Premiering Tonight: Dark Blue
July 15th, 2009SeanLeave a commentGo to comments .fullpost{display:inline;}An initial thought that came to mind while watching the pilot episode of TNT’s new cop drama Dark Blue: the script writers must have watched a million undercover-cop movies when they were kids. My second thought was a question: are they paying homage to these classic films or have they seeped so far into their subconscious they can’t help writing in cliches?Whichever the case may be, the show comes across, save for a bi Excerpt from: Premiering Tonight: Dark Blue
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News Facts • Organizations across key industries in Asia Pacific continue to adopt or expand implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle Business Intelligence, and Oracle Applications for their strategic company-wide business systems. • “Cost pressures and increasing IT complexity are all catalysts right now causing customers to adopt pre-integrated products and move away from customized environments,” said Steve Au Yeung, Senior Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific. “Reducing the complexity of the enterprise IT environment is one of the great innovations Oracle has brought to the technology industry
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While I should be focused on writing the paper I am presenting at the Arts in Society conference in Venice in exactly two weeks, I am continually side-tracked by what is becoming an all consuming concern of how does a relatively new small gallery survive in the new economy? I have watched three other galleries close in my east side neighbourhood over the past few months: Ninette Gyorody’s Studio Nine Gallery on Queen St East, Svava Juliusson’s LIST Gallery on the Danforth, and a gallery on Pape at Danforth
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Art Galleries in the New Economy
Filed under: Style in the News Scarlett Johansson strikes a sultry pose for her new Mango campaign. Are they now selling ripped pantyhose? Photo courtesy of Mango Scarlett Johansson has been relatively low-key when it comes to promoting her music career, but these new ads for Mango send the message loud and clear: Johansson is one hot rock chick! The actress appears to be doing her best Debbie Harry impression in Mango’s Fall/Winter 2009 campaign , just released.
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Scarlett Johansson for Mango – Her Rockin’ Ad Campaign
Fisk University’s exultant press release , summarizing yesterday’s 19-page decision by the Tennessee Court of Appeals that keeps alive the university’s hope to monetize its Stieglitz Collection, misleadingly suggests that the proposed collection-sharing arrangement with Alice Walton ’s Crystal Bridges Museum is nearly a done deal: Fisk University announced today that the Tennessee Court of Appeals had ruled in its favor and had reversed a decision of the Davidson County Chancery Court, w Here is the original post: Fisk-Walton News Flash: Appeals Court Decision Puts Collection-Sharing Deal Back in Play
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Fisk-Walton News Flash: Appeals Court Decision Puts Collection-Sharing Deal Back in Play
If you’re in San Francisco, CA please join us! Little Paper Planes presents: Buddy System opening this Thursday in San Francisco CA, July 16 from 7-9pm and running through August 30, 2009 at Rare Device 1845 Market St. San Francisco, CA Caitlin Gallupe / Victoria, BC + Bridget Moser / Montreal, QB Claire Grill / Queens, NY + Aline Cautis / Chicago, IL David Wilson / Berkeley, CA + Nathaniel Russell / Oakland, CA Jess Wheaton / San Francisco, CA + Matt Momchilov / San Fr Continued here: Buddysystem – Little Paper Planes Show
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Buddysystem – Little Paper Planes Show
I read an interesting post about “Free” as a component of a business model. I encourage you to go read the whole post on Techdirt , but the bit I’m interested in is here, where Mike Masnick presents, and then disagrees with, an argument against the use of “free” – Unfortunately, both Pogue and Poole then use this to bash the entire concept of free-based business models, with Poole getting unnecessarily offensive in his response: “I’ll call it, for short, “the Slashdot argument”
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Give it away and pray
When scouring the web for information about online marketing and community building, one of the topics that frequently surfaces is the importance of being genuine. The popular sentiment among online marketers and social media experts seems to be that being sincere is a key part of developing trust and building a relationship with a reader, a client, or an entire community. This should not be a hard thing to do.
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa After hearing from JB and Lindsey how fantastic the breakfast was at the Majeka House, Amy and I made sure that we woke up in time to enjoy it today. Got a wake up call for 8:00 in order to change and make it down to breakfast by 9:00. The spread was very extensive. There was a cold buffet with fruits, breads, cheeses, and fish. I loaded up on the first trip. Then, while we were eating, a waiter came around to ask what sort of hot breakfast we wanted. Since I developed a food hangover from dinner the night before, I just stuck with the cold breakfast. Amy enjoyed the standard South African hot breakfast which included eggs (any way), sausage, bacon, grilled tomato, grilled mushrooms, and toast. Similar breakfast to what we got at the airport in Jo’burg, and as we would find out, same across the rest of our stay in the country. After breakfast, we all jumped into the car and headed to Spier . Amy was excited to go to this winery because they had a cheetah outreach program on the grounds. As we entered the cheetah compound, we first had to pay 2 rand each to go in. Then we came to another area with a cash register. You can pay 90 rand to pet an adult cheetah, or 180 rand to visit a baby cheetah, which we are told includes holding one. The second I heard that, I knew we were about to spend double to see the baby cheetahs (Amy is so predictable). So Amy, JB, and I all pay our 180 rand while Lindsey took pictures from outside the cage (never found out whether she was cheap or scurred). We start to enter the area, but first get directed on all of the rules. The trainer tells us the cheetahs are 8 months old, both male (brothers), and are still a little aggressive. We enter and boy are we suckers. Eight month old cheetahs look almost full grown, and there is definitely no way for us to pick them up and hold them. Not to mention it starts to rain at this point, and the cheetahs are quite restless in the rain. The trainer makes us stay behind him at all times as the cheetahs start to circle us (good thing I signed that waiver so Spier wasn’t responsible if I got mauled). The rain finally subsided and the cheetahs lied down long enough for us to pet them and take some pictures. After that the trainer asked us if we were done, he couldn’t get us out of there fast enough.
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Screwed by Ginja – Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Filed under: Style in the News David Beckham would not risk his marriage for Angelina Jolie! Photos: Getty Images David Beckham stands by his woman! Rumors have been swirling that pouty-lipped Angelina Jolie would replace Victoria Beckham in the next Emporio Armani Underwear campaign , which means that Jolie would star alongside Posh’s hubby David Beckham in little more than a bra and underwear! Beckham denied the rumors yesterday during his surprise visit to a children’s soccer camp in El Segundo, Calif. The soccer star told Extra , “I don’t think that’s true.
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa We didn’t get a wake up call this morning thinking that we would have no problem waking up in time for breakfast (which ended at 10). However at 10:15, the phone rang and it was the waiter at the restaurant wondering if we were coming down or if he should put the food away. We felt terrible that they kept the food out for us for so long, so I told them to just clear the food away. After waking Amy, we got ready and met JB and Lindsey, who enjoyed their breakfast on time (and made sure to tell us how fantastic it was), to start the days events. The weather was overcast, but at least the rain was holding off. We decided to head north and work our way back towards Tokara (which is supposed to have an excellent lunch spot) and then eventually our hotel. The first stop was Simonsig . I thought the wine at Ken Forrester was good, Simonsig was even better. They make champagne (well sparkling wine) in addition to red and white wine. Similar to Avontuur you could only make 5 selections from the list. This made it difficult since Amy wanted to share a tasting again and she prefers champagne. We started off with 2 champagnes, and then Amy said I could pick the rest. By the time we got to the reserves, we only had one more selection. Not the best pre-planning, but the pourer said that he would give us a taste of all 3 reserves since we traveled so far. I really enjoyed the Frans Malan Reserve which is a blend of pinotage (which is a blend of pinot noir and hermitage) and cab sauv. We ended up purchasing a bottle since it was much better than the 180 rand price tag would suggest. Our next stop was to L’Avenir . Situated on top of the hill off the main road, L’Avenir is known for their pinotage (which winery isn’t in South Africa). The wine maker is french and decided to open wineries in South Africa and Chile. The wines were very good and JB purchased a bottle which is best if aged 8 years (we will see about that one). The pourer asks us how we found out about the winery. Besides the huge building on top of the hill with the name plastered on the side of it, we read about L’Avenir in Travel + Leisure . It was one of the 10 lesser known wineries of the area. She then tells us how she was trying to convince the owners to make an even bigger sign to really bring in business. Personally I think that would be overkill, but we just nodded and agreed with her. Afterward we asked her what other wineries we should try and her recommendation was Bellevue, for very good pinotage (but not as good as L’Avenir).
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37th Best Restaurant in the World – Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Jump to the full entry & travel map Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa After a 4 hour nap, I was woken by the breakfast bell. We had the choice of eggs or pancakes. Unfortunately Lindsey and I made the incorrect choice of pancakes. There were 3 small pancakes stacked, then cut in half. They also tasted as they just came out of the microwave instead of the griddle. It’s not that my expectations were high, but it has been about 11 hours since we last ate, or maybe I was mad at myself since the eggs were a big hit with everyone else. The meal also came with a croissant, some fruit, and a juice box. After breakfast, I took a peak at the satellite map and noticed we were over land. It was still dark at this time, but it was exciting to know we were that much closer to stepping foot in Africa. After a funny episode of Two and a Half Men , where the half man goes to his first boy-girl party, I noticed the sun was coming out. We were about an hour away from Jo’burg at this point and the excitement was really building. Amy moved back to the seat next to me from her sleeper sofa and we prepared for landing.
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Jump to the full entry & travel map San Francisco, California, United States Time flies… It’s been almost a month, it was great, trying to record the itineraries while still fresh… First, the flight I T I N E R A R Y : 5/22: SFO – LON Found a pretty good deal with AA from SFO – LON , return from BCN – SFO , one short stop in JFK
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Rubies are the traditional birthstone for people born in July and the anniversary gemstone for the 15th and 40th years of marriage. Rubies are just one of the most highly sought after gems in history and symbolic of everlasting love. It was called “ Rajnapura ” or King of Gems by ancient Hindus and was said to ward off evil. The following selections from Blue Nile are sure to bring a smile to someone you love on her birthday or your anniversary.
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Which household-name NYC designer, who has dressed and befriended that unbelievably hunky, married, singing-dancing actor, is telling pals that actually yes, he is indeed gay? Which bi coastal businessman who used to date that internationally famous model-actress (who’s now engaged to someone else) says that she’s completely nuts? That might be because of her largely-unreported-on fondness for the booger-sugar
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Gay Blades & Addictive Actresses – Cut The Labels, 7/15/09
I also plan to turn some of these images into separate posters and paintings….I’m not sure if the one on the top left is a simlish version of a real painting (Art is not my forte), but I recognized the other four!…I’ve finished extracting all the Sims 3 paintings/posters/random textures for a new set of Simlish Bulletin Boards (someone requested that at ModTheSims)….My favorite hands down is the “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting…. View original here: Ultimate Simlish Art
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This information is provided courtesy of 1800Gospel.com! Please visit the website for more great information on gospel music! Always Sisters Forever Brothers Conference To Be Held in July Gospel music artist CeCe Winans is having her Always Sisters Forever Brothers conference on July 24-25 at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. According to the website, the agenda includes a variety of issues—from date violence to teen pregnancy, eating disorders to absent fathers, and how certain choic Continued here: Always Sisters Forever Brothers Conference To Be Held in July
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Amman, Jordan I got to Amman late morning, arived in some bus station god knows where and then went past all the bullshit of there is no bus to the centre, there is no shared taxi blah blah blah. I got in a shared taxi to the centre, found the hostel without too much trouble and spent day one socialising with a cool new bunch of people including a whole load of peace core whatever the hell that is! They are hear for a big party for independance day (today) and we allwent out last night, I ate loads of food, 1/2 a kilo of cherries, falafal, hummus bread and salad and had a wonderful chery shisha – I feel fat now though! I also went with an American dude to the citidel, high up above Amman to see the sun set – it was beautiful – Amman at 1st glance is a great city – I really like it here. P.S Th drunk Swedish guy from Petra
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Wonderfuly Friendly Amman – Amman, Jordan
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cairo, Egypt Sightseeing in Cairo & Luxor by flight from Hurghada 415 $ Day 1: Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up by air-conditioned modern van from your hotel in Hurghada to Hurghada Airport for flaying to Cairo. Meet & assist at Cairo International Airport then transfer to visit Giza pyramids (Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos), the Sphinx and the Valley temple. Refresh and have a Lunch at local restaurant then transfer to visit the Egyptian Museum, the largest of Egyptian antiquities museum all over the world, it houses around 250,000 antique pieces covering the whole history of ancient Egypt. Then to Khan El-Khalily for shopping, and at the evening transfer to the airport for flying to Luxor.
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