tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22817775650443433892024-03-19T05:56:21.326-04:00Blog All About ItSamantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-20693548691231215692009-06-01T14:25:00.003-04:002009-06-01T15:01:04.169-04:00Advertisements Around The World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyZ7-IlZ42WqRu06ugXh6CcnwcxWYIcaP96rD2Jo7acxzf7eIVFj2Qw76pPVhnbJMfc37TZzEoqCPQmokPlmiw25euV8zZ79_3LYpS7MfIMVKLY2ACB-t99HLJ4zE4-fJoC-Pt_8NmPDr/s1600-h/creativeadvertisements15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyZ7-IlZ42WqRu06ugXh6CcnwcxWYIcaP96rD2Jo7acxzf7eIVFj2Qw76pPVhnbJMfc37TZzEoqCPQmokPlmiw25euV8zZ79_3LYpS7MfIMVKLY2ACB-t99HLJ4zE4-fJoC-Pt_8NmPDr/s400/creativeadvertisements15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427314788161202" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Fitness Company placed "heavy weights" in various subways in New York City.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_p5L9xmHjTBBM4cbLPNjOpmEwIKJ1Le8yyQx-7KjcB6SBdgKrzK3XHKFwrWohCHHKKj2URFXt-WQn35F6jjIKgoVHvvAvacVqDrJPG8fxKTqxbfZjOI28USn4Mu40Qp02zm2hDsLUpiP/s1600-h/creativeadvertisements11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_p5L9xmHjTBBM4cbLPNjOpmEwIKJ1Le8yyQx-7KjcB6SBdgKrzK3XHKFwrWohCHHKKj2URFXt-WQn35F6jjIKgoVHvvAvacVqDrJPG8fxKTqxbfZjOI28USn4Mu40Qp02zm2hDsLUpiP/s400/creativeadvertisements11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427198608842130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Stickers were placed in parking locations in Malaysia to deliver the message that M-Tech Plasma HID Lights are 300% brighter than regular headlights. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6cxM8FwzMcDW-L2i16YTKvAUvcRyK9XbI_NOHuL0fsR7XRkUnUa-tYKRlsd-ckYkjT59lTRUDB0ua_PMdXWPq1GKLXQCDmqpifJKb-Gk1tzbs2hTXKQzRAO40Jf5aivqtNOmVQBmzfvz/s1600-h/creativeadvertisements05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6cxM8FwzMcDW-L2i16YTKvAUvcRyK9XbI_NOHuL0fsR7XRkUnUa-tYKRlsd-ckYkjT59lTRUDB0ua_PMdXWPq1GKLXQCDmqpifJKb-Gk1tzbs2hTXKQzRAO40Jf5aivqtNOmVQBmzfvz/s400/creativeadvertisements05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427193433448386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Life-size stickers of people were stuck on sliding doors at a mall in Mumbai, India. When walking through the doors, the stickers move away, and inside the door a message reads 'People Move Away When You Have Body Odour.'</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzdO4H03bjCcAdLckMrWENQFtVPSPpkuWyqzU0PqlG-HXUhnsIEHlZd1RelzKAsgARiUkjW6oH3juoBafhAiBFM6JQnFAbpPTXHdqBFT4OICGJbA5ovycCghFgG8Xs7gonCRFQx0ml9Ve/s1600-h/creativeadvertisements04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzdO4H03bjCcAdLckMrWENQFtVPSPpkuWyqzU0PqlG-HXUhnsIEHlZd1RelzKAsgARiUkjW6oH3juoBafhAiBFM6JQnFAbpPTXHdqBFT4OICGJbA5ovycCghFgG8Xs7gonCRFQx0ml9Ve/s400/creativeadvertisements04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427189289762962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This advertisement was placed in a mall in Buenos Aires for Valentine's Day. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cxPhBCwhTtNT4bFjrqfEgpfT6D_JncMNNX8hDaOqkmhmsz3hYmMpZO7ooyxveuOoF68JiFYp8WGzSa97jKMObKPYn-C3ERKHmpeEUa_IW05009jj9vKCzrRQK_yfWAL1gOiSvk42wUYB/s1600-h/creativeadvertisements02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cxPhBCwhTtNT4bFjrqfEgpfT6D_JncMNNX8hDaOqkmhmsz3hYmMpZO7ooyxveuOoF68JiFYp8WGzSa97jKMObKPYn-C3ERKHmpeEUa_IW05009jj9vKCzrRQK_yfWAL1gOiSvk42wUYB/s400/creativeadvertisements02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342427188507372642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 28px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A print of a cup of Folgers coffee was placed on various manhole covers in New York City. Steam comes through holes in the print with the wording around to cup 'Hey, City That Never Sleeps. Wake Up.'</span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vxNh7dml9B9Kcf-nvbf-NM3vUCm8E1_GgchHGg5i1qtPjB6Gpuo9Fo6MA-IcwJ9l2hM5drNS2qLcA_wWvNwuD5eCmIs5fX-qFirubhPsktxMKeFbU7kkOoFVSGDhjk-ht_LIU758z_5W/s1600-h/creativeadvertisements01.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:23px;"> </span><br /></div></span><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-80885107955031613772009-05-29T14:26:00.002-04:002009-05-29T14:46:46.906-04:00TOMS Shoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoj0Cl7TYU-F2dTbJzhFXA5XgfBqQXYgnWWPq1SOeFk54BTbuflnjU-1hR2RQs6qYHYjp0YZBTYvmAyrM-t-qV6UD7WrUYol6LqRO6-piwA15_U7rkdXZjk2ZlX7Vu7Os7E_VoB8bFXvW/s1600-h/articleimage_toms_shoes_argentina_philanthropy-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoj0Cl7TYU-F2dTbJzhFXA5XgfBqQXYgnWWPq1SOeFk54BTbuflnjU-1hR2RQs6qYHYjp0YZBTYvmAyrM-t-qV6UD7WrUYol6LqRO6-piwA15_U7rkdXZjk2ZlX7Vu7Os7E_VoB8bFXvW/s400/articleimage_toms_shoes_argentina_philanthropy-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341319048801681666" border="0" /></a><br />For every pair of shoes purchased from TOMS Shoes, they will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. The founder of TOMS, Blake Mycoskie, befriended some children during a trip to Argentina and saw that they had no shoes to protect their feet. Therefore, he created TOMS to help put shoes on children around the world.<br /><br />"The leading cause of disease in developing countries is soil-transmitted parasites which penetrate the skin through open sores. Wearing shoes can prevent this and the risk of amputation."<br /><br />Over the past few years "TOMS has given over 140,000* pairs of shoes to children in need through the One for One model. Because of your support, TOMS plans to give over 300,000 pairs of shoes to children in need around the world in 2009."<br /><br />Want to purchase a pair of TOMS Shoes? <a href="http://www.tomsshoes.com/">Click here</a> to visit their website.<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-39146676727223308272009-05-28T01:28:00.004-04:002009-05-28T02:02:55.020-04:00Electric Daisy Carnival<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJ3m4Svqnv1G4o4eT632aAA8ENdCGAIilfGL2Tn6AVt_3kufXqOl5sSohtdL-8L2AOQJZcwCHdWVRrYu_hYdykUlRwc3b6gCWBW4_FyYjgzbiWliQyJyxSQlM3Gk9hjZ-y6i7ZFgjEzli/s1600-h/edc08+135.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJ3m4Svqnv1G4o4eT632aAA8ENdCGAIilfGL2Tn6AVt_3kufXqOl5sSohtdL-8L2AOQJZcwCHdWVRrYu_hYdykUlRwc3b6gCWBW4_FyYjgzbiWliQyJyxSQlM3Gk9hjZ-y6i7ZFgjEzli/s400/edc08+135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340750611214140898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>The Electric Daisy Carnival, a two-day music festival, is hosted in Downtown Los Angeles' Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park. The dates for this year's EDC are: Friday June 26, open from 4pm- 2am and Saturday June 27, open from 4pm-4am.<br /><br />There are five areas of music with performances by Paul Oakenfold, ATB, Fedde Le Grand, Paul Van Dyk, David Guetta, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, Mark Farina, Simian Mobile Disco, Diplo, DJ AM, and many more!<br /><br />EDC's $99 2 day combo ticket is well worth its price. Did I mention there are carnival rides?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.electricdaisycarnival.com/">Click here</a> to get your ticket now!<br /></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-46339436054207124702009-05-18T17:16:00.008-04:002009-05-18T20:30:33.526-04:00What's In a Name?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauZBS4nro78DMFKROlVxYImiNJ2t4weinPuYMug-nUfyV1wuT7Bi5vP8kMYt_DVcGUCImn5uu5JADOkRhFmBpY5p2NJkp3yLlZLlDFNgMvNMNwiBxgGiRjscATjUEWN5D0Q75Yt9dG6Fw/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauZBS4nro78DMFKROlVxYImiNJ2t4weinPuYMug-nUfyV1wuT7Bi5vP8kMYt_DVcGUCImn5uu5JADOkRhFmBpY5p2NJkp3yLlZLlDFNgMvNMNwiBxgGiRjscATjUEWN5D0Q75Yt9dG6Fw/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337284255973222738" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Click on the image above to see it clearer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The United States Census Bureau statistics state that there are "at least 88,799 different last names and 5,163 different first names in common use in the United States."</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Every wonder how many people share your name? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://howmanyofme.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Click here to find out</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Interested in seeing the popularity of your name over the past 100 years? </span><a href="http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Click here</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Want to see in which states your name is most popular? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://namemapper.babynamewizard.com/namemapper/"></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://namemapper.babynamewizard.com/namemapper/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Click here</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Where does your last name come from???</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Surnames were generally derived from one of four sources:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) Patronymic (from the first name of father).</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br />Examples: <br />Peters - son of Peter (English, German) <br />Peterson - son of Peter (Swedish) <br />Petersen - son of Peter (Danish) <br />O'Reilly - grandson of Reilly (Ireland) <br />Mc- /Mac- - son of (Scottish) <br />d'- / di- - son of (Italian) <br />-ez / -es - son of (Spanish / Portuguese) <br />-wicz - son of (Poland) <br />Fitz- - son of (Old English - sometimes incorrectly associated with being an illegitimate) <br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) Lives near locality or place. <br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Examples: <br />KirkPatrick - Church (kirk) of St. Patrick <br />Cliff - steep hill <br />Fairholm - the fair island <br />Ashley - field surrounded by ash trees <br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3) Occupation or social status. <br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Examples: <br />Cooper - barrel maker <br />Wagner or Waggoner - wagon maker <br />Knight - knighthood conferred by the king <br />Smith - blacksmith <br />Powers - poor or taken a vow of poverty <br /><br /></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4) Nicknames describing person or personality.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <br />Examples: <br />Reid - red, ruddy complexion or red hair <br />Stout - Body size <br />Small - Body size <br />Armstrong - strong arms <br />Sharpe - sharp, smart </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-48039820145338610972009-05-08T09:35:00.005-04:002009-05-08T10:04:34.690-04:00Sidewalk ChalkJulian Beever is an English artist famous for his sidewalk chalk drawings. His art can be found on sidewalks in England, Germany, Belgium, France, Australia, and the US. Scroll down to take a look at his drawings found across the world...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZwnAJAd5pE2ZZnM-m4hxkr8u60WNmdnK5yTsDtxGVZZ_xAywATpzDf2KhoEPOXM05BNi82e_r6EmOfx_zG97kNU0a79cUJ1v55RhnZgI3903DM5-WMiySaIsyTnj38VknBWgESsgXWVp/s1600-h/rafting.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZwnAJAd5pE2ZZnM-m4hxkr8u60WNmdnK5yTsDtxGVZZ_xAywATpzDf2KhoEPOXM05BNi82e_r6EmOfx_zG97kNU0a79cUJ1v55RhnZgI3903DM5-WMiySaIsyTnj38VknBWgESsgXWVp/s400/rafting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333449655402236114" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJt2Udh30z_wDRqzriUsroBZv5k4zrk4KqQCUBxzJlaZnXgGQVjeVkRqPVp41xEpBaxcO_JnnfNNyMYC9S3v05MdTZ_-WS_FNGzdwAPCWvBuUBPowswbpQCANZrjGiWYb9NOhwbxr-Xhk/s1600-h/sidewalk+chalk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0P7tRJaE6bWRplkHlV4Hnt-lu7A3fts9esHmInEhLzDKz-cyKghJA-WvYdf7dj54DdsWbOWjwKfvyl3KrACn6iJNBdNC3d3gSF4FLGvr9qszzxHMHh82g65c5boTneonCYn_VZFR7NDw/s400/swim2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333449257747070674" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">This is what the picture above looks like from a different angle....</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:14;" ><p style="margin: 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:16;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBP214c8c8g4eAZq7loJq5AWAaHLL0XEuNBx4b_wZH9QU7t_eT1Hp9zsUFhKkoogB2JR5117W7m86B_RQf3ojUydTKJca_B8VwdFkjHh3fJnwa7mwVeodMqPrOpAHRPZEg7xB91Ciiz5r/s1600-h/wrongview-pool.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBP214c8c8g4eAZq7loJq5AWAaHLL0XEuNBx4b_wZH9QU7t_eT1Hp9zsUFhKkoogB2JR5117W7m86B_RQf3ojUydTKJca_B8VwdFkjHh3fJnwa7mwVeodMqPrOpAHRPZEg7xB91Ciiz5r/s400/wrongview-pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333449256441096338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >Want to see more pictures like this? <a href="http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm">Click here</a> to visit Julian's website. </span></p><p style="margin: 12px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></span>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-45047908557382954142009-05-07T14:04:00.005-04:002009-05-07T15:00:02.149-04:00Bonnaroo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ID856WJwwRMpQlMvuCLvwEwdqtqB4HzoYgoA157jYHm0kO2OJSYrrVhM850T4tnD1APWVqJ2AJBGLzKuCn77KGhwPV0o3uWglZurmwKoCeeYD5FGnEMlMUfeJLUz_x-9AdZud6FLv1b1/s1600-h/bonnaroo_2009_poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ID856WJwwRMpQlMvuCLvwEwdqtqB4HzoYgoA157jYHm0kO2OJSYrrVhM850T4tnD1APWVqJ2AJBGLzKuCn77KGhwPV0o3uWglZurmwKoCeeYD5FGnEMlMUfeJLUz_x-9AdZud6FLv1b1/s400/bonnaroo_2009_poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333158212874899314" border="0" /></a>Bonnaroo, a music and arts festival in Manchester, Tennessee, is a 4-day event from June 11-14. The lineup includes many artists like: Snoop Dogg, Citizen Cope, Paul Oakenfold, Girl Talk, Bruce Springsteen, Nine Inch Nails, Beastie Boys, and many more.<br /><br />A limited number of general admission tickets for the 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will be available for purchase starting at $224.50 plus applicable fees. Once these tickets are sold out, prices will go up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhcorA8IKvKa6LkzDXQ9jcaBloZHkwwnIh6hmbUHwV_T-xBWa5kyd3IibHkB1Cz-IOVxyuEg2souAk2LuDlGERJ40kihhw6MBe7XRZaJxpF-VqZTa0ox_iOHj6NnisuOBdKOUQlsrgDZf/s1600-h/bonnaroo_aerial_1280x1024.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhcorA8IKvKa6LkzDXQ9jcaBloZHkwwnIh6hmbUHwV_T-xBWa5kyd3IibHkB1Cz-IOVxyuEg2souAk2LuDlGERJ40kihhw6MBe7XRZaJxpF-VqZTa0ox_iOHj6NnisuOBdKOUQlsrgDZf/s400/bonnaroo_aerial_1280x1024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333158463099566402" border="0" /></a>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-42067121242436770462009-05-06T09:28:00.004-04:002009-05-06T09:40:11.869-04:00Trippy Pictures<div style="text-align: center;">This is a Picture of a Public Toilet in Houston...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7-TPrEPU1qQ7EZqumwpGdI53rmjOlKtRieXEvrkAIur-X5DlQk0Vwm6_9u_149KTldDicgEMIAebpe6bzDn47o13EK2sTwpX1rpgxc25VLX4tP6pKp5JeKKqX2MyM1LvjBjN7HscGTL2/s1600-h/ATT44828.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7-TPrEPU1qQ7EZqumwpGdI53rmjOlKtRieXEvrkAIur-X5DlQk0Vwm6_9u_149KTldDicgEMIAebpe6bzDn47o13EK2sTwpX1rpgxc25VLX4tP6pKp5JeKKqX2MyM1LvjBjN7HscGTL2/s400/ATT44828.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332702454499926546" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here is the view from inside...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSPDdMl9QwzsL2OvpW1Kqh8cDbeTyUZDlY4t9RTq5puaR3iBXh17nuaK7AdLGzIUf-vOZR9UQ_2HsQj0BC9QEYKS8xW3aqZej-Ku-j65-i4x66xpFs_RcTcC6nz0eua994AQZejakrhOm/s1600-h/ATT44829.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSPDdMl9QwzsL2OvpW1Kqh8cDbeTyUZDlY4t9RTq5puaR3iBXh17nuaK7AdLGzIUf-vOZR9UQ_2HsQj0BC9QEYKS8xW3aqZej-Ku-j65-i4x66xpFs_RcTcC6nz0eua994AQZejakrhOm/s400/ATT44829.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332702455772663554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It is made entirely of one-way glass. No one can see you from the outside, but from the inside it's as though you are in a glass box! </span><br /><br /><br />Imagine you are in a high-rise building and enter a bathroom that looks like this....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZFb5yG3L6gAvxbY-9i9Xp9YZjSAHWPic1ZlXVNQPesXKaR4OY15dXh4Uk-UJKszq1P1QCWc1u0dWftYQJRaMQJOZxVry1BLUEl-_y7jlbTn5XOLfVP5mEmIoltCb6Mzk1EEzXy_Antzy/s1600-h/ATT44830.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZFb5yG3L6gAvxbY-9i9Xp9YZjSAHWPic1ZlXVNQPesXKaR4OY15dXh4Uk-UJKszq1P1QCWc1u0dWftYQJRaMQJOZxVry1BLUEl-_y7jlbTn5XOLfVP5mEmIoltCb6Mzk1EEzXy_Antzy/s400/ATT44830.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332702461207090130" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">No worries as this is a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">painted</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> floor</span>, but would it make you uneasy to walk on it?<br /><br /><br />This is a ceiling mural in a smoker's lounge...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8d2PiAE8O25wlyOCrSgsLp_yp1Tb7Fhp93I7Cvd3-rXnqjE8HS-gZ4EKII9h4EfDg8rRh1XY1pB0oFrJgZLKPCvkpgcZB8TVHcGV58lBDuKnCZwgQMJLFUNbib5VV-DBBmdhTq1qEcwT/s1600-h/ATT44831.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8d2PiAE8O25wlyOCrSgsLp_yp1Tb7Fhp93I7Cvd3-rXnqjE8HS-gZ4EKII9h4EfDg8rRh1XY1pB0oFrJgZLKPCvkpgcZB8TVHcGV58lBDuKnCZwgQMJLFUNbib5VV-DBBmdhTq1qEcwT/s400/ATT44831.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332702471416241138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Might make you want to put out that cigarette</span><br /></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-74485171212058603382009-05-05T14:55:00.005-04:002009-05-06T10:37:44.872-04:00Recession GeographyIn March, The New York Times published an interactive map (based on data from January 2009) displaying the unemployment rates across the United States.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bAVfWx1svH95x1WnhoSvxwZlLiFMkJpHH7h2gqgtwLIL4KmGQGud3HlBTRkCM9RtuRnuJgB-Uk5rg3BzC64ca0aZ5cS_jrcSclQJBbeLKL0RktbKtySfMaxCSzUtO4XXz4Wir2ZlV9GR/s1600-h/recession-geography.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bAVfWx1svH95x1WnhoSvxwZlLiFMkJpHH7h2gqgtwLIL4KmGQGud3HlBTRkCM9RtuRnuJgB-Uk5rg3BzC64ca0aZ5cS_jrcSclQJBbeLKL0RktbKtySfMaxCSzUtO4XXz4Wir2ZlV9GR/s400/recession-geography.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332419574753968578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Click on the image above to see clearer</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />"Job losses have been most severe in the areas that experienced a big boom in housing, those that depend on manufacturing and those that already had the highest unemployment rates."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ere.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/recession-geography.jpg"><br /></a>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-13114362832516236272009-05-04T21:59:00.004-04:002009-05-06T10:37:56.387-04:00Living Electro<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5RnDMk4gSPBEzuHl5C7FTgLPVkRaJErqvCSlfnlPWVa3jygF8MCbCSLZRYtSOQp_aFyDgDm4k_WVJSvpr_SBKNJVRqzhXM8yhDrrxzcoB9coaAdapBU6zcW-l0LajuiqlHAmx2RHAORx/s1600-h/imag1es.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5RnDMk4gSPBEzuHl5C7FTgLPVkRaJErqvCSlfnlPWVa3jygF8MCbCSLZRYtSOQp_aFyDgDm4k_WVJSvpr_SBKNJVRqzhXM8yhDrrxzcoB9coaAdapBU6zcW-l0LajuiqlHAmx2RHAORx/s400/imag1es.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332158572173655218" border="0" /></a>Living Electro "Home of House-Techno", is an awesome site that lets users post and download new house/techno/electronic music. The site is updated all day, every day so that you are never listening to the same songs. There is even a section of the website that allows users to request songs, and other members will fulfill your requests. Did I mention its completely free to be a member and download these mixes? Want to see what it's all about?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.livingelectro.com/index.php">Click here to visit Living Electro</a><br /></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-39096027328654945522009-04-29T19:22:00.010-04:002009-05-07T08:38:25.148-04:00Best & Worst Cities for Air Quality<span style="font-size:100%;">"Annual 'State of the Air' notes 186 million breathe unhealthy air at times" The American Lung Association "ranked the pollution levels of U.S. cities and counties based on air quality measurements that state and local agencies reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency between 2005 and 2007." The report also found that air in almost every major city reaches unhealthy levels at some point, leaving 60% of American's breathing polluted air.<br /></span><h2 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><strong>The top 15 cleanest U.S. cities for particle pollution: </strong></b></span></h2><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdX12k4UZo2v9CgFuExIBB5zhLukvaJt7JwBzN0qPC0rP43ErA7fDMyDxA7nF3uhXF9dWEg7RI8UZ8qin5mpcx5oBSrW3gyTXMFwQTd9wt_oc-aig5k1BdpE3cHsN8VNGlPUysd5noAj6/s1600-h/cheyenne_wyoming.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdX12k4UZo2v9CgFuExIBB5zhLukvaJt7JwBzN0qPC0rP43ErA7fDMyDxA7nF3uhXF9dWEg7RI8UZ8qin5mpcx5oBSrW3gyTXMFwQTd9wt_oc-aig5k1BdpE3cHsN8VNGlPUysd5noAj6/s400/cheyenne_wyoming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330261984874975058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span> Cheyenne, Wyo.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 </span>Santa Fe-Espanola, N.M.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span> Honolulu, Hawaii<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4</span> Great Falls, Mont.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4 </span>Farmington, N.M.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6 </span>Anchorage, Alaska<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6</span> Tucson, Ariz.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8</span> Bismarck, N.D.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9</span> Flagstaff, Ariz.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9</span> Salinas, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 </span>Redding, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12</span> Fort Collins-Loveland, Colo.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13 </span>Duluth, Minn.-Wis.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14</span> Colorado Springs, Colo.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14</span> Pueblo, Colo.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><h2 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span><b><strong><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><strong>The top 15 U.S. cities most polluted by particle pollution: </strong></b></span></strong></b></span></h2><strong></strong> <p class="textBodyBlack"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5kSucNSO_eTTGPPYrtMW3Z4UHQR8Cx6-2nRZV_bpCEdETOFaETL8WjU6uyJUAv6-pP8QRVhViexi3g62_t-C3Pc8Wp-beLsLdL2NdlzxBUidRnezLA3PJwrN5ZhW-qlIwWib44lUEBoc/s1600-h/070501081737-large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5kSucNSO_eTTGPPYrtMW3Z4UHQR8Cx6-2nRZV_bpCEdETOFaETL8WjU6uyJUAv6-pP8QRVhViexi3g62_t-C3Pc8Wp-beLsLdL2NdlzxBUidRnezLA3PJwrN5ZhW-qlIwWib44lUEBoc/s400/070501081737-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330262702222844258" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">1 </span>Bakersfield, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span> Pittsburgh-New Castle, Pa.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span> Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4 </span>Visalia-Porterville, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5</span> Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, Ala.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6</span> Hanford-Corcoran, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7 </span>Fresno-Madera, Calif.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8 </span>Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9</span> Detroit-Warren-Flint, Mich.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10</span> Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, Ohio<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 </span>Charleston, W.Va.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11</span> Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 </span>Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, Ky.-Ind.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14 </span>Macon-Warner Robins-Fort Valley, Ga.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14</span> St.Louis-St.Charles-Farmington, Mo.-Ill.<br /><br /></p>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-31360951502413140632009-04-28T19:23:00.002-04:002009-04-28T19:31:51.722-04:00Verizon to Sell an iPhone Sibling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD62dBNfVLcFnZwKY3vJXi84z-cQGXfIkmF1fzQxK7X1ifHGS_nFhuGv8DKWjC7oIQzMAEzfd_veR5xGj-WkZ9D7i6OI-IjfRhRlShlOkX4BGZlyEcqg1OVLPaNjwTRtGVlBme_d8NIj-X/s1600-h/17208_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD62dBNfVLcFnZwKY3vJXi84z-cQGXfIkmF1fzQxK7X1ifHGS_nFhuGv8DKWjC7oIQzMAEzfd_veR5xGj-WkZ9D7i6OI-IjfRhRlShlOkX4BGZlyEcqg1OVLPaNjwTRtGVlBme_d8NIj-X/s400/17208_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329889032051092434" border="0" /></a><br />Finally, an iPhone “lite” and an iPhone “media pad” may be offered to Verizon Wireless.<br /><br />"A smaller, thinner iPhone “lite” and a “media pad” that could be used to make calls over Wi-Fi connection are in the works, according to a source who has seen the devices’ prototypes, BusinessWeek reported."<br /><br />The media pad would be similar to the iPod touch, while the iPhone "lite" would be similar to AT&T's current iPhone<br /><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Plans are to make these products available as early as this summer.<br /></p>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-89040250755101125692009-04-27T19:02:00.003-04:002009-05-19T03:13:08.539-04:00Avoid Raw Alfalfa Sprouts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3KK7sk0znqMXeDGAIY5HQODE-aO3yInNhJ9Z3XSEh5bO1y8zXrJyRyqhFbmV5VQMat8uA3zTpyIZZDAkeF0gjCw1O28eYIVp8q8cOADhpYMCELb4upXXKX_mGRWB7dxJ-wz4cgxnDki4/s1600-h/alfalfa_sprouted.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3KK7sk0znqMXeDGAIY5HQODE-aO3yInNhJ9Z3XSEh5bO1y8zXrJyRyqhFbmV5VQMat8uA3zTpyIZZDAkeF0gjCw1O28eYIVp8q8cOADhpYMCELb4upXXKX_mGRWB7dxJ-wz4cgxnDki4/s400/alfalfa_sprouted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329513505962898594" border="0" /></a><br />Not only do we have to be cautious about the Swine Flu, which doubled its outbreak overnight from 20 infected persons in the US to 40, but we must avoid eating raw alfalfa sprouts.<br /><br />"Officials have received 31 reports of illness associated with eating raw alfalfa sprouts in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia." They are contaminated with a strain of salmonella<br /><br />The contaminated sprouts were grown in several different states, which is leading people to believe there is a problem with the alfalfa seeds used to grow the sprouts.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><br /></p>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-28117291087804568442009-04-26T22:21:00.006-04:002009-04-27T03:48:45.423-04:00Swine Flu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvL79jkrDUssOfKdPFZXP6a4RTFqSecuVF9htueohTbpBppQ9SLcwbmHWL4QowWXiMwztPtfQkL7_5LxXYLB0Wk0Bil69Bn-2C7s4H8o3I2w1yTcKX2Q89BRSbR7Yi7T4mviI6dLbIh44/s1600-h/bish.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvL79jkrDUssOfKdPFZXP6a4RTFqSecuVF9htueohTbpBppQ9SLcwbmHWL4QowWXiMwztPtfQkL7_5LxXYLB0Wk0Bil69Bn-2C7s4H8o3I2w1yTcKX2Q89BRSbR7Yi7T4mviI6dLbIh44/s400/bish.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329221859338370210" border="0" /></a>The swine flu has surfaced in places from the United States and as far as New Zealand. Cases in the US have sprung up in California, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and New York. Those ill have been between the ages of 7 and 54.<br /><br />Mexico has been the country with the most cases, including 86 deaths. "There, the disease has killed up to 86 people and likely sickened nearly 1,400 since April 13." The US has had 20 sicknesses and all patients have recovered with only one hospitalization. Around the world there have been cases reported, including: 13 cases in New Zealand, 6 in Canada, 7 in Spain, 1 in France, and 1 in Israel. It is believed that those who have traveled to Mexico recently have brought the flu back to their homelands.<br /><br />The White House had announced that “It’s not a time to panic."<br /><br />To learn more about the swine flu,<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/key_facts.htm"> click here</a> for some more facts.<br /><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><br /></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><br /></p>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-22964151467323356802009-04-21T19:35:00.008-04:002009-05-07T08:37:00.885-04:00Earth Day 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzET9te_2cjbONckfuZW90MzuZJApHyYMlSm2_7iFn0O6Hlw1i0asZyedSj_1EOsvuqt-Kd-iQSELCboTyX91B6F_0VmsgC_6jYlu3ii471NZfV1YN4sSbZ7jJaNVU2Gyu904wqsmavYUv/s1600-h/earth+day.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzET9te_2cjbONckfuZW90MzuZJApHyYMlSm2_7iFn0O6Hlw1i0asZyedSj_1EOsvuqt-Kd-iQSELCboTyX91B6F_0VmsgC_6jYlu3ii471NZfV1YN4sSbZ7jJaNVU2Gyu904wqsmavYUv/s400/earth+day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327320140250147970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What exactly is Earth Day anyways? </span><br /></div><br />According to Wikipedia, it is "a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>environment." Tomorrow, April 22, marks the 39th Anniversary of this global holiday will also mark the the beginning of The Green Generation. The core principles of The Green Generation, include:<br /><ul><li>renewable energy that will end our dependency on fossil fuels like coal<br /></li></ul> <ul><li>responsible, sustainable consumption<br /></li></ul> <ul><li>creating millions of "green jobs" to power our new green economy<br /></li></ul><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Want to take a part in Earth Day?</span><br /></div><ul><li>If you don't already, remember to recycle your paper, bottles, and cans.<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Clean up your yard!<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Call the Capitol switchboard at: 202 224 3121 and tell your member of Congress to support the Markey Climate Bill<br /></li></ul>"Earth Day Network believes the Markey-Waxman climate bill is a reasonable measure that moves the US toward a green energy future and new economy based on renewable energy that will go along way toward pollution reduction requirements for climate change."Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-53182080936391059252009-04-20T00:16:00.003-04:002009-04-20T01:13:51.124-04:00Travel to Cuba<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh324MiEpgX-1noAXGpD5z_4cnA_aC5yS2BuY-1VDXJdndXCxe3KO8_aG2KPpppSYX8AnMMtYOxiTxo7PUryytfee4rk6kJKQwMqdNJzhF0Ajj25A8af9q4UmBo-_XW941UcTNuJJdZNBGs/s1600-h/cuba.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh324MiEpgX-1noAXGpD5z_4cnA_aC5yS2BuY-1VDXJdndXCxe3KO8_aG2KPpppSYX8AnMMtYOxiTxo7PUryytfee4rk6kJKQwMqdNJzhF0Ajj25A8af9q4UmBo-_XW941UcTNuJJdZNBGs/s400/cuba.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326635956638047922" border="0" /></a>Last week, Obama announced he will allow Cuban Americans to visit their families in Cuba without limitations.<br /><br />"House and Senate lawmakers have proposed lifting restrictions that prevent US citizens from traveling to Cuba for tourism." Cuba's doors have been shut to the US for more than 50 years. Currently, the easiest way for Americans to travel to Cuba is through Canada.<br /><br />Once a hot destination for American tourists, has become a mystery to most. Having these limitations and restrictions lifted could mean an influx of capital for the Cuban economy. Some Cubans are weary of this change and hope that their homeland isn't transformed into a touristy destination, with Starbucks and McDonald's on every corner.Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-57450742798712297312009-04-14T15:58:00.009-04:002009-04-14T22:56:09.026-04:00Mind-Altering Trips<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Take a </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >trip</span><span style="font-size:180%;">, without breaking the law...</span></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bolivia</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Coca leaves,</span> legal in some countries of South America before actually being processed into cocaine or crack cocaine. When held against the side of the cheek (similar to chewing tobacco), gives a mild high, mouth-numbing, and sense of well-being. Used frequently to alleviate altitude sickness.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fiji</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Traditional kava</span>, a root ground into a powder, is strained through a sock and creates a waxy, pinkish-gray tea. It's potent effects create lucid dreams; its liquid numbs and coats the inside of your mouth and throat.<br /><span style="float: none;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mexico</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Temezcal, </span>or "sweat lodges", is an ancient Mesoamerican ritual where participants lie on the ground of an adobe hut around a fire. Here, a shaman creates a steam with medicinal herbs like aloe, sage, and </span>chamomile. Expect complete bliss from a one-to-three hour ritual, where the temperature can range from 90-120 degrees Farenheit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amsterdam</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Marijuana</span>, legal to purchase and smoke/ingest in Amsterdam's coffee shops.<br /><br /><span style="float: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">British Virgin Islands</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Magic Mushrooms</span>, hallucinations and laughter seem to happen after these unpleasant tasting mushrooms are eaten. </span><span style="float: none;">Body highs, introspection, intense emotions, and a distortion of time come with the bad taste.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOyFIFWuK3Kelff1o_4vBSY-4g_ieg1WtiTH-44A1KcpfUQyKyH08pjsQwM1CRImIe2Gz-l2lr7pt9fdmmBHuKdJuFMi_bPXvEleVCaolN5EqKUI1e9X8dQcWLsAm1IjUYeM1xGDUo0-l/s1600-h/psychedelic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOyFIFWuK3Kelff1o_4vBSY-4g_ieg1WtiTH-44A1KcpfUQyKyH08pjsQwM1CRImIe2Gz-l2lr7pt9fdmmBHuKdJuFMi_bPXvEleVCaolN5EqKUI1e9X8dQcWLsAm1IjUYeM1xGDUo0-l/s400/psychedelic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324691491280661090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">India</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Bhang</span>, marijuana buds and leaves are ground into a green paste and cooked with clarified butter, spices, and milk and then added to traditional drinks or pastries.<br /><br /><span style="float: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paris</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Absinthe</span>, banned in France for nearly 100 years until 2001, adds a <span style="font-style: italic;">higher</span> buzz than other alcohol. </span><span style="float: none;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vietman</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Cobra wine</span>, <span style="float: none;">a glass of super-potent rice moonshine, served with the still beating heart of a cobra (yes, a <span style="font-style: italic;">poisonous</span> snake.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mexico</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Peyote</span>, a very intense psychotropic, can involve 15-hour hallucinations and some vomiting. Many say its like "an encounter with God and can bring you to a place of total harmony with yourself and the world around you."<br /><span style="float: none;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brazil</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">Ayahuasca</span>, tea brewed from the vine of the </span><span style="float: none;">ayahuasca plant and the leaves of the chacruna (a shrub from the coffee family), is known to cure emotional ailments. The tea contains dimethyltryptamine (DMT) will give you emotional highs similar to Ecstasy, lasting from 2 to 5 hours.<br /></span><span style="float: none;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="float: none;">**I am in no way promoting drug usage of any sort. I am writing about these drugs based solely on research...wikipedia & MSNBC of course :)</span><br /><span style="float: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE: DO NOT TRY THESE AT HOME, THEY ARE NOT LEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES!!!</span></span><br /></div><span style="float: none;"><br /></span>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-38709927523434099282009-04-13T18:38:00.009-04:002009-04-14T22:57:42.346-04:00Interesting Things to Know<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_7GETn_ulWestSQ-NveSIvVPTIABZ2zSkHoKtC8UE0LerLQiZ2pB-K89OfEkXMH3iXypo513O61x5tPABgq4sNl0KnP-WFO-nwJedysvftn0hlAcZbwI4tbGWipz8q89cm5n2SmCGLNy/s1600-h/jeopardy-slots.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_7GETn_ulWestSQ-NveSIvVPTIABZ2zSkHoKtC8UE0LerLQiZ2pB-K89OfEkXMH3iXypo513O61x5tPABgq4sNl0KnP-WFO-nwJedysvftn0hlAcZbwI4tbGWipz8q89cm5n2SmCGLNy/s400/jeopardy-slots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324634027689990626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><u><span style=""><span style="font-style: italic;">Some of this information is useless, but you may be able to use it to win Jeopardy one day...</span></span></u></span><br /></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle'.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Most lipstick contains fish scales.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. </span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver.</span></span></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family:georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. </span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family: georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. </span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family: georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div style="font-family: georgia;"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Celery has negative calories... It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div face="georgia"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div face="georgia"> <div> <div><ul><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="">The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.</span></span></li></ul></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <div face="georgia"> <div> <div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""><br /></span></span></div></div> <div> <div> </div></div></div> <span style=";font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:12;" ><br /></span></span>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-87634698347015959002009-04-11T22:44:00.005-04:002009-04-14T22:57:56.221-04:00Movement 2009: Detroit Electronic Music Festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qD9YzT-L-YzR7wO4jJCq8VIOBDN_XTgYvtlZ3VrLHntQ9u4DNY_Is9ouXtxIS0MaOCEl7vMsvopYldLxYCTBaicZQKETf9IhGLgDpePAIOnpxulo0akiw7SqzAY3Af1-a2mRsaER52R6/s1600-h/demf-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qD9YzT-L-YzR7wO4jJCq8VIOBDN_XTgYvtlZ3VrLHntQ9u4DNY_Is9ouXtxIS0MaOCEl7vMsvopYldLxYCTBaicZQKETf9IhGLgDpePAIOnpxulo0akiw7SqzAY3Af1-a2mRsaER52R6/s400/demf-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324637956887589042" border="0" /></a>Detroit Electronic Music Festival, better known as DEMF, has been held in Detroit's Hart Plaza every Memorial Day Weekend since 2000. Musicians and DJs from around the world have performed at DEMF, "emphasizing the progressive qualities of the culture surrounding electronic music."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DEMF is financially supported by the City of Detroit, celebrating the birthplace of techno music.<br /><br />This year's lineup includes many well-known DJs and musicians, including: Afrika Bambaataa, Benny Benassi, Carl Cox, and RJD2. Kevin Saunderson & Derrick May, the founders of techno music, also perform.<br /><br />Weekend passes for May 23rd, 24th, and 25th are available for purchase at a discounted presale price of $40. To purchase your passes, <a href="http://www.wantickets.com/Function/event/event_listing_promoter.asp?userid=132449">click here</a>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-61359614274426570472009-04-07T18:34:00.002-04:002009-04-07T19:25:56.242-04:002-Seater Segway<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJggVwRouPOm3y-ozQMEyoBuP_22KVGAxnoAoclpvb8_mbzgc8mTuSBzmXUf83EmjkRxmtrKyuRwn_Gb4THEH3vvqoYRaqHbYuHTvy91TtErDPE0zATDY7AIzmY2ed6jc2Qc__2epaPAQL/s1600-h/seg_wayx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJggVwRouPOm3y-ozQMEyoBuP_22KVGAxnoAoclpvb8_mbzgc8mTuSBzmXUf83EmjkRxmtrKyuRwn_Gb4THEH3vvqoYRaqHbYuHTvy91TtErDPE0zATDY7AIzmY2ed6jc2Qc__2epaPAQL/s400/seg_wayx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322094520672300818" border="0" /></a><br />Today, General Motors announced they would be teaming with Segway to develop a 200-mpg, 2-seat, 2-wheel scooter.<br /><br />This project is known as: Project PUMA, for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. Both companies hope to have cities or college campuses to set up "Puma travel lanes", similar to bicycle lanes.<br /><br />The Pumas will be operated manually and not intended to be used on the highway. They would travel about 35 miles per hour and go up to 35 miles on a charge. Although there is a prototype and plans, "It's not going on sale anytime" soon says Chris Borroni-Bird, director of the project for GM.<p class="inside-copy"><br /></p>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-23648409083862766402009-04-03T21:50:00.002-04:002009-04-03T22:09:50.846-04:00EU Allowing In-Flight Cell Phone Usage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFeOM0W4-gpTsXILUbQfTeW3ZXWBHxAy-Em143vxGlrbd9KLoynFJdW90UMRgcsiqyyOEDC8eR4hMZoGqBSigDfPw0cy5vsC_oSAyUTiXv097Re2GehHvIllOZMWuhk9rMtunqJ2UasBz/s1600-h/cell-phone-flying.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFeOM0W4-gpTsXILUbQfTeW3ZXWBHxAy-Em143vxGlrbd9KLoynFJdW90UMRgcsiqyyOEDC8eR4hMZoGqBSigDfPw0cy5vsC_oSAyUTiXv097Re2GehHvIllOZMWuhk9rMtunqJ2UasBz/s400/cell-phone-flying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320652661659095618" border="0" /></a><br />European Union officials say that the number of of aircrafts that allow passengers to use their cell phones while in the air will double by next year<br /><br />Last year the EU allowed the "safe use" of cell phones during flights. Currently there are 27 aircrafts from British Airways, Ryanair, and Portugals' TAP offer a pay-for-service to use phones while in the skies.<br /><br />The United States still bans the usage of cell phones while in flight.<br /><br />We already have to put up with listening to crying babies, can you imagine sitting next to someone gabbing away on their cell phone?Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-46020562973109951732009-03-26T19:07:00.003-04:002009-03-27T15:33:21.345-04:00Unemployment Reaches Record High<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T5xOZUvudWCRKuINPzu43NnUYpN6akfOT4r1QyJXyF8t8PeZRvbRz3Sqk7tLBQ-2zH3Y1lEpOxLEetRGKkcfRNQYL5AbWKCUYWVFiEBkQG_OntzcZXtOzqI4w_SUdtUYJNbU1j5uDkbz/s1600-h/AP-WeeklyJoblessClaims-090326.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5T5xOZUvudWCRKuINPzu43NnUYpN6akfOT4r1QyJXyF8t8PeZRvbRz3Sqk7tLBQ-2zH3Y1lEpOxLEetRGKkcfRNQYL5AbWKCUYWVFiEBkQG_OntzcZXtOzqI4w_SUdtUYJNbU1j5uDkbz/s400/AP-WeeklyJoblessClaims-090326.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317659660283494738" border="0" /></a>With IBM's 5,000 layoffs today (about 4% of its workforce) jobless claims are rising.<br /><br />"For the 10th week in a row, the number of people receiving jobless benefits grew. It now stands at nearly 5.6 million, the government<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> said — an indication that the labor market is still grim."<br /><br />President Obama believes that it will take until the end of 2009 until intense hiring resumes.<br /><br />"As a proportion of the work force, the number of people receiving benefits is at its highest level since May 1983, when the economy was recovering from a deep recession. The total of nearly 5.6 million is almost double what it was a year ago."<br /><br />In this time of desperate need, just remember:<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content"> "Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden". - Orson Scott Card</span></span>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-73826784196783873422009-03-25T19:33:00.004-04:002009-03-27T15:34:22.355-04:00Earth Hour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiKKQum3sf0dLcebYPMxXBB6S7rLqvAT5Nsfq1XmM1oxg49SmcC243cRP4a7VVHqsPtkuoYZlPQOD48eM-ty7tTJSiUDvzu0mCau1Plea7e2bKSQdl5QUe92xZe5mucO5CRLqmhSXV2o8/s1600-h/earth-hour.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiKKQum3sf0dLcebYPMxXBB6S7rLqvAT5Nsfq1XmM1oxg49SmcC243cRP4a7VVHqsPtkuoYZlPQOD48eM-ty7tTJSiUDvzu0mCau1Plea7e2bKSQdl5QUe92xZe5mucO5CRLqmhSXV2o8/s400/earth-hour.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317366891106960658" border="0" /></a><br />More than 2,000 cities around the world will turn their lights off for 60 minutes at 8 P.M. on March 29 to draw attention to climate change and global warming.<br /><br />Hundreds of popular tourist landmarks and buildings around the world are participating in this event, some of them include...<br /><ul><li>Paris: Eiffel Tower and the Cathedral of Notre Dame</li></ul><ul><li><span id="byLine"></span>New York City: Broadway theaters, Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and the United Nations Headquarters.</li></ul><ul><li>Boston: the signature CITGO sign in Kenmore Square, the lights at the Prudential Center and the John Hancock Tower</li></ul><ul><li><span id="byLine"></span>Los Angeles: the Capitol Records Tower, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, the "LAX" sign, the Getty Museum and the Griffith Park Observatory.</li></ul><ul><li><span id="byLine"></span>London: City Hall and the London Eye</li></ul><ul><li><span id="byLine"></span>Toronto: the signature Fairmont Royal York will illuminate its indoor pool area with more than 100 floating candles<br /></li></ul><ul><li> Great Pyramids of Giza, the Acropolis in Athens, Niagara Falls, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Chicago’s Sears Tower. </li></ul><ul><li>Las Vegas, visible from space due to its lights, may be the most melodramatic of places to go dark. Casinos’ interior lights and slot machines will remain on, but the bright lights that light up all the casinos and buildings on the Strip will go dark for the hour. Even the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign, which has never been turned off, will be in darkness.<br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Take part in this effort and "black-out" at 8 P.M. on Saturday March 29. </span><br /></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-20439029121038196512009-03-24T18:52:00.007-04:002009-03-24T19:13:16.557-04:00Live 2 Give<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xjgRIZsrGL5lzc63vfbRr8hQYLp94QNpe-zCjn91dPIRkwkMEwuB4pn9k2MHsWnVks1BfYB-Tbvo-97jS3pLpuakFuT0-4js5c93r7XMGxwDibcF_OQtA1UBsnmwEoaU3qPO08JOSe6h/s1600-h/nonprofit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 65px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xjgRIZsrGL5lzc63vfbRr8hQYLp94QNpe-zCjn91dPIRkwkMEwuB4pn9k2MHsWnVks1BfYB-Tbvo-97jS3pLpuakFuT0-4js5c93r7XMGxwDibcF_OQtA1UBsnmwEoaU3qPO08JOSe6h/s400/nonprofit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316895569456117586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Live to Give Foundation is a non-profit charity that helps families during a time of need in a personal way. Live to Give is in competition with 7 other charities to receive a $10,000 grant from MiPro Consulting. This charity is most deserving of this money because its for a great cause, started by college students, and in competition with huge, national charities.<br /><br />It takes just seconds to vote! Enter your information, scroll down & click the option next to "Live to Give" and then click submit.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.miproconsulting.com/mipro-gives-back/finalists/">Click here to vote for Live to Give and help them receive a $10,000 grant!</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">MiPro is looking to tally the votes on April 6th and announcing the winners April 13th. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vote Now!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.livetogivefoundation.org/">Click here to visit Live to Give's Website</a><br /></div></div></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-85206396543734726722009-03-23T18:23:00.002-04:002009-03-23T18:39:27.681-04:00Freshman in the Kitchen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1CR7ftuwWi_PbCcNZisGVUaphb63Hg97_m2pxgfTAVeFqsUKQwLqfi5Sq8F-uvZp0GEaG42CaY2o06jilmbZKsR4KpFAffSjgCg3uFMu8rsWQGcfji2-kcIegH17DYRCrtJ5h7oDjDYg/s1600-h/freshman-in-the-kitchen-300x288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1CR7ftuwWi_PbCcNZisGVUaphb63Hg97_m2pxgfTAVeFqsUKQwLqfi5Sq8F-uvZp0GEaG42CaY2o06jilmbZKsR4KpFAffSjgCg3uFMu8rsWQGcfji2-kcIegH17DYRCrtJ5h7oDjDYg/s400/freshman-in-the-kitchen-300x288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316516294060651506" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Are you a college student who needs help cooking and is pressed for cash?<br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Freshman in the Kitchen, From Clueless Cook to Creative Che</span>f, is a cookbook designed to help college students learn how to make meals for themselves. The cookbook starts off with easy recipes to get you used to cooking on your own. Towards the end of the book, recipes get progressively more intricate and voil<em>à</em>- you're a chef! Besides becoming a seasoned chef, you're going to be pleased at how much money you can save by making your own food and eating out less.<br /><br />Featured on the Today Show <span style="font-weight: bold;">April 17th,</span> make sure to tune in (or at least DVR it.)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://huronriverpress.com/displaybook/000156/COOKING">Click here to order your book now~!</a><br /></div>Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281777565044343389.post-35906156239341476902009-03-23T02:27:00.003-04:002009-03-23T02:32:59.865-04:00Tweet Tweet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXfZICuJC9DK0Nxat_ZwgnJ0GgPVoeGVd7y3j-f4BA7iU5btcOJS_b5VjK78vS8KEmAUEUn7DMV_K0RYp2MXbR1m8PBToZmllrKJv_QRPyDYL52lPfUgj2TVLom-wn9AkkTJ1f9Nq7hGb/s1600-h/twitter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXfZICuJC9DK0Nxat_ZwgnJ0GgPVoeGVd7y3j-f4BA7iU5btcOJS_b5VjK78vS8KEmAUEUn7DMV_K0RYp2MXbR1m8PBToZmllrKJv_QRPyDYL52lPfUgj2TVLom-wn9AkkTJ1f9Nq7hGb/s400/twitter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316267227897446978" border="0" /></a><br />Is Facebook's new design boring you? Need to spice up your social networking? Check out <a href="http://twitter.com/">twitter</a>- a "free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time." At first I didn't understand what all the hype was about. Then I became addicted. You are even able to stay connected with your favorite celebs, I "follow" Justin Timberlake, Perez Hilton, and Chelsea Handler to name a few.Samantha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15796558282532266268noreply@blogger.com0