it it will show me a picture. This...

Dear Friends: Our poll is no longer valid due to Jaiku employee Andrew Malach jacking the results. Until Andrew Malach (self admittedly) jacked the results, the results were almost identical to the Alexa web traffic stats for the three sites. Jaiku pulled a George Bush with the hanging chad. We will roll back through time and declare the results as they were before this incident.

Since it’s another day in Islam that means another day of Jihad.This time Salman Rushdie is back in the spotlightRushdie is best known for his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, and the fact that his wife is seriously hot:I must admit I have never read much Rushdie--tried, but got profoundly bored. But nonetheless, I am a fan. Heck, I’m a fan of anyone the mullahs put under jihad watch.Apparently The Satanic Verses contained some passages that were not flattering to The Prophet. And this caused The Ayatollah Khomeini , the flaming lunatic that started the Iranian Islamic Revolution, to issue a fatwa.After the guy who translated the book was stabbed to death, Rushdie apologized for offending the Religion of Peace, and went into hiding for nine years.In 1999 the president of Iran, Mohammad Khatmi, made an off handed comment that the fatwa was finished. This inspired Rushdie to come out of hiding.But since then rumblings from the Revolutionary Guard have indicated that the whole "aposta

It's been a long time since "Seasons in the Sun" became a monster hit for Canadian Terry Jacks, but the syrupy 1974 single is still top dog among all best-sellers issued by Canadian acts. The release spent more than three months on the U.S. charts and more than four months on the charts in Jacks' native country. Its accumulated sales topped more than 11 million copies. Jacks, who moved on to producing for artists such as the Beach Boys, Nana Mouskouri, DOA, and Chilliwack, reaped the good life from the monster hit's royalties, which he acknowledged by naming his power boat Seasons in the Sun. Royalties also spill in from "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" He and former wife Susan Pesklevits recorded the song under the name the Poppy Family in 1969. The release hit number two in the U.S. and topped the Canadian charts, raking in four Juno Awards and selling more than two million copies. Power boats and hit singles aside, life hasn't all been smooth sailing for Jacks. His marriage to Pesk

Brooklyn’s Arizona will not only be playing in Cincinnati tonight, but will also be performing in the WOXY.com lounge this afternoon. The band is supporting their album, “Welcome Back Dear Children” and you can tune in at 3pm EST today for the studio session. Tune in to see if I can make it through my first lounge act interview… Also, head over to Dirty Jack’s tonight for the show. I gave a more official write up for Arizona back here, and it also includes some downloads. I’ll repost a track here though as well for you to preview. Arizona - Splintering Technorati Tags: Cincinnati, Arizona

(I briefly take a detour today from talking about vintage clothing and fashion etiquette to speak of a male cultural phenomenan that has been heavy on my mind. We'll blabber away about clothing again tomorrow.) It happened again last night. I was watching the premier of the tv show, Eureka, on the SciFi channel and scriptwriters let me down once again. Somewhere there is a natural law of

5. April 2003, The owner of Calico Jacks Resort, Ydahlia Williams, stated, "They also told us that if one does a general search using the various Searach engines in google, yahoo. aol, etc. for belize vacation, that our resort does not come up. On the first topic Philippa and Robbie have now requested info from about 20 resorts. This is how we found out that the response times are much faster than we are on average. We are now working on an automatic rule so that we can be competitive and yet take some of the pressure off. I sent you an email on this earlier.On the second topic, we have developed another website--I sent you the URL in an earlier email have you had the chance to look at the new site? Now we are well placed in most of the search engines so that when a potential customers does a search on resorts we should be on the first two pages. I think you will recall that the couple originally scheduled to stay at Jaguar Reef told me that did not even know we existed because when

4. 2004, Abalone Designs stated the following, " Searched for "belize vacations" on the Google and Yahoo search engines. Your web site ranked at #3 on Google and #2 on Yahoo. The site's Google PageRank is 5/10.

3. March 2006, the owner of Calico Jacks Village, Ydahlia Williams, stated the following, " I know you will guys leave us to go to Australia. I need you (Rob?) and Phil to think about a program for us for maintenance of our equipment. Or perhaps Janet is correct--I should learn this myself. I know you will continue to do the ecommerce marketing and website development for us but there is the practical matter of on the ground care.""And I will really rest when I know that we are on line to sell a villa because Chester has promised to reimburse me and then I can pay you to do website development and online marketing and bring in a manager who we will all over see. But I need Chester to finish C-6 top and bottom so we have enough space. And I want him to go on the top of C-6 so we have a mangers's house (you can stay below if you want) and a business office""

2. March 2006, I stated the following to the owner of Calico Jacks Resort, Ydahlia Williams"CJV gets many searches for Tobacco Caye. Tobacco Caye is accessed mostly access from Dangriga. According to the Belize guide book, there are two lodges on Tobacco Caye and it is a very nice island. We should take advantage of CJV keywords positions in the search engine and generate additional revenue for the resort though commissions by referrals to other resorts.To get started, Tobacco Caye for instance, CJV needs to contact the lodges on Tobacco Caye and introduce herself and negotiate a partnership for referrals. After the partnership is sealed, we feature the Lodges packages on CJV Tobacco Caye and so book Tobacco Caye vacations and tours.There are other keywords that CJV can use to generate income. For example, CJV received many Sapodilla Caye and Blue Hole searches. Blue hole diving and the sapodilla caye can generate income for CJV though CJV's partnerships with other resorts in the ar

How does Calico Jacks Village Resort site, Calicojacksvillage.com, compare against other resort sites in Belize? The response is not very good. Evergreen or whoever is going to have to be paid more for more hours. Either he underestimated the competition or he was just full of shit and didn't care.Evergreen sales pitch was , "Our guarantee is pretty simple. We guarantee you first page organic search engine listings. It is in writing in the attached marketing agreement.Out of a possible 144 first page listings your site has 15. Your site has zero first page listings on AllTheWeb, zero on AltaVista, three on Ask, eight on Google, three on MSN, and one on Yahoo. Don't be too discouraged. This is pretty typical for websites which have not been optimized for top search engine listings. Currently you are missing more visitors and business each month then you are getting. Not to worry. We will fix this problem for you. I am glad Liz referred me to you. We can help."1. Evergreen's assessmen

Below is a sample of the keywords, 2005-06, which brought traffic and bookings to Calico Jacks Resort. The list below is a sample of 3000 keywords. Calico Jacks Village website placed in first and the top 5 positions for high volume keywords, such as Belize. The high volume keywords are not necessarily the high conversion keywords. For example, Xunantunich keywords could bring in more bookings that "Belize tours".Do you see xunantunich on EverGreen's list or WHALE SHARKS? This was because he didn't know anything about what Belize have to offer.yellowfin tuna fishingyellow fin tuna fishingxunantunich toursXunantunich temple of belizeXunantunich ResortXunantunich Plaza tour reviewxunantunich myan ruinxunantunich mayan templesxunantunich mayan siteXunantunich Mayaxunantunich festivitiesXunantunich El CastilloXUNANTUNICH EL CASTILLOxunantunich discoveryxunantunich castleXunantunichXuantunich Belizexuanantunichwooden cabanaswildland adventures reviewswild tree lifewild santuarywild dolph

7. 2004, The 2004 manager of Calico Jacks Resort, stated the following, "I was doing a google search "Belize holidays" and guess who was on page 1 - thanks to you and your work!!""Also, needed some info. the other day on whale sharks to flower up an email I was writing so did a google search by typing: Belize whale sharkand the top 3 sites were Calico Jack's Village. Super!!!""You have us covered from one end to the other when it comes to searching."

1. August 2005, I stated the following to the owner of Calico Jacks Village, Ydahlia Williams"I checked CJV rank on MSN for all the keywords that are in CJV meta tags on the home page. Since the keywords in the tags are the keywords for which we want top placements. Have a look at the spreadsheet attached. Cjv is 4th of 36,410,596 for "vacation packages"Guess who is number 1 in the world for snorkeling on msn??? http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=snorkeling&FORM=QBREbelize3belize snorkeling1belize snorkeling packages1belize snorkeling vacation1belize vacation1belize vacation packages1calico jacks resort1calico jack's resort1calico jacks village1calico jack's village1snorkeling1vacation packages4I compared CJV position against magnum and greendragonbelize, a new competitor with over 3,000 pages."The owner of Calico Jacks Resort replied with the following, "this result reflects great skill, patience, perserverance and hard work"

Blogging is a crazy game.The sheer size of the internet means you can always get more traffic, and the best way to do so is to spark a little controversy, however unintentionally. [Ed: words to live by.] Take Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters' new blog fastlane.dot.gov, for example. In Ms Peters' rush to create "a true on-line community," she didn't realize the name "Fastlane" has already been taken by GM, no less. While it's great to see government and industry competing rather than colluding, you'd think that Peters could have had an intern do a quick Google search for "fastlane blog." As Ms. Peters says "If I'm going to insist on twenty-first century solutions for our transportation system, I better communicate in a twen