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A client questionnaire is a set of questions that a freelance writer can use for communicating with potential freelance clients (whether those clients are international, ones you've found at conferences or other kinds of clients). Your question set can be in the form of a shared formal document that you make available to potential clients, or it can simply be a tool that you store on your desktop and use in your phone conversations.

Why Should a Freelance Writer Use a Client Questionnaire?

Using a client questionnaire to ask the right questions of your potential freelance clients has many advantages. It can help you to be purposeful in the first few communications, making sure that you're not wasting your time talking in circles or writing/reading without a point. It will make you appear well-prepared and professional, in that it often asks questions which come from experience and expertise. It may help you to avoid future client problems, because it clarifies expectations, roles and wants for both the freelance writer and the client. Lastly, having a client questionnaire prepped and ready-to-go might also help you to alleviate any shyness, which is a top complaint when it comes to phone and face-to-face work for new freelance writers.

How to Use the Client Questions

First, the questions can be used as a screening tool, to help the freelance writer to choose and sort clients who are actually ready to buy services. These clients will be receptive to your questions and will have already considered many of the answers. Those who are not ready to commit will be hesitant, unclear, and may even realize that your business is not here for tire-kicking, time-wasting, and "feeling out." Or, if a working relationship is already established or on the way to becoming established, it may be used to focus it and to solidify the new team. Use the client questions on the phone informally, or send them in an email for a more formal experience.

How Freelance Writers Can Establish Their Client Screening Tool

Over the years, writers develop and perfect questionnaires that they can keep for any moment, which makes it easy to refer to when they get calls or to individualize and send out to clients who contact them virtually.

In addition to this sample client screening tool, one of the best ones out there is Laura Spencer's over at Freelance Folder.

In order to establish your screening questions, start with a skeleton/outline, perhaps based on these examples. Do a "brain dump" of all the questions that come to mind when you are first approached by a client looking to secure your freelance writing services, or first see a freelance writing job posted. Brainstorm what you need to/want to know, and pop it into a long list.

Then, sort your questions into categories (which will help you to pinpoint the info you need for each individual client, and will help the client not to be scared by the excessive length and text!). After that, think of it as a soft document. You'll find reasons to play with it and perfect it, especially if you run into troubles.

For example, if you have a particularly hard time with a project, and think "I never want a client like THAT again," consider some ways that you could have headed off the problems you encountered, and tailor your new questionnaire to include those issues. Tailoring this document to your needs in this way is your best bet.

How to Present the Client Questionnaire

Your questionnaire could conceivably live on your freelance writer website. One downfall is that it may appear daunting to your clients upon first sight. Never give your clients "homework!" It's your job to make their job easier, and you should stress that.

Another way to deal with this issue is by sorting the questions. In these sample client questions, you'll notice that we've included separate focus questions for each of the three main services (freelance writing, editing, and translation). You should only give your client the questions that pertain to them. In addition, you should always stress that the document should not be taken as "required." Again, the main goal is to make their lives easier, not harder. Even if your tool is available/shown to the client via your freelance writing website, most clients will prefer to have the ensuing discussions in person or over the phone. Use it as a script, takes notes and then knock their socks off!

Hopefully this article and the associated sample client screening questions give you yet another tool to keep in your freelance writing arsenal.


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Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular diagnostic tool that allows for in vitro amplification of DNA at a rapid pace. The steps of PCR are: denaturation, annealing, and extension. DNA doubles during each PCR cycle, resulting in exponential accumulation of the targeted DNA fragment. The ability to rapidly amplify a specific nucleic acid sequence in a short period of time has revolutionized molecular diagnostics.
A major advantage of PCR is that only a small amount of initial intact genomic DNA is required. PCR can be effective with only a single strand of intact DNA. This is often critical for forensic analysis where only trace amounts of DNA are available. PCR has also been used to amplify and analyze ancient DNA for anthropologic and archeological purposes.
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This application is related to, and claims the benefit of the earlier filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application (Ser. No. 60/198,480), filed Apr. 17, 2000, entitled "Ultimate Directory Assistance Suite," the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to information systems, and is more particularly related to data processing over a packet switched network.
2. Discussion of the Background
Directory assistance services provide a viable source of revenue for telecommunication service providers and has proven to be an efficient mechanism for a customer to obtain information about a party whom the customer seeks to contact. Directory information is maintained by data providers (e.g., local exchange carriers (LECs), and Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), who provide directory "listings" to the telecommunication service providers for a fee. These data providers, as third parties to the service provider, typically require compensation when a listing is used. The conventional voice access directory assistance (i.e., "411" call) provides automated prompts to the customer to obtain the listing that the customer is seeking. This conventional system also employs a live operator to ensure that the customer is given the proper listing. For example, a typical scenario involves a customer dialing "411" on a telephone station and being prompted to state the name of the party that the customer seeks to contact as well as the city that the party resides. If there exists multiple listings, the live operator may intervene to gather more detailed information so that the correct and intended listing is provided. The live operator may, for instance, ask the customer to provide address information to determine which one of the multiple listings the customer seeks to obtain; thereafter, a proper determination of the desired listing can be made by the live operator. In this manner, only the actual listing that the customer utilizes translates into a charge for the customer; that is, the customer is not charged for multiple listings. For the purpose of usage tracking, standard call detail records can be employed to track charges. Additionally, such a directory assistance system ensures accuracy of the listing through the intervention of a live operator. For the service provider, the greater time that is spent servicing a particular customer through operator intervention, the greater the loss of potential revenue, in terms of opportunity cost.
Given the popularity of the World Wide Web—for that matter, the Internet in general—on-line directory services have emerged to provide an analogous service to that of the telephony based directory service. Many directory services that are provided on-line are provided as a free service, resulting in a lost of revenue to the service provider. In the implementations in which the service provider charges for use of the directory listings, there exists no mechanism to determine which listings are used by the customers. Consequently, the service provider has to compensate for all the directory listings, irrespective of use, resulting in over-compensation of the data providers. This approach results in an unnecessarily high cost to the service provider, and thus, the customers. Also, inaccurate tracking can result in potential fraud, as the customer is in a position to easily deny retrieval of the listings.
Further, currently on-line directory services lack comprehensive information about a particular party. With the information explosion, individuals in today's modem society can be reached via many other means than the conventional land-line telephone directory number. For example, these individuals possess numerous contact information, such as e-mail addresses, URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) information (i.e., web site), cellular telephone number, facsimile number, pager number, post office addresses, etc. Such comprehensive information is expensive to maintain, particularly, if the service provider cannot adequately track usage of the information; the cost of subscribing to the database of the data provider would be cost prohibitive for the service provider. Moreover, data integrity poses a challenge as such contact information necessitates continual updating.
In one conventional client-server approach to supporting on-line directory services, state information is maintained on the servers. The server that receives a directory request from a client needs to maintain information regarding the request (i.e., state information). Under this scenario, because the server stores state information pertaining to a particular request, this specific server must continue to service the requesting client. Essentially, this conventional approach mandates that the requesting client return to the specific server, as some state information is required for billing, for example. The drawbacks with this technique involve issues of availability and load balancing. Because a client request is tied to a particular server, the availability is negatively impacted in that if the specific server is down, then no other server may process the client request. Therefore, system availability is reduced. With respect to load balancing, the traffic associated with the client requests cannot be readily directed, thereby hindering system performance. Another related approach to supporting on-line directory services uses a global state mechanism shared by all servers (such as a logically central database). The main drawback of this technique is the additional complexity in the system needed to support the shared state mechanism. If not designed carefully, the shared state mechanism may also fail to meet availability and performance requirements.
Based on the foregoing, there is a clear need for improved approaches for providing directory services on-line. There is also a need to accurately track use of the directory listings. In addition, there is a need to provide directory services to customers cost-effectively. There is also a need to minimize development and implementation costs. There is still a further need to improve system availability and system performance. Therefore, an approach for providing retrieval of information which can be tracked and maintained cost-effectively is highly desirable.
The present invention addresses the above stated needs by providing a communication system that is capable of providing directory assistance services. The solution provides a process whereby a customer using a client station (possibly with web-browsing capability) determines which listing among multiple listings the customer wants to view, and therefore, selects the appropriate listing. The listing includes data that is hidden, visible, and encrypted data; the visible data provides sufficient guidance for the customer to properly select the desired listing. The hidden data may be represented by a character or a series of characters as place markers when it is presented to the customer. However, upon selection, hidden information is made visible, and the encrypted data is decrypted. The service provider tracks the listing that is uploaded (i.e., accessed and viewed). The client station supplies a server with state information that can be used to generate billing information and reports.
According to one aspect of the invention, a method for retrieving information over a packet switched network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request message from a client for information. The method also includes forwarding a portion of the information to the client in response to the request message. Further, the method includes receiving a selection message specifying whether the remaining portion of the information should be retrieved, and selectively forwarding the remaining portion of the information to the client. The above arrangement advantageously provides accurate usage tracking of the desired information.
According to another aspect of the invention, a server for providing information over a packet switched network is disclosed. The server includes a communication interface that is configured to receive a request message from a client for information. The server also includes a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to retrieve a portion of the information from a database in response to the request message. The communication interface receives a selection message from a client. The selection message specifies whether a remaining portion of the information should be retrieved, wherein the remaining portion of the information is selectively forwarded to the client. This arrangement advantageously provides a cost-effective mechanism for obtaining directory listings.
According to another aspect of the invention, a server for providing information over a packet switched network is disclosed. The server includes means for receiving a request message from a client for information, and means for forwarding a portion of the information to the client in response to the request message. The server also includes means for receiving a selection message specifying whether the remaining portion of the information should be retrieved, and means for selectively forwarding the remaining portion of the information to the client. This arrangement advantageously minimizes fraud, in that accurate tracking of the actual listings that are retrieved can be performed.
According to one aspect of the invention, a communication system includes a client configured to transmit a request message for information over a packet switched network. The system also includes a server that is configured to communicate with the client and to forward a portion of the information to the client in response to the request message, wherein the client transmits a selection message specifying whether the remaining portion of the information should be retrieved to the server. The server selectively forwards the remaining portion of the information to the client. Under this approach, a customer may obtain directory assistance cost-effectively.
In another aspect of the invention, a computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for retrieving information over a packet switched network is disclosed. The one or more sequences of one or more instructions include instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of receiving a request message from a client for information, and forwarding a portion of the information to the client in response to the request message. Other steps include receiving a selection message specifying whether the remaining portion of the information should be retrieved, and selectively forwarding the remaining portion of the information to the client. This approach advantageously permits accurate accounting and billing for directory assistance services.
A more complete appreciation of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
In the following description, for the purpose of explanation, specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be apparent that the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are depicted in block diagram form in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the invention.
Although the present invention is discussed with respect to directory assistance services over the Internet and intranets, it is recognized that the information retrieval mechanism may be used for any type of information over any packet switched network.
The external network 115 may be provided by a carrier to establish connectivity between the customer network 103 and the network 117 of the service provider. The external network 115 may be implemented according to any number of technologies, including but not limited to the Internet. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and frame relay; additionally, the network 115 may be a circuit switched network (e.g., T1, T3, etc.). As seen in
The FDDI ring network 125 provides a high-speed transport mechanism between router 123 and another router 127, which in turn connects to a switch 129. The switch 129 processes traffic from web and application servers 131. A local area network 133, such as an Ethernet network, permits the web and application servers 131 to communicate with the directory assistance databases 101.
The system 100 allows business customers, for example, to access residential, business or government phone listings electronically from their corporate intranets 107. Alternatively, the customer may employ other mechanisms to access directory information that are stored in the directory assistance databases 101; these other access mechanisms may include e-mail clients, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and web-enabled cell phones. In this exemplary embodiment, the customer utilizes a client browser 105 to submit a request (or information query) to a web and application server 131, which returns a result based upon the information that is stored within the directory assistance databases 101. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the client browser 105 supplies all relevant information (i.e., state information) to the server 131 during each request, such that the server 131 need not maintain any state information related to the client. In an exemplary embodiment, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) cookies may be used as the mechanism to send state information from the server to the client. HTTP cookies are detailed in IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) RFC (Request for Comment) 2109, entitled "HTTP State Management Mechanism", which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Because the use of cookies is largely standardized, this mechanism for sending state information is readily deployable. The stateless mechanism of the server 131 advantageously improves system availability and load balancing over the conventional client-server approaches. The graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the client browsers 105 is shown in
The directory assistance database 101 may store information that is acquired from local exchange carriers (LECs), Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), and third party proprietary databases. Directory assistance listings are normally purchased by the service provider from such data providers. Database 101, according to one embodiment of the present invention, contains basic listing information: name, directory number, and address. To compensate these data providers accurately, it is necessary to keep track of accessed and viewed listings.
The result of the request may be a set of zero or more listings with information that is partially hidden, which in an exemplary embodiment, is the phone (i.e., directory) number. As more fully discussed below with respect to
The directory assistance services of system 100 possess a number of value-added services and capabilities. Unlike conventional directory assistance, system 100 permits the retrieval of information beyond that of name and telephone number. The information, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may be classified as basic content or enhanced content. Databases 101 may store an enhanced listing that includes, for example, email addresses, a mobile number, a voice mail number, a URL, etc., in addition to the basic content of name, directory number, and address. A feature of the directory assistance service of system 100 is the ability to permit the customers, with respect to the enhanced content, to add, delete, or change the information. System 100 also provides sophisticated query capabilities (e.g., similar spellings, sounds like, etc.). Accordingly, system 100 significantly reduces a customer's directory assistance cost over the conventional voice access mechanism by providing a web-based interface to directory information for the users to easily, efficiently, and accurately obtain directory listings.
The on-line directory assistance service can also be supported by a call center (not shown). The call center may provide a web-based text chat capability to answer questions that the customers may have, in addition to communication via telephone in the event that the customer elects to confer with the operator via the phone.
System 100 provides secure access to the directory assistance databases 101 and associated applications. In particular, the system 100 supports authentication and authorization of the directory assistance capabilities; authorization is granular to the level of content within the databases 101 (i.e., varying levels of private data and public data). Commercial customers and third party developers are provided with secured access to the directory assistance data (basic and enhanced content). It is noted that any content that is specific to a customer is only accessible by that customer that owns that data.
Furthermore, system 100 provides a rich set of reporting functionalities. Reports may be prepared for any time period: daily, weekly and monthly. One report may represent the number of page views for each page on the portal or web site. Another report may reveal the number of access to the directory assistance database 101 (transactions) by customer (and third party developers). The system 100 may generate a report that shows the actions that were performed on each page; for example, the total number of click throughs for customer service. Additionally, the reports may be tailored for each customer. As earlier noted, these reports may be generated and displayed through the web browser.
Database 101 is extensible to allow for integration or association with enhanced content in other databases (not shown). Further, the directory assistance services afford the customer the functionality to add new content, delete content, or change the enhanced content. The mechanism for modifying the enhanced data (e.g., e-mail addresses, fax number, mobile number, pager number, voicemail number, and URL) includes the web browser 105, as well as other access devices (e.g., PDAs, cellular phones, web appliances, and etc.). The basic content of the directory assistance data is modified by the service provider.
As previously mentioned, the system 100 may be used to manage other types of information with other applications, beyond that of directory assistance data. The system 100, for example, permits commercial customers and third party developers to integrate the directory assistance services into their environment, or have the ability to easily access the directory assistance services data from their intranet. This integration is supported by a Software Development Toolkit (SDK), without requiring extensive systems integration or development effort. Also, commercial customers have the capability to create a link from their intranet into the directory assistance platform.
As stated, system 100 can be adapted to a variety of different applications that are separate or supplemental to the directory assistance services. One application of system 100 is the management of credit cards, whereby the service provider enables the customers to manage a list of credit cards securely. This list of credit cards may be used to notify the corresponding credit card companies in the event that any one of the cards is lost or stolen. The system 100 may also enable users to select a notification method when someone queries their listing. For example, a customer is paged when someone requests the customer's directory assistance listing. Additionally, the database 101 may store demographic information that is tied to the individual listings. Further, the system 100 may provide password authentication and authorization services.
The above directory assistance database 101, in conjunction with the web and application server 131, provides numerous advantages over the conventional on-line directory service systems. Database 101 supports comprehensive content on an individual or business for the customers. The directory service, according to one embodiment of the present invention, maintains high data accuracy, in part, through the continual updating of directory listings, as provided by the third party data providers (e.g., LECs and RBOCs). From the service provider perspective, the implementation of the directory assistance service provides a new revenue source with minimal hardware/software modifications to the existing directory assistance architecture of the voice access system.
Within the response message, there are four types of data, wherein any number of each type of data exists in each row: viewable data, hidden data, encrypted data, and state data. Viewable data is directly viewable by the user through the client browser 105. Hidden data provides a place holder for information that can be displayed; for example, the information is masked by characters that indicate that the true information is not shown, e.g., "XXXXXX". Each block of hidden data has a corresponding encrypted block, which is not directly viewable by the user. Data is encrypted to minimize the possibility that a client may intercept the data to avoid paying for service, for example. Lastly, state data relating to billing and reporting capabilities refer to information that is passed back to the user, and subsequently forwarded to the web and application server 131 upon selection of a row. The data types of viewable data, hidden data, encrypted data, and state data, either individually or in any combination, constitute "state information". According to one embodiment of the present invention, the "state data" data type is employed to expressly represent state information. In another embodiment, the viewable data, hidden data, encrypted data, or any combination thereof, may denote state information. In other words, state information may be represented by any of the above data types. The server 131 need not store any state information regarding the request from the client browser 105 (i.e., server-stateless). The state information may be stored in the client stations that are running the client browsers 105. Unlike the conventional approach, the client browser 105 does not need to return to the particular server 131 for subsequent billing information, as the server 131 is a stateless-server.
In step 305, the user is presented with one or more rows of listings from database 101 correspond to the request and selects the desired listing. The user views the viewable and hidden data and determines which row corresponds to the listing that the user seeks. The method of selection depends on the particular type of user interface being used. The user selects a particular row of information. In the specific case of a web browser as the user interface (as shown below in
Thereafter, upon selection of the desired row, the client browser 105 transmits encrypted data and state data to the web and application server 131, per step 307. It should be noted that the selection of listing process is generic and could be used in any system requiring server stateless selection capability. Next, in step 309, the server decrypts the encrypted data. At this point, if the billing and reporting functions are invoked (step 311) by an external process, for example, then the web and application server 131 prepares the billing information and the reports based upon the state data, per step 313. In step 315, the server 131 sends the decrypted data back to the client browser 105. The can now view the entire row of data (step 317). It is this selected row that the customer is charged and upon which the data provider is compensated.
For the purpose of explanation, screen 400 is described with the basic content of the directory listing; that is, the listings convey the name, address, and directory number. The listings 401 and 403 show the basic content of the directory listings. Alternatively, the data selection screen 400 may supply the enhanced content (e.g., e-mail address, mobile number, fax number, pager number, voicemail number, and URL). Row 401 provides visible data in form of the name, and various portions of the address and telephone number. The "XXXX" characters hide some of the data associated with the telephone number and the ZIP code of the address; the hidden data 405 is not shown until the user selects the particular row 401. The purpose of the partial display of information is to ensure that the user is selecting the correct listing. Similarly, row 403 has hidden data 407. The determination as to what is hidden data can be specified by the service provider; for example, the street number in the address fields 409 and 411 of rows 401 and 403, respectively, may be hidden. Assuming the user is attempting to locate a company that is situated in Iowa. the user is provided with sufficient information to confidently select the proper listing, which in this case is row 401.
As evident from the discussion above, the selection process enables the service provider to compensate data providers based on which listings are used. By contrast, the conventional directory system results in the service provider over compensating the data providers, as it is traditionally difficult or not possible to track the listings that are accessed and viewed by the customers.
Computer system 601 may be coupled via bus 603 to a display 613, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), for displaying information to a computer user. An input device 615, including alphanumeric and other keys, is coupled to bus 603 for communicating information and command selections to processor 605. Another type of user input device is cursor control 617, such as a mouse, a trackball, or cursor direction keys for communicating direction information and command selections to processor 605 and for controlling cursor movement on display 613.
According to one embodiment, the information retrieval process described in
Further, the information retrieval processing instructions of the communication system 100 may reside on a computer-readable medium. The term "computer-readable medium" as used herein refers to any medium that participates in providing instructions to processor 605 for execution. Such a medium may take many forms, including but not limited to, non-volatile media, volatile media, and transmission media. Non-volatile media includes, for example, optical or magnetic disks, such as storage device 611. Volatile media includes dynamic memory, such as main memory 607. Transmission media includes coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including the wires that comprise bus 603. Transmission media can also take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generated during radio wave and infrared data communication.
Common forms of computer-readable media include, for example, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, or any other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM, any other optical medium, punch cards, paper tape, any other physical medium with patterns of holes, a RAM, a PROM, and EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM, any other memory chip or cartridge, a carrier wave as described hereinafter, or any other medium from which a computer can read.
Various forms of computer readable media may be involved in carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions to processor 605 for execution. For example, the instructions may initially be carried on a magnetic disk of a remote computer. The remote computer can load the instructions relating to information retrieval remotely into its dynamic memory and send the instructions over a telephone line using a modem. A modem local to computer system 601 can receive the data on the telephone line and use an infrared transmitter to convert the data to an infrared signal. An infrared detector coupled to bus 603 can receive the data carried in the infrared signal and place the data on bus 603. Bus 603 carries the data to main memory 607, from which processor 605 retrieves and executes the instructions. The instructions received by main memory 607 may optionally be stored on storage device 611 either before or after execution by processor 605.
Computer system 601 also includes a communication interface 619 coupled to bus 603. Communication interface 619 provides a two-way data communication coupling to a network link 621 that is connected to a local network 623. For example, communication interface 619 may be a network interface card to attach to any packet switched local area network (LAN). As another example, communication interface 619 may be an asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) card, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) card or a modem to provide a data communication connection to a corresponding type of telephone line. Wireless links may also be implemented. In any such implementation, communication interface 619 sends and receives electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams representing various types of information.
Network link 621 typically provides data communication through one or more networks to other data devices. For example, network link 621 may provide a connection through local network 623 to a host computer 625 or to data equipment operated by a service provider, which provides data communication services through a communication network 627 (e.g., the Internet). LAN 623 and network 627 both use electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams. The signals through the various networks and the signals on network link 621 and through communication interface 619, which carry the digital data to and from computer system 601, are exemplary forms of carrier waves transporting the information. Computer system 601 can transmit notifications and receive data, including program code, through the network(s), network link 621 and communication interface 619.
The techniques described herein provide several advantages over prior approaches to providing on-line information retrieval. A user via a user interface transmits an information request to a server, which in turn responds with information in which only a portion of the information is displayed to the user; that is, some of the information is hidden. Upon selecting the particular set of information the user desires, the server forwards the remaining portion of the information. This selection process has particular applicability to directory assistance services, whereby the actual directory listings that are accessed and viewed by the users are tracked. This arrangement advantageously provides the capability to accurately compensate the data providers, resulting in cost savings for the service provider and ultimately the customer.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
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Another photo from yesterday's storm:
Another photo from yesterday's storm:
A line of severe thunderstorms came through today. I was getting my car worked on and was at the shop picking it up when the thunderstorm was occurring. Suddenly, there was an outright roar outside. I was just on the inside and turned around and hail between the size of a large marble (not regular sized marble) and a golf ball was falling. It lasted all of a minute, but it was spectacular while it lasted. A few minutes later when I paid for the work on my car, I learned that people further on the inside thought a tornado was occurring. That didn't' surprise me a bit.
Damage reports from across the area are still coming in including similar hail and a tornado in Charles County, my old stomping grounds.
The rain hung over our house slightly longer than the rest of the line and as it was departing, it produced this rainbow:


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Wanna enjoy the game tonight and help increase your shot for playing pro? Of course you do.
Sittin' at my desk earlier, it dawned on me how an aspiring pro player could take advantage of watching the game tonight. It's pretty simple, really.
Ready? Here it is:
I'd study players on tv that play my position.
I'll explain.
The SEC is where it's at, talent-wise, flat-out. The draft numbers don't lie. There will be players that'll be playing on Sundays next season at just about every position on the field tonight.
So here are some simple steps to gettin' that done tonight.
1. Go to the National Football Post's Scouting Department page.
2. Click on your position. Then scroll down through the list of players that they analyzed for your position, and find a player that plays for either Alabama or LSU (Louisiana State).
3. Read the analysis on that player, and take some notes on what you read.
4. Go to Get2TheLeague.com, and enter your position in the search box in the upper right hand corner.
Somewhere in the search results, you'll find a post (there might be two) that cover what NFL scouts tend to look for in players at your position.
Take some notes, and watch the player on the field tonight that plays your position.
5. Pay close attention, and observe how he performs at each of the traits and skills.
What this will do, is train your eye and mind for evaluating film for what scouts look for.
This way, when spring ball rolls around here shortly, you'll be able to critique your own play, to see if you're performing at an NFL-level at those same skills and traits.
You can do the same thing while watching the NFL playoffs over the next few weeks. It's tougher to find scouting reports on current NFL players, but hey, they're in the NFL for a reason, so they're definitely good enough for you to evaluate in this same manner.
Hope this makes sense. Enjoy the game tonight.
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Eight people were displaced after a fire burned their Riverside home Thursday, Nov. 19.
No one was injured in the fire, which was reported at 6:26 a.m. in the 5600 block of Mountain View Avenue. Firefighters were still battling the fire at 7:12 a.m., though it had died down and no flames were visible from outside of the house.
When originally called to the single-story, single-family home, firefighters believed someone was trapped in the home, Riverside Fire Department Battalion Chief Tony Perna said. That's because one of the home's occupants was missing when the family called 911.
When firefighters arrived, they searched the house and didn't find anyone trapped, Perna said. They later learned the man had left the home prior to the fire starting.
A total of 20 firefighters battled the fire. A crew of paramedics also arrived on scene but none of the occupants required medical attention.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, Perna said. Firefighters believe it started in a back corner of the house.


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As a cost effective SMS alternative for the iOS, WhatsApp is one app-service suite that doesn't require lengthy introductions, considering how popular it is as a product for iPhones and iPads.
In our previous post, we talked about how What'sApp is intent on implementing an annual subscription-based business model for its iOS variant this year, reminding iPhone and iPad users with WhatsApp installed to be keen on updates or announcements issued by the company.
Today, we'll be touching up on an ongoing rumor revolving around WhatsApp, one which notes that Google is well on its way in negotiating for the acquisition of WhatsApp.
Based on a report by Digital Trends, Google is revealed to be "playing hardball" in its alleged move in buying the messaging suite, rumored to have even gone as far as offering $1 billion for the product.
Should Google actually get to own WhatsApp, it is foreseen that the brand would essentially utilize its messaging capacities and capabilities in unifying a number of Google's message-based service offerings like Hangout, Voice and Talk.
With more and more mobile users gunning for premium rated mobile subscription options, the lucrative prospects inherent in SMS replacement suites cannot be easily snubbed as a market area with a huge buying power potential.
With Facebook and Google rumored to have had initiated acquisition discussions with the WhatsApp team in the past, the prospect of Google intent on truly owning WhatsApp is one which may just be a possible reality, considering how ingrained mobile internet habits are becoming as the mainstay standards of today.


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we are suppose to hang out tonight and eat dinner.
its already 6 and he hasn't said what time.
we discussed hanging out today, just a couple of hours ago.
So, just forget about him cause he is blowing me off?
We don't go to the same school, last time I saw him was 3 weeks ago.


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Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi 5 saw Gauhar Khan and Kushal Tandon competing each other in a series of military tasks including grenades, after completing which Kushal leaves the show stating a shoulder injury he succumbed during the stunt.
The first task that Rohit Shetty announced this week was for the popular love birds Gauhar Khan and Kushal Tandon. The couple, who have so far been standing by each other during all their deadly stunts, would this time compete each other and the one who would loose will be going directly to eliminations.
The couple who have been standing together had to compete with each other in this task. The task comprised of a series of strenuous military tasks to save a dummy body. Also, to make the task even more difficult, both have to complete this stunt with a carpet of grenades spread around the field.
While Kushal manage to complete the task with great difficulty, due to his shoulder injury, he declared that this will be his last stunt and he would be stepping out of the show as well. Gauhar, on the other hand went on to attempt the stunt and with great difficulty got to the dead body.
Thus comes an end to Kushal's three week journey in the stunt-based adventure reality show. Though Kushal left the show, he will remain in Cape Town until Gauhar Khan is in the show and they returned to Mumbai together at the end.


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The day after Wrestlemania XXVIII, President Barack Hussein Obama did his impression of "The Rock," calling out the U.S. Supreme Court.
Does ol' Scooter know something that we don't?
President Barack Obama took an opening shot at conservative justices on the Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of his sweeping healthcare law would be an act of "judicial activism" that Republicans say they abhor.
Obama, a Democrat, had not commented publicly on the Supreme Court's deliberations since it heard arguments for and against the healthcare law last week.
Known as the "Affordable Care Act" or "Obamacare," the measure to expand health insurance for millions of Americans is considered Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.
A rejection by the court would be a big blow to Obama going into the November 6 presidential election.
Republican presidential candidates, who are vying to take on Obama in November elections, have promised to repeal the law if one of them wins the White House.
Obama's advisers say they have not prepared contingency plans if the measure fails. But the president — who expressed confidence that the court would uphold the law — made clear how he would address it on the campaign trail if the court strikes it down.
"Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," Obama said at a news conference with the leaders of Canada and Mexico.
Conservative leaders say the law, which once fully implemented will require Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty, was an overreach by Obama and the Congress that passed it.
The president sought to turn that argument around, calling a potential rejection by the court an overreach of its own.
"And I'd just remind conservative commentators that, for years, what we have heard is, the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism, or a lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law," Obama said.
"Well, this is a good example, and I'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step," he said.
AFP reporting on yahoo.com continues the story:
Obama's comments will be seen as a warning shot to the court, one of the three branches of the US government, and could draw complaints from critics that he is trying to influence the deliberations.
Gee, DiNozzo. Ya think?
The health care case is the most closely watched Supreme Court deliberation since a divided bench handed the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush over Al Gore, and could have far reaching political implications.
Obama also argued there was a "human element" to the health care battle, as well as legal and political dimensions.
He said that without the law, passed after a fierce battle with Republicans in 2010, several million children would not have health care, and millions more adults with pre-existing conditions would also be deprived of treatment.
And, with additional taxes levied on the American people, in order to finance Obamacare, small companies will begin to fold, and an already bad economy will become worse.
Opponents of the health care law argue that the government has overreached its powers by requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance.
But supporters say that the government is within its rights to regulate the health industry as it has the power to oversee commerce across state borders.
Without the mandate, they say, the costs of insuring an extra 32 million Americans would be prohibitive to the private health insurance industry.
The Affordable Care Act is highly polarizing in US politics as the election approaches and Obama is yet to get a political dividend for the huge expenditure of political capital required to pass the legislation.
If the court upholds the law, and he wins reelection in November, the legislation will likely stand for years, as it will be fully implemented by 2014, two years before his second term draws to a close.
But Republicans running to replace him in the November 6 election have all vowed to repeal ObamaCare.
"I think it's important… to remind people that this is not an abstract argument," Obama said.
"The law that's already in place has already given 2.5 million young people health care that wouldn't otherwise have it.
"There are tens of thousands of adults with preexisting conditions who have health care right now because of this law."
Before you start breaking out the hankies over Scooter's noble sentiments concerning his wonderful, heaven-sent Affordable Care Act, remember what the Congressional Budget Office reported recently:
President Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul is projected to cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, reports the Congressional Budget Office, a hefty sum more than the $940 billion estimated when the healthcare legislation was signed into law. To put it mildly, ObamaCare's projected net worth is far off from its original estimate — in fact, about $820 billion off.
Backtracking to his September 2009 remarks to a joint session of Congress on healthcare, Obama asserted the following: "Now, add it all up, and the plan I'm proposing will cost around $900 billion over 10 years — less than we have spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and less than the tax cuts for the wealthiest few Americans that Congress passed at the beginning of the previous administration."
When the final CBO report was released before the law's passage, critics surmised that the actual 10-year cost would far exceed the advertised projections. In other words, the numbers were seemingly obscured through a political ploy devised to jam the legislation through Congress.
I pray that the Supreme Court puts a stake in the heart of Obama's vampiric National Healthcare Monster.
This nation's health…and our pocketbooks…simply cannot afford it.


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For nearly half the league, there will be no playoffs. As the NBA regular season winds to a close, here are some positives you can watch for from the non-playoff teams.
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After we peeped 3 Studio's acrylic and multimedia creations, we managed to get in touch with them for a little long distance Q&A. Short, and sweet, a nice light read for a late Sunday night, but some stuff to muse about. Again, we try and reserve Q&A's for individuals, collectives and projects that are on the come-up. In this case, 3 Studio represents a pursuit in the direction of Japanese contemporary art, both as it stands after a horrendous national disaster, but also as more and more of a Japanese contemporary art scene is developed. Grab a drink, and have a quick read of this Q&A we did with 3 Studio.
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The weird, strange, exotic, obscure, haphazard, and extraneous creations of a girl with a bit of a nail polish addiction.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Galaxy sparkle nails
This mani is very easy and simple, and I really love the result. I used a corner of a kitchen sponge I cut off to dab on the sparkly polishes so each nail would have a bit of each polish.
Here's the polishes I used:
Sally Hansen double duty base coat
Orly indigo star
Pure ice cheatin'
Color workshop silver
Color workshop shimmery blue/silver
N.Y.C top coat
Happy Painting!
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AIRPLANES traditionally have fewer passengers in winter, except on flights to warm weather destinations, so a number of carriers are trying to lure passengers by offering bargain fares to Europe. But this year some carriers are also offering bargains to sun spots in Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Continental Airlines, for example, is offering round trips between New York/Newark and Milwaukee for $184; Lima, Peru for $496, and Mexico City for $296. For $298, passengers can fly round trip to Paris, Frankfurt, Lisbon or Madrid. Round trip to London, Birmingham, or Manchester in England is $198. Tickets must be purchased no later than Jan. 22, and travel completed by April 30. (Travel to Europe must be completed by April 5.)
Trans World Airlines' round-trip fares include New York-Oklahoma City for $298 and New York-San Diego and New York-Sacramento, Calif., for $348. Fares between New York and either Paris, Madrid or Barcelona, Spain, are $308, while New York-Lisbon is $306.
Tickets must be purchased no later than Friday for travel on domestic routes between Jan. 20 and April 3, but travel dates vary for international destinations.
Virgin Group's Virgin Atlantic has an unusual tiered fare on flights to London, but today is the last day to purchase tickets. While round-trip fares are as low as $198 from New York, Newark and Boston, or $338 from Los Angeles or San Francisco, fares vary by day of the week. Flights on Monday through Thursday are $99 each way, or $198 round trip, while flights Friday through Sunday are $129 each way, or $258 round trip. But a Monday through Thursday departure ($99) can be combined with a Friday through Sunday return flight ($129) for a round-trip total of $228. Travel must be started no later than March 14 and completed by March 18.Continue reading the main story
Pan American World Airways is offering $198 round-trip fares between Kennedy International Airport in New York and Miami, Fort Lauderdale or Fort Myers in Florida, and between MacArthur Airport in Islip, N.Y., and six cities in Florida, including Orlando and West Palm Beach. New York-Nassau, the Bahamas, is $198 round trip, and New York-San Juan, P.R., is $258. Tickets must be purchased by Jan. 21 and travel completed by April 30.
As usual, seats are limited on all the above flights, restrictions apply, and taxes and fees are extra.
Think Crowded
If you think airlines, hotels and your favorite resort were crowded in 1997, you might want to stop reading now. Otherwise, brace yourself. For according to the Madrid-based World Tourism Organization, whose membership includes 138 countries and territories, 1.6 billion tourists will be visiting foreign countries annually by the year 2020 -- nearly three times the 595 million international tourists in 1996.
China will supplant France as the world's top destination, with 137.1 million annual visitors in 2020, according to the tourism organization, while France (with 93.3 million visitors in 2020) will drop to third place behind the United States (102.4 million). The remainder of the top 10, if the forecasters are right, will be Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Britain, Mexico, Russia and Czechoslovakia.
Yet despite the surge in travelers, the World Tourism Organization predicts that the majority of the world's population will never leave their own countries, even by the year 2020. In fact, the percentage of foreign travelers 22 years hence will still represent only 7 percent of the world's population.
Super Bowl Bids
Delta Air Lines is inviting bids from its frequent-flier members for tickets and transportation to the Super Bowl in San Diego on Jan. 25. The minimum bid is 100,000 miles. Each of the seven winners and a guest will be flown first class to San Diego on Jan. 23, put up at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in La Jolla, treated to all meals, receptions, the football game and return transportation on Jan. 26. Anyone bidding or traveling with the winners must be at least 16 years old.
Tickets From A.T.M.'s
Pending regulatory approval, customers will be able to buy tickets on Hawaiian Airlines 24 hours a day from some 400 Bank of Hawaii automated teller machines. Tickets are good for inter-island flights, and can be paid for with A.T.M. cards or Mastercard and Visa credit cards. The program is to start March 1.
Soccer Guide
With the United States one of the 32 soccer teams to qualify for the 1998 World Cup, American fans are expected to flock to France during the competition from June 10 to July 12. In anticipation, Rough Guides, which specializes in guidebooks to destinations that are off the beaten track, has just published ''A Rough Guide to European Football: A Fan's Handbook.'' The 608-page book, by Peterjon Presswell and Simon Evans, covers World Cup sites, all of Europe's major soccer clubs and hotels in many cities.
Java Upgrade
AMR's American Airlines, which expects to serve 131 million cups of coffee this year, is now serving 100 percent Colombian coffee on all flights and in all classes of service, according to an airline representative. Previously all-Colombian coffee was served only on certain international flights.Continue reading the main story


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Home for the Holidays
At 7am on this coming Wednesday, I will board a plane to Houston, TX, where I will be spending two weeks with my family for the holidays. I haven't been back to Texas since last winter, and I'm looking forward to paying a visit. Marc and I are also considering taking a separate trip down sometime this spring, since he was not able to join me for our holiday festivities. Time to start watching for fare sales!
While I'm home I plan on enjoying my mom's excellent cooking, real Mexican food, and the amusing antics of my parents' Australian Shepherd, Lola. Some time during my visit, we'll be taking the family plane up to Bentonville, Arkansas to visit a newly-opened museum of American art, and I may go up with my dad in his glider. Though I will miss Marc, it will be nice to get out of the cold for a few weeks, and I'm hoping that the trip will provide some Texas-related content for this blog.
My posting rate may go down a bit while I'm there, but definitely keep your eyes on your RSS reader anyway!


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Veteran restaurateur maintains pace
Published 6:30 am, Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Nash D'Amcio is viewed in Houston as a seasoned restaurateur, a sharp businessman who's run multiple reputable restaurants. His surname is synonymous with good Italian food.
But when D'Amico and his cousins inked the lease on an abandoned Huntsville restaurant in the summer of 1975, they were stumbling over themselves.
"We didn't have any idea what we were doing," he says. "We had a (kitchen) hood there but we didn't know you were supposed to have a real strong exhaust head on it, so it was hot as hell in the place. Finally somebody came in and said, 'Something's wrong with this kitchen. Do you have an exhaust?'"
The Sam Houston State University marketing graduate and his cousins soon swapped for more upscale dining with D'Amico's Ristorante Italiano, on Westheimer just east of Kirby. The elegant air of the place and its novelty, in an age before myriad Italian joints, made a big splash.
"It was one of the nicest restaurants in Houston. It was very sexy. Great food," says Teresa Byrne-Dodge, the editor and publisher of Houston-based My Table magazine, who has followed D'Amico's career for 25 years.
After working with his cousins, Tony and Damian Mandola (who later ran Damian's and Tony Mandola's Gulf Coast Kitchen, among other properties), D'Amico opened Nash D'Amico's Pasta & Clam Bar, with neon tubing around the ceilings and an intensely art deco feel.
"For so many years, profit was not what was driving me," he says. "What was driving me was to be able to put out a good quality food that people enjoyed, that they would talk about, that they'd come back, that you'd built a good rapport."
D'Amico doesn't consider himself a chef. He keeps one foot in the kitchen at D'Amico's Italian Market Café, which he's run in Rice Village since the mid-1990s, but he's always handled the administrative tasks for each of the eight restaurants he's operated in Houston in the last 34 years. He now has help with that and other tasks from his daughter Brina D'Amico Donaldson, 33, who's joined the business.
Though he enjoys the reliable traditions of good Italian food — all four of his grandparents landed at Galveston on ships from Sicily in the late 19th century — he makes an effort to travel to noteworthy restaurants to remain forward-thinking. A trip to California, for instance, led him to add a wild mushroom and walnut tortellini to his menu.
"He's not cast in amber by a long shot," says Byrne-Dodge. "He's changed with the market. He's a pretty keen entrepreneur."
D'Amico has a speedy speech pattern, as if there are more words to say than the time to say them. He darts quickly around the café, chatting with customers and coordinating with Brina, 33, a graduate of the College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston.
"I like action, activity," he says. "I think that's what God wants me to do. It's important to be a good example. People need to see that you're involved in something good."
Activity was the norm when D'Amico raised Brina as a single parent, and remains the norm as Brina's three daughters spend much of their time with their grandfather when he's not at the café.
D'Amico also continues to seek out activity — he's in his third semester auditing graduate theology classes at the University of Saint Thomas. A self-described devout Catholic, D'Amico is involved at St. Anne Catholic School on Westheimer, which he, his daughter and his granddaughters all attended or will attend.
"I'm very interested in Catholicism and, really, all religions," he says. "I wanted my mind to be triggered."
After a lull in activity while he designed and built a new home — if not a restaurateur, he says he would have been a builder — D'Amico says he's ready to expand his café and perhaps resurrect the original white-tablecloth restaurant that made his name.
"I'm ready to go back out again, especially now that I have my daughter," he says. "To have her in the business and for me to see how much she contributes to it and how much more she knows about it, it's incredible. It's priceless."


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Our thanks to the family of David Morton (40 – 51) for sending on a copy of the obituary and biography of David Morton who passed away in January 2017.
Our thanks to Gwyneth Ashworth for sending on a copy of the obituary for her late husband Graham Ashworth who passed away in September 2015 – Obituary – Graham Ashworth 45 – 52
Our thanks to Pam Dodd for providing the following obituary of her father who passed away in 2013.
Frank Ernest Gerrish 1919-2013
Frank was born in Kent but came to live in Plymouth in 1923 when his father was appointed superintendent in HM Dockyard Devonport. He attended DHS, as it was then known, from the age of 11 in 1930. Dr. Treseder was the Headmaster at that time. Frank could remember being recommended to present a bouquet at Speech Day and had to recite a poem in the Headmaster's study for his speaking voice to be assessed. His strength was in mathematics and his studies in this subject enabled him to be accepted as an HM Dockyard apprentice in 1936. His Dockyard mathematics textbooks were in his possession until he died. His brother John followed him to the school in 1937.
Frank entered the Royal Navy in 1940 and served as a Chief Petty Officer in the Mediterranean throughout WW11. After the war he left the Dockyard and spent the rest of his career in the aircraft industry. He was one of the engineers working on the design and construction of the Concorde from the outset, of which he was justifiably proud. Frank was fiercely proud of his old school and followed its' fortunes with interest. He kept his school cap for the rest of his life. The Old Boys Association has kindly accepted the cap as part of the school archive and it will be presented during October. Frank 's funeral will be held at the church of St. Mary, Thornbury South Gloucestershire on Thursday 26th September at 2.30pm to which any Old Boy representing the school will be most welcome.


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Daikokuya, DTLA
Daikokuya has the best ramen in Downtown Los Angeles. You'll see crowds waiting for a table or a stool. The soup base at Daikokuya is quite good. But you can take it to another notch with a more kotteri – heavier soup base that has more flavor. The pork, standard in all ramen, is good...
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Trust in Mr. B. . . that's what I kept saying. After being lead through traffic on motorcycle taxis, we had finally arrived. Just minutes ago, I was sweating bullets from the fear while riding riding the motorcycles, but now my perspiration from the ramen I was happily consuming in this hot summer heat in...
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We've been hearing so much about Kin with the different events, that we should also remember that Kin also does food, and pretty good, too. Kin is a boutique that features streetwear and goods, that you'd typically find in the US. But Kin is also a ramen house – that you'd most likely not find inside a...
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We recently made a visit to Breadbar again for their next feature – Ramen by Yatai. Yatai, meaning food stall in Japanese, is from Ironnori Concepts, Chef Kazuo Shimamura. The standout of the night was the foie gras ramen. In the light broth, you could taste the different complexities of flavor. Soup and broth need...
Rakumenya 樂麵屋, Taipei
Rakumenya is ramen house featuring a spicy ramen. Modeled after a typical Ramen house in Japan with wood accents and a chorus of Japanese yells and calls – as you enter, leave, and order. The ramen is ordered started with the your choice of soup bases and hardness/softness of noodles and with different sides. You...
Grumpy Pig, Shanghai
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Ramenya, West Los Angeles
#Located in Little Osaka #Been around awhile, favored by loyal customers #Could always depend on a solid ramen meal #Waits could be long, so get there early #Tan-tan ramen is good Yelp Ramenya 11660 Gateway Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310) 575-9337
Asa Ramen, Gardena
Yelp Listing Asa Ramen 18202 S Western Ave Gardena, CA 90248 (310) 769-1010
Shinsen Gumi Ramen, South Bay Los Angeles
Located in a mini mall off of redondo, Shensen gumi serves some of the best ramen. Differing from the ramen houses in West LA, Shensen Gumi features a basic ramen with pork slices. They offer it with varying types of soups, oil bases, and noodle textures – but all basically the same. You really can't...
Kouraku, Little Tokyo DTLA
#Great late night restaurant #Fried rice is popular #Ramen is one of my favorite #Introduced to me by my Japanese American friends #Parking sucks, but late at night, should not be a problem Yelp Kouraku Restaurant 314 E 2nd St Los Angeles, CA 90012 Little Tokyo, Downtown kouraku.menutoeat.com


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"2PM" is Pete Price, Pete Hennings, and Mike Jurgensen, a trio of talented musicians who blend their varied musical talents into an eclectic mix of material, from original songs, to obscure covers, to well-known standards. With Price on guitar and bass, Hennings on guitar, bass, mandolin, and violin, and Jurgensen on guitar and harmonica, these three performers combine tight instrumentation with pristine vocal harmonies to delight audiences of all musical tastes. All three are talented songwriters and have performed solo as well as with other bands: Hennings and Price with Jon Semmes and the Florida Friends, and Jurgensen and Hennings with Myriad. The combination of Pete, Pete, and Mike as "2PM", however, is a unique trio that has delighted audiences at acoustic venues and folk festivals around the state of Florida.
"Mrs. Kate"
"Mrs. Kate" Carpenter hails from the tiny town of Callahan, Florida, and travels the world making families smile with her homespun folk music. A prolific songwriter, she has recorded 12 original CD's and 2 kids' music videos. Her latest release, I Think I Can, is motivating kids to achieve their full potential all over the world. Mrs. Kate creates catchy songs to build character and teach kindness. She sings for over 10,000 kids a year, and shows no signs of slowing down, delighting her audiences with puppetry, storytelling and interactive tunes. See Mrs. Kate after the show for a website card or an autographed CD!
Tom Shed
Tom Shed performing on guitar and banjo throughout the U.S., Europe, the UK, Canada, the Caribbean, New Zealand and Australia for many years, Tom shares his unique perspective of life, love and the world around us.
Songs About Something.. Tom Shed, songwriter and performent brings "history, humor and the human condition" to audiences around the world in an exciting and entertaining concert.
Roadside Revue
Roadside Revue is a high energy band of friends formed nearly 20 years ago, and has performed at folk festivals across our great state--from Key West to Jacksonville, and every where in between! They are: Ron Litschauer (vocals/guitar/mandolin), Bari Litschauer (vocals/banjo/mandolin), Dawn DeWitt (bass/guitar/vocals), and Stan Geberer(harmonica/guitar/vocals). Sometimes silly, sometimes serious. Sometimes historical, sometimes hysterical. Their music reflects influences of folk, bluegrass, blues, rock, country, and gospel. For more information,visit their web site: www.roadsiderevue.com
Founded in 2009, Passerine has been touring nationally since 2012, playing every sort of venue from coffee houses to pubs, from intimate listening rooms to big festival stages. They finished their 3rd CD just before last year's Florida Folk Festival. Their music occupies a zone somewhere between modern folk, progressive bluegrass, and what is loosely called Americana. By combining diverse musical interests with instrumentation usually
associated with a traditional string band, and with vocal harmonies that sometimes move outside the usual structures, Passerine has created a sound that is both familiar and unique, whether the song is a sweet ballad, a foot-stomping bluegrass tune, or one of their more rocking originals.
Jackson Creek
Jackson Creek String Band labels its style of music as "Fiddle - Folk - Grass." It is a dynamic blend of music including folk, mild bluegrass, Celtic, and fiddle tunes with a bit of Gospel, cowboy, and Civil War music mixed in! Many of their songs are originals written by Joe Waller about family, Florida, and home. Their CD, "I Wish I Was..." was awarded the "Traditional Folk CD of the Year 2013" by the National Traditional Country Music Association. Joe and Katie Waller,Carolyn Dunn on bass, Tim Martin on musical saw, and guest dulcimer player Jackie Burke are looking forward to returning to Pioneer Days! Their web site is www.folkfiddle.com.
Jerry Mincey
Jerry Mincey is a Winter Haven native, preordained to be a musician. As a young man, he played lead guitar for "The Spades," one of Central Florida's most popular bands.Today, his music focuses on his Florida roots with delightful songs like "Narcoossee Lucie", "Plantin' Yankees," "Osceola's Tears," and"Orange Blossom Trail." All are available for download on iTunes. For more info, visit his web site: www.reverbnation.com/jerrymincey
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Solly Burton - Back Home Again
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Solly Burton, winner of the 2007 Walnut Valley Mandolin Championships and a two-time winner of the Official Kentucky State Championship has announced the release of his first solo recording, Back Home Again.
In addition to Solly on mandolin, support was provided by Joel Whittinghill on fiddle, Mike Sumner on banjo, Adam Wright on guitar, Fred Duggin on guitar and Brad Leiter on bass.
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Your mother has been your best friend ever since the day you were born! Show her you appreciate her friendship with this elegant and thoughtful gift tub. We have included a back massager, 3" aromatherapy pillar candle, rose petal bath fizzies, overnight hand moisturizing gloves, a floral notepad and matching pen. To treat her sweet tooth, we include some key lime truffles, wildflower honey, and two flavors of tea (raspberry and strawberry).
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A number of MetroWest schools are either closed on Monday or opening late due to the weekend's blizzard.
Framingham is one of the many MetroWest school districts that is closed on Monday, in the aftermath of the weekend's blizzard. Schools in Ashland, Hopkinton, Milford, Natick and Uxbridge are also closed, as is Tri-County Regional Voc-Tech in Franklin. Other schools in Franklin, however, are opening 2 hours late. Wellesley is also opening 2 hours late; Sudbury is opening one hour late.


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Hi girls!
I dived into a new challenge for this month; Dani's Manis is hosting a 30 day challenge starting today!
Here is the post with all the inlinkz codes, and the original post is here.
Day one's theme is to use your favorite creme polish, I actually used the last bit of this polish today so I might be buying a new bottle of it soon! I chose Sally Hansen X-treme wear mint sorbet, it's just a really lovely simple pastel mint. I freehanded a half moon mani over it with Wet n wild megalast I need a refresh-mint, which is another pretty creme polish.
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A report released today by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Melbourne as the world"s most liveable city—for the fifth year running. Australia and Canada both do well, with three cities each in the top ten. But growing global instability means nearly a fifth of the 140 cities surveyed earned a lower score this year. Ten of these cities are in western Europe—notably Paris, which has suffered multiple terrorist attacks.
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Portland Trail Blazers (42-29)It's hard to tell if the recent skirmish in the front office that led to assistant general manager Tom Penn's dismissal and rumors that GM Kevin Pritchard could be on his way out the door will have any effect on the team, but the last thing Portland needs is a distraction, not with a showdown with Dallas and a battle for seeding with Oklahoma City on the schedule this week.
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Milwaukee Bucks (38-30)If I'm a GM, I'm making a play for Salmons at next year's trade deadline. A year after sparking Chicago's playoff run, Salmons is doing the same for Milwaukee, averaging 19.8 points on 45.4 percent shooting in 16 games. More important, the Bucks are an astonishing 14-2 with Salmons in the lineup.
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San Antonio Spurs (41-27)A local TV affiliate called the Spurs' upcoming schedule the "Stretch of Doom," and it's hard to argue with the label. After a tough overtime loss to Atlanta on Sunday, San Antonio's next four opponents are Oklahoma City, the Lakers, Cleveland and Boston. The good news: Manu Ginobili, who dropped 38 on the Hawks, is averaging 21.2 points this month, nearly five more than his season average.
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Memphis Grizzlies (37-33)Since the All-Star break, the Grizz have lost only once on the road. Not bad for a team that was 8-17 away from home before the break. Which is great considering four of their next six games are not at FedEx Forum.
Last Week: 17
Houston Rockets (36-32)With the Rockets piecing things together -- they have won seven of their last 10 -- it's worth wondering how good this team could be with Yao Ming in the middle next season. Kevin Martin raining open jumpers off double teams? Luis Scola and Jordan Hill feasting on offensive boards? Aaron Brooks, Chase Budinger and Trevor Ariza racing out in transition? Not a bad mix.
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Are you looking for the minimalist look of your house inspiration? Nowadays there are so many designs of the house that you may have for your house and you may get confused to determine what themes that you will have for your house. Do you easy to get bored and do not want to be busy in decorating the house interior? Why don't you try to have the minimalist design for your house?
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When you take a look to the first picture in this article you will see the exterior of this house. the exterior of this house is so modern and simple, right? Even though the design is so simple, the house exterior looks so elegant and luxurious.
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