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HONORING A LIFETIME OF SERVICE — Family members of former Hudson County Sheriff, longtime youth athletics coach and Lincoln High School football star the late Peter J. DiNardo recently attended a ceremony unveiling a plaque commemorating the renaming of the Hudson County Youth Detention Center's Gymnasium in Secaucus "The Peter J. DiNardo Jr. Memorial Gymnasium." On hand for the ceremony were, f

Rafael Nadal's tennis career reached new heights when he won the Wimbledon men's crow last week, and it has further skyrocketed this week when an asteroid was named after him following his epic Wimbledon victory. The request to name the lump of rock after the man who ended Roger Federer's five-year reign as Wimbledon champion came from an astronomical observatory on Nadal's home island of

As the part of its World’s Best Award 2007, the prestigious New York based travel magazine Travel + Leisure has just named Bali as The World’s Top Island for the sixth consecutive years. Despite of our pride in getting such a glorious International appreciation, it is interesting to find out why Bali has been so attractive to International holiday makers, this way all stakeholders of travel

David Replaces Soriano on NL RosterWell, justice has been served....Mets' 3B David Wright will be an All-Star after all. Cubs' OF Alfonso Soriano, who was voted in by the fans even though he's been on the DL for the past month and cannot play, was deactivated and replaced by Wright.Mets Seeking Corner OFWord has it that Xavier Nady is back on the Mets radar. With Moises Alou's career probably ove

EXCLUSIVE: Megan Fox named the world's sexiest woman by an annual online poll - these pictures show why, originally uploaded by priyanka_hw. Megan Fox named the world's sexiest woman by an annual online poll - these pictures show why... These pictures are why Megan Fox was named the world's sexiest woman by an annual online poll, while the world's most Googled woman, Britney Spears, barely s

Eight new natural wonders, including the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico and what has been dubbed "the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean," have been added to the World Heritage... Your News is the place where wonderful, funny, and amazing things exist. This blog delivers informative news in the easiest way.

NICOLAS CAGE has been named the top celebrity comicbook geek in a new poll by website PulpSecret. The accolade for the 44-year-old National Treasure star follows his new Virgin Comics series, Voodoo Child, which launched last year....

Arkadiy Dobkin, EPAM Founder, Chairman and CEO, was named winner of the Entrepreneur Of The Year®2008 award in New Jersey, Information Technology Consulting category, organized by Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. According to Ernst & Young, the awards are given to entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, fi

USA. Each year Argonne offers these special postdoctoral fellowships to be awarded internationally on an annual basis to outstanding doctoral scientists and engineers who are at early points in promising careers. The fellowships are named after scientific and technical luminaries who have been associated with the laboratory, its predecessors and the University of Chicago since [...]

As the part of its World’s Best Award 2007, the prestigious New York based travel magazine Travel + Leisure has just named Bali as The World’s Top Island for the sixth consecutive years.Despite of our pride in getting such a glorious International appreciation, it is interesting to find out why Bali has been so attractive to International holiday makers, this way all stakeholders of travel

Couple killed in bike crash namedDoncaster Today, UK - Jul 7, 2008Darren Boocock, 40 and his wife, Sharon, 39, were killed when their silver Triumph Sprint motorcycle collided with a lorry on the A631 between Tickhill and ...Tragic Speedway couple's son 'an inspiration' The StarHusband and wife killed in motorcycle crash Dinnington TodaySon devastated as T

That donkey's name is Radar.I am not much for horses. They are nice to look at, but the way they look at me with their eyes makes me nervous. It feels like they can read me much better than I can read them, which means that they have the upper hand, which means that they I feel like I'm lunch.The large brown butt on the right belongs to a horse that was not much for me, either. We stood a good

A three year old Hampshire gilt pig was named "Miss Slope Oak" Sunday, beating out a solid group of local girls for the honor.  "This ain't a beauty contest, it's a talent contest," said Abel Spotsman, one of the judges for the event.  "And even if it was a beauty contest, that there's a pretty pig."Spotsman, whose own daughter April was a contestant in the pageant, said he figured he'd

YTB Travelmore a leading YTB team and Internet travel marketing expert has been the first YTB RTA to be given the prestigious designation of "YTB Outdoors Certified Booking Agent"."Only a select YTB RTA's will be allowed to hold the YTB Outdoors Certified Booking Agent designation", according to Lindsay Hunter, founder of Hunt'n Biz and YTB Outdoors". "YTB Travelmore won the designation because of

All of my life I've had a fascination with guns. I used to follow my uncles to the range and sit there with sheer fascination. Every time a gun would go off, it would send goosebumps through my body. Back then, I knew when I got older I wanted a job where I'd be able to use weapons, responsibly. I think I was the only little girl who had dreams of being a detective or sharp shooter. Go figure. Ins

A reader has a similar formula in thousands of cells on dozens of worksheets and needs to regularly change the formula. This should be a perfect time to use the Named Formula option, but you will discover that this seemingly simple task is incredibly hard. It takes 4+ minutes for Bill to walk you through a maze of functions such as INDIRECT, ROW, COLUMN, and ADDRESS just to set up a simple named f

While many know that you can assign a Name to a cell or a range of cells, you can also assign a constant value to a name. Episode 148 explains why you might want to do this.Read more about this video…Want to control this feed contents? Sign up here and create your own feed!Want more on these topics?Browse the archive of posts filed under Microsoft, Screencasts

Create easier to understand formulas with named ranges. Episode 147 will show you how.Read more about this video…Want to control this feed contents? Sign up here and create your own feed!Want more on these topics?Browse the archive of posts filed under Microsoft, Screencasts

A friend let me know that there was a quick segment of inexpensive weekend getaways on the Today Show.  They had guest Samantha Brown from the Travel Channel list 5 (I think) destinations including Austin, Texas, Orlando (inexpensive?), and our very own Portsmouth, NH. Portsmouth is a great place and contrary to what some may feel in town, it is still pretty inexpensive compared to all that i

Thailand has been named as the most favorite Asian vacation destinationamong Scandinavian visitors, according to the Thai Tourism Authorityoffice in Sweden.The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s StockholmOffice Director Manit Boonchim said that Swedish tourists have votedfor this country as their most favorite place in Asia. This isaccording to an impressively high number of Swedish tourists toThai

The South East Automotive Media Organization (SEAMO) selected the Land Rover LRX as the 2008 North American Concept Truck of the Year. The seventh annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards was held last evening at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Mich.

A veteran of 13 big league seasons, Jermaine Dye has seen it all. That's why the White Sox slugger is not at all surprised by the way he's been swinging the bat lately. During last week's Interleague Play, Dye terrorized National League pitchers by hitting .417 (10-for-24) while launching five home runs and 13 RBIs. The 34-year-old right fielder, who also clubbed three doubles and scored 10 runs

Have you ever wondered where the word "Easter" comes from?The Britannica Encyclopedia (1934) states:“EASTER (es’ter). Ostara, or Eastre, was the goddess of Spring in the religion of the ancient Angles and Saxons. Every April a festival was celebrated in her honor. With the beginnings of Christianity, the old gods were put aside. From then on the festival was celebrated in honor of the resurrec

Knute Rockne remains a giant of the game nearly eight decades after his premature death. Had he been only a master strategist, the Rockne name would not carry the weight that it does. Had he been only a master showman and salesman, he wouldn't be remembered any more than the guy who invented the homecoming parade. What makes Rockne one of the faces of college football is that he played both roles

The Steak n Shake Company (SNS) today announced that its current board member, Sardar Biglari, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing interim Chairman Wayne L. Kelley. Mr. Kelley will remain on the Board of Directors and will retain his position as Interim Chief Executive Officer until the Company concludes its search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer. Biglari is

Retired TECO Energy chief legal counsel Sheila McDevitt will take the helm of the Board of Governors that oversees public universities, after having served as second-in-command for two years. The 17-member Board this afternoon elected McDevitt to be its chairwoman,...

JAMIE LYNN SPEARS has given birth. JAMIE LYNN SPEARS has given birth. Oh, yeah and did I mention, dude, JAMIE LYNN SPEARS has totally given birth [Website - TheLostGirl’s Blog]! Little SPEARS, 17, and her fiance CASEY ALDRIDGE, 19, had a 7pound 11 ounce baby girl via C-Section, named MADDIE BRIANN, on Thursday morning, at [...]

The Home Office has announced that it is  ‘naming and shaming’ companies that flout the law by employing illegal immigrants, on it’s website from 19th June. They have revealed that 35 companies have already been fined, mostly small fast food businesses, with fines ranging from £5,000 to £22,500. The highest fines have been handed out to Besmullah Car [...]

Former Kansas and Minnesota assistant coach Tim Allen is the new Director of Football Operations at Michigan State University.  Allen, assumed the duties on June 13, was an assistant with current Spartans head coach Mark Dantonio on Glen Mason’s coaching staff at the University of Kansas in the early 1990’s.  Allen replaces Mike Volmar, who [...]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has named the Texas CD 7 contest between Democrat Michael Skelly and Republican incumbent John Culberson an “emerging race,” notes Swing State Project. The DCCC has also set up an Act Blue page for its Emerging Races here. And, there is more good news! Skelly’s race could, as am Emerging Race, qualify for the DSCC’s “Red

Phew. We can all have a sigh of relief. Uwe Boll will have absolutely nothing to do with the Gears of War movie. He will undoubtedly have a couple of opinions about the movie and its creators, but we can all choose to ignore that if we want. Len Wiseman was named as the man that will [...]

“This is another important announcement for our hockey club,” said Mike Gillis. “Ryan’s experiences as a player and motivator will be a great asset to our coaching staff. He has proven himself in the game of hockey and business to be successful at everything he does.” Coach Alain Vigneault said: “I believe strongly that Ryan’s skills will complement Rick and I very well,” said Vig

Ted is a great toy for your little dog! It's fuzzy and less than six inches long with arms and legs and a head to hang onto, and it squeaks! Ted is made of new, colorfast materials and the squeaker is puncture-resistant and self-sealing. Machine wash and line dry Ted. Good as new!

Kevin Federline has been named Father of the Year by Las Vegas club Prive. “I’m surprised,” Federline said when asked how it felt to win the title. Britney’s ex, 30, hit up the club with eight male pals — including divorce attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan — just before 1 a.m. Saturday morning. Federline — also named a Power [...]

Over 4,000 in China named 'Olympic Games': More than 4,000 Chinese have been named "Aoyun (奥运)" or "Olympic Games" in an apparent nod to the Beijing Olympics, state media reported Wednesday.According to the police-run centre for information on identity, 92 percent of the 4,104 Chinese who were registered under the given name of "Aoyun" were males, the Beijing Youth Daily reported."Aoyun" in Ch

The Toyota Yaris has been named Green Car of the Year 2008 by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The announcement comes ahead of the start of Green Transport Week (14 – 22 June). The ETA developed their annual Green Car Buyer’s Guide after reviewing more than 1300 vehicles currently on sale in the UK. Research for [...]

I’ve talked about our little house guest before.  If You don’t remember Bob, read this first.  Go on.  I’ll wait.  OK; back?  What did you think?  Crafty little S.O.B. isn’t he?  Well, he brought a friend with him this time.  He smuggled him in through the one thing that was designed to protect us: medicine.  [...]

Amodu named new Super Eagles boss | World Cup 2010 South AfricaShare and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Source: www.worldcup2010southafrica.org.uk

SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Once again highlighting its commitment to holding the most technologically-savvy convention in Republican Party history, the 2008 Republican National Convention today named Microsoft Corporation as its Official Technology Provider."Microsoft stands as one of America's success stories, always at the leading edge of technology," convention President and CEO Maria Cino said. "Our

According to Forbes magazine's 2008 Oprah Winfrey has been named as the world's most powerful celebrity. The US TV talk show queen topped the annual 100 list beating Tiger Woods and Angelina Jolie.It's said that the Forbes list is designed to reflect the influence of a celebrity in any one-year and it looks at how much a celebrity is paid, and how much press, internet and TV coverage they get.Star

According to Forbes magazine’s 2008 Oprah Winfrey has been named as the world’s most powerful celebrity. The US TV talk show queen topped the annual 100 list beating Tiger Woods and Angelina Jolie. It’s said that the Forbes list is designed to reflect the influence of a celebrity in any one year and it looks at [...]

Hollywood celebrity Jessica Alba has named her newborn daughter Honor Marie. Alba and hubby Cash Warren welcomed their first child at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles over the weekend, reports The Sun. The ’Fantastic four’ star announced that she was expecting a baby last December. The couple got engaged after announcing their baby news and quietly wed in the Beverly Hills

Now that you all know about one of Mike's more embarrassing tidbits, I thought I might share the story of how we met. I actually get asked all the time. Consider this me answering some reader mail. I met Mike at a now-defunct Karaoke Bar called the...

QUETTA: Syed Irshad Hussain has been appointed new Inspector General of Balochistan Police and a government notification to this effect has been issued. His predecessor Saud Gauhar has been directed to relinquish the charge of the office and report to the establishment division. . via iBeginShare.attachButton('share-tool-867582405', {title: 'Irshad Hussain named new I.G. Police Balochistan', [..

Named the brand ambassador for ESPN for the mega event, John is gung-ho about the tournament. Speaking to Goal.com, John said, “I have been following Germany since a long time right from the days of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.” The former model’s love for football is well-known as he captained his school team and wanted to take it up as a career. When asked why he did not, “because of studi

Vocus’ Chief Financial Officer Named CFO of the Year Steve Vintz recognized as Top Financial Leader by Northern Virginia Technology Council. (PRWeb Jun 4, 2008) Read the full story at [...]

Media NewsNew Delhi, June 05, 2008Bollywood star Katrina Kaif was voted at the No. 1 spot in FHM India's 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll, fending off competition from the likes of Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson, singers Rihanna and Madonna, Bollywood superstars like Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Bipasha Basu, supermodels like Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen,

The 2008 Hyundai Azera was awarded the “Consumers’ Top Rated Vehicle Award” in the $15,000 - $25,000 sedan category by Edmunds.com’s visitors. The 2008 Azera received the average highest rating from the site’s audience as of April 30, 2008. Edmunds.com tabulated the results for 21 award categories by evaluating the feedback of thousands of site visitors. Awards were given for coupes,

Robbie Deans has wasted little time in naming his first Australian squad - 30 players, with 6 newcomers.Much like Graham Henry's team, there's a good mix of old and new, with veteran center Stirling Mortlock named as captain. Australia has seen some of it's greatest players move on from last year, but Deans is the right man to find replacements for the likes of George Gregan and Stephen Larkham -

According to CNNMoney.com, Humana reported this week that it has been named a defendant in a class action.  The class, comprising participants and beneficiaries of the Humana Retirement and Savings Plan and the Humana Puerto Rico Plan, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Kentucky on May 1, 2008, alleging violations of the Employment Retirement [...]

The next version of Mac OS X is code-named "Snow Leopard," and will indeed be Intel-only, we have learned. This info is hot on the heels of TUAW's original scoop about Mac OS X 10.6 being readied for shipment as soon as Macworld 2009 and being Intel-only. "[via ars technica]

  More sassy photos from Miley Ray Cyrus‘ new music video for ‘7 Things.’ I wonder who Bret is?! Thanks to Miley Online for these stunning images! Oh, and does anyone know why she’s flashing around her hypoglycemia medical tag? 10+ under!  

Racing Information Services Australia has ordered the owners of racehorse Aydee Fic to rename him. Aydee Fic is Arabic, roughly translated it means "f*** you"."I was only having a bit of fun. That was the third name I submitted on the list of possible names. It's a sanitised world now. The minority rules," said "culprit" Rodney Lane. The horse will now be known as Journey On.Over time a number of

Posted on June 4th, 2008 8:03 amTHG NOTE: If your ex-wife were Britney Spears, anyone would look extremely stable by comparison. Heck, even putting on pants sets you apart. Just in time for Father’s Day, the Las Vegas club Prive will award the papa of Sean Preston and Jayden James (with Britney) and Kori and Kaleb (with Debbie Clemens Shar Jackson) its “father of the year” status. It’s

“You’ve got to be kidding!”, my own sister said to me. That’s right. Kevin Federline aka K-Fed aka That Mo-Fo that did Britney wrong, will be given the “Father of the Year” award later this month by Prive Las Vegas, a Las Vegas club. Federline is the father of four, two of the children are with [...]

Seems like I get asked at least once a week how to determine if an assembly is strongly named. To detect if an assembly is strongly named in .NET use the SN.exe tool included with Visual Studio and the .NET SDK. sn -T assembly To determine if the assembly is targeted for IL (any cpu), 32 bit or 64 bit corflags assembly powered by Bloget™ - "One File, One Binary, One Blog"

Seems like I get asked at least once a week how to determine if an assembly is strongly named. To detect if an assembly is strongly named in .NET use the SN.exe tool included with Visual Studio and the .NET SDK. sn -T assembly To determine if the assembly is targeted for IL (any cpu), 32 bit or 64 bit corflags assembly powered by Bloget™ - "One File, One Binary, One Blog"

Steven Greenbaum and Brian Spindel Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2008 Award Finalists in the Rocky Mountain Region DENVER, Colorado– PostNet International Franchise Corporation today announced that Steven J. Greenbaum, CEO, and Brian Spindel, President/COO, are finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2008 Award in [...]

Reflecting the sentiments of automobile consumers, on May 28 BMW was named the top leader of Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index™ in the categories of Best Brand and Luxury Utility for its 2008 X5 Sports Activity Vehicle. The San Diego research firm based its Total Quality Experience™ rankings on the ratings received by new vehicle [...]

The “Chicago Sun-Times” reported Monday that the Chicago Bulls may announce the hiring of once and future head coach Doug Collins as soon as Wednesday. The report says that the deal could be finalized on Tuesday and Collins introduced as the Bulls new bench boss at a media conference the following day. Collins who has [...]

Ronaldo named Red Cross ambassadorPortugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is the ambassador for the UEFA EURO 2008™ Score for the Red Cross campaignPortugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has been named ambassador for the UEFA EURO 2008™ Score for the Red Cross online fundraising campaign which kicked off on 26 March.Purchase virtual goalsInternet users will be able to help their favourite side win the title of Mos

Media NewsNew Delhi, May 31, 2008EXL Service (NASDAQ: EXLS), a leading provider of transformation and outsourcing solutions, today announced that Executive Chairman Vikram Talwar has been selected as a finalist for The Metro New York Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2008 Award. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary

The named_scope method in Rails 2.1 makes performing finds on models very elegant and convenient. See how in this episode.Read more about this video…Want to control this feed contents? Sign up here and create your own feed!Want more on these topics?Browse the archive of posts filed under Databases, Development, Frameworks, Ruby, Screencasts, Ruby On Rails

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that it has been named Grand Marshall for the 40th Annual Tecate SCORE International Baja 500 Thursday, May 29 – Sunday, June 1 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Volkswagen, which has powered hundreds of class wins in off-road racing over the past 40 years in Baja, including thirteen overall [...]

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Dale Earnhardt Inc. fans will see a familiar face calling the shots for driver Regan Smith at Dover.Dan Stillman, most recently car chief of the No. 55 Toyota at Michael Waltrip Racing, will take the reins as crew chief of the No. 01 Chevrolet this weekend at the Monster Mile.Stillman previously was a shock and spring engineer at DEI before becoming the crew chief for Paul Men

Its official, Prince William is the world’s hottest royal in the top honour from the forbes.com list; he beat his brother Prince Harry to the top spot. In the top 20 list, the royals have a combined fortune of $60 billion as well as 15 royal lineages. In the top 20 list, all the royals [...]

Celebrity who named their babies after a common food. Namely, Halle Berry, Isla Fisher, Julianna Margulies and Gabrielle Reece.Isla Fisher named her daughter Olive. The feisty Australian redhead, famous for playing a crazed but spunky love maniac in Wedding Crashers, doesn't like to plan things too far out. She and her longtime fiance, the funny Borat and Ali G star Sacha Baron Cohen, saw their a

Everybody I know who has a dog usually calls him "Rover" or "Spot". I call mine Sex. Now, Sex has been very embarrassing to me. When I went to the City Hall to renew the dog's license, I told the clerk that I would like a license for Sex. He said, "I would like to have one too!" Then I said, "But she is a dog!" He said he didn.............

digg_url = '-declares-war-on-a-wigger-named-916power/'; This Memorial Day in 2008, Anonymous has declared war on a on a pre-pubescent caucasian boy who goes by the YouTube account 916power. The kid has since closed his account, for a very good reason. First off let me introduce you… And… After seeing these videos, YouTube user FadedHolySoldier decided the kid needed a [...]