Adela refers to them as โ€œOffice Messengers of Fun, with an attitude.โ€ “The Corporate Circus” ( www.thecorporatecircus.com/index1.html), presented as both an Adult Animation show and as an Animation Interstitial in a live action Office Sitcom television project, were well received at NATPE Boot Camp. Follow-up developmental discussions with producers are currently in play.”The Corporate Circus bookโ€ (www.

thecorporatecircus, Nevada computer services, .com/book.htm) has been awarded a 5 Star rave review by Midwest Book Review describing the story as, โ€œa bizarre and fantastic tale told almost entirely in dialogue, with each corporate lackey player represented as an animal. “The Corporate Circus,” by Adela JP offers the reader a genuinely fantastic interplay of office politics and an original “tongue-in-cheek” satire.

Humorous, witty, and engagingly presented, The Corporate Circus is highly recommended reading which leaves a marked impression of business that combines the exotic with the all-too-real.”Adela JP, author and creator of “The Corporate Circus,” is an MBA whose corporate experience led to the writing of โ€œThe Corporate Circusโ€ as an entertainingly satiric look at corporate life in what she called, โ€œan intricately complete story adaptable for novelization, television, feature film and theatrical release, as well as a broad array, Nevada computer services, of licensing categories.

โ€”The Corporate Circus,” a fantasy soap opera look at the workplace, details the office drama and travails of 15 key characters that Adela JP created through satirizing office behavior and interactions that are prevalent in work environment settings. The property and book promote office fun that the author hopes will, Nevada computer services, amuse employees. โ€œThese characters understand the meaning of โ€˜job stress’ and are here to take employees for a wild adventure, and in the process, share their fantasy version of office pain and offer their wisdom as a comic relief,โ€ according to Adela.

“I hope these characters will serve as employees’ pseudo ‘alter egos’ to help them see their demanding sometimes frustrating job situations in a humorous and entertaining point of view. Thus, relieving some tension during those ‘I hate my job’ days in the workplace,” added Adela JP. The corporate โ€œoffice messengers of funโ€ take the form of personified animals or characters as The Corporate Circus includes:* Ring Master, the fearless “boss” whose clown face belies his tough management style.

* Cat, a secretary with โ€œunspoken powerโ€ in the company, is the protector of her boss.* Gopher, the happy-go-lucky mail clerk* Gorilla, the Research & Development genius creates and designs products and ideas.* Lion, the โ€œKingโ€ marketing guru who regally and flamboyantly carries out his work.* Bull, the sales head whose persistent aggressiveness powers the company forward.* Owl, a fussy accountant who works late as both “bean counter” and party “night owl.

“* Horse, an operations head whose dependable workers are the company’s backbone.* Vulture, the lawyer who defends the company and cleans up any corporate mess.* Laughing Hyena, the customer service โ€œjokerโ€ who handles customer frustrations.* Bug, a reclusive computer support kid-like manager who enjoys computer games.* Octopus, the human resources manager who reaches into all areas to enforce policies.

* Kangaroo, the purchasing executive with a powerful โ€œkickโ€ and deep money pouch.* Snake, a genderless calculating troublemaker, whose sneaky ways are to be avoided.* Rat, the gossiper whose dubious, tricky methods are irritatingly troublesomeAll characters are presented together in a colorfully illustrated comical corporate โ€˜Org Chart’ poster (http://www.thecorporatecircus.com/poster.

htm). โ€œThe universal and instantly recognizable workplace events and personalities familiar to just about everyone in the workplace are cleverly encapsulated in ‘The Corporate Circus,’ and we are confident this adult targeted brand will capture trade support and consumers’ imaginations,” according to Sariah Smalley, President of Keyline Licensing. Adela JP said, “In writing and creating the story,, Nevada computer services, I hoped, Nevada computer services, to tap,, Nevada computer services, Nevada computer services, into common concepts familiar to most office workers who can respond to and appreciate the exaggerated humorous portrayal of office life and culture depicted in “The Corporate Circus” book.

The story is taking an imaginative fantasy look at employees’ behavior familiar to anyone who has worked in a structured organization. “The Corporate Circus” hopes to relieve some of the boredom common in the workplace by helping employees connect with their uninhibited creative inner kid through the utilization of animated office humor characters, Nevada computer services, as office toys to have fun with or as play module or device to dramatize common organizational behavior issues.

From employee motivation seminars and other training tools, to an entertaining animated office sitcom television series or movie concept for adults (and/or children), The Corporate Circus has unlimited possibilities.”Adela JP added, “The Corporate Circus is a metaphorical look at corporate culture emphasizing the fragile, unpredictable yet sometimes interestingly amusing human behavior in a structured environment.

Amid the important work in the corridors of corporate power, the human need and necessity to have fun and humor at work is often overlooked, yet integral to the success of the companies to which they lend so much of their lives. The concept is striking a chord with people who gravitate to the story based on their own similar experiences. We are happy to bring a smile to those workers who need it most.

โ€ Adela Josue Polin, President of The Corporate Circus, Inc., founded the company to market the book she wrote and characters she developed. The Corporate Circus brings a fun and insightful look at the world of business through a range of licensing opportunities ranging from television, publishing, greeting cards, office products, stationery products, apparel, toys, and corporate training seminars and entertainment, Nevada computer services, theatrical presentations are available from The Corporate Circus.

All properties were recently premiered and enthusiastically received by industry professionals at the New York Licensing International Show, London, Nevada computer services, Brand Show, and PPAI/ASI Shows in Las Vegas.The Corporate Circus, Inc. copyrighted characters, trademark, and concept are drawing interest from a broad range of licensing and entertainment companies appreciative of the marketability of the breakthrough creative property.

The Corporate Circus Inc., headquartered in Henderson, Nevada, owns and has created all intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, and trademarks, including characters, artwork,, Nevada computer services, illustrations, designs and books involving The Corporate Circus characters and publishing. Information about The Corporate Circus can be found at its website: www.thecorporatecircus.

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‘ It entered the charts in January 1980 and failed to even make the top 40. This didn’t deter the young singer and dreamt of greater heights. In all honesty, this didn’t come along for another 4 years. Not until July 1984.’Purple Rain’, a film written as a semi autobiographical account of a young, talented boy growing up in a tough and poor neighbourhood failed to attract any form of positive recognition, car dvd player, .

The critics jumped all over it calling it pretentious and a waste of money. , car dvd player, The soundtrack, on the other hand had earned Prince World fame. His first real taste of British acclaim came with the single, ‘Little Red Corvette,’ in April 1983. Prince had needed to maintain is pride by keeping on the same high cloud. ‘Purple Rain’ arguably became the greatest achievement of his career.

A moment in his time, that the artist hasn’t really topped since. Even though ‘Parade – the soundtrack from ‘Under The Cherry Moon’ (1986) actually reached a higher position in the album chart , (‘Parade’ claimed number 4 where as ‘Purple Rain’ only claimed number 7) it is ‘Purple Rain’ that stands, car dvd player, alone in the corridor of excellence.His royal purpleness, encaged by an ever growing entourage of purpalies had created an atmosphere of total stardom.

Of his own making, he had now reached the summit of God dom and hasn’t been able to come down from it since.His recent performance at the Brits was received with the same exuberance and excitement as if he had donned a Louis XIV wig,, car dvd player, purple frills, straddling a purple motorbike and rode it as his entrance on stage. We could forget for one moment that it has been, car dvd player, over two years since any releases from him.

Hard to believe he is soon to be 48.’Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life….’ like a James Brown sermon in The Blues Brothers, we open this album with Prince the Preacher dictating to us his understanding of life and the after world. He is about to give us his greatest lesson like Sammy Davis Jr telling us to take a dive and swim to Daddy…our eyes are opened as well as our ears.

We get ready for a lesson in throwing away care, kicking troubles, car dvd player, in the groin and tweaking the nose hairs of strife, yes, its Prince giving us a taste of the album complete with ecstatic keyboards and low guitar riffs. We hear the artist’s adaptation of rock, pop and anything gloriously arrogant.’Lets Go Crazy’ should speak for itself. A mad rush of energy pours out of our speakers and into our brains.

We will emerge from this experience fully cleansed and enlightened. I believe that any sudden burst of frighteningly fast drum machines and hysterical guitars good for the soul. It would not be Prince without some yells and screams. This might be the only album where listening is just as good as the visual. We don’t need to see Prince having it off with a microphone stand or running his tongue up and down a fret board (ouch), we can experience the whole live thing straight through our speakers.

One thing is for sure, this album aims to please, excite, and begs for applause. Prince wormed his way into our hearts and our record collections with this enchanting piece of theatrical performance. There is not much left out of this irrational piece of basically going wild with no sense of direction. One will either love it or hate and skip, car dvd player, the rest of the album.. If you keep going with it, listen with an open mind.

‘Take Me With You’ seems to be a bit of a come down after all the excitement of this first track. A ‘duet’ with unknown female artist, ‘Apollonia, car dvd player, .’ Prince has always been famed for using good female backing singers with good , strong voices and bringing them to the fore. There are one or two names from the past who owe the start of their careers to Prince. One tends to get the feeling that Prince is very pro women in the industry.

As well as constructing his own talent, he sought after creating the same from others. An introduction with hap hazard drums, car dvd player, we find ourselves in amongst tambourines and cymbals and, car dvd player, enjoying a pretty song that’s catchy, inoffensive and perhaps a little childish in its form. Prince went through a stage of using violins to enhance a record. ‘Raspberry Beret’ was a classic example of using this method.

They give femininity to a song and allow the track a fair chunk of jollity and optimism. One to skip along holding hands to….if your twelve.There then come a further three tracks that I don’t fully understand. Experimental is, car dvd player, probably the name of the game here. The first of these three is ‘The Beautiful Ones.’ A ballad of sorts, Prince has the most diverse vocal range. With the power to adapt to low, tension filled drama within the lines of ‘When Doves Cry’, to the, car dvd player, trill, untuneful, feminine to the extreme weirdness of ‘The Beautiful Ones.

‘ Using keyboards practically playing a different tune, we experience, probably, the epitome of a naff eighties, car dvd player, ballad. There were greats such as ‘Broken Wings’ by Mister Mister, then you had off the planet, space themed, where’s Blake 7 numbers such as this from Prince. A rock theme drifts in towards the end and Prince does what he does the best, screams like, car dvd player, a banshee with a few electric guitar riffs thrown in for good measure.

By the end, and Prince loves his extended to the hilt endings, the listener has had enough.’Wendy? Yes Lisa? Is the water warm enough? Yes Lisa? Shall we begin? Yes Lisa…’
‘Computer Blue’ voices, Wendy and Lisa who had a few unofficial hits of their own back in the early eighties that didn’t really amount to much, they had been Prince’s two main backing singers. We hear them here reciting some lines in which they sound thoroughly bored.

Stranger than strange, this was actually Prince’s attempt at a country themed song. Probably the one song that couldn’t be any further away from country if it tried. Listenable to its length, it seems to me, like Miami Vice incidental music,, car dvd player, probably used in a car chase,, car dvd player, with its funkiness and ostentatious ness, it takes a peculiar slant mid way into something, car dvd player, so slow that it cries out for the record player to receive a good kick.

A raw bass and riff takes hold where ”Computer Blue’ left off.What we are now hearing is ‘Darling Nikki, car dvd player, .’ Known for its explicit lyrics, ‘I met her in a hotel lobby, masturbating with a magazine.’ A story about a one night fling. It has a disturbing energy and a riff that Hendrix would be proud of. It appears too metal for Prince and his voice must have been in tatters at the end of recording.

He wails and screams as if in terrible pain. A tremendous performance but all too short lived as the very end of this track is something played backwards. A kind of accapella verse. Thankfully, due to age and a previously local Woolworths, I have this on vinyl. After several attempts to play it backwards, which certainly didn’t do my record player any good what so ever, I believe that the lyrics are, ‘hello, how are you’ and then something about something coming up….

if there is anyone out there with this on vinyl, please help as there is someone here who will not sleep til I find out what that says! Prince’s little teaser. Well, we always thought he was a teaser any way…..The Laurence Llewellyn Bowen of pop dom teases us with the second half of this circus piece from the purple big top…..’When The Doves Cry’ was number one in the U.S and number four in the U.

K when it was released in June 1984. The first track from this album it cuts to the chase with its hard hitting lyrics with equally cold blooded drum machine. Starting with a riff that would sound at home on a Jimi Hendrix track, the track consists at first of just a voice lowered to sound hard and cold hearted and a steady, car dvd player, drum machine. A powerful track, it is simple and very entrancing.

The mix of his voice used in the backing track gives the feel of a continuous thought in the singers head repeating ever word. It is not short of the odd yelp and cry which has always suited Prince far better than Michael Jackson. It is an atmospheric track that enlists the help of a strangled guitar riff as the break. A record ahead of its time, listening to it now, over twenty years on, it is hard to think that its actually been that long since its release.

A monumental piece in rock history. It feels just as much apt today for young kids as it was then for the film.’I Would Die For You’ is another creative piece of writing using a drum machine in a different form yet unheard by listeners. The drum machine seems to flicker uncontrollably in the backing track. The lyrics are almost mumbled, as if not to take away the limelight focused upon the unusual usage of the machine.

A short number, it allows a simple handful of repeated notes to flow, car dvd player, gracefully over the backing track. An inspired piece, again, unheard of until this album.Straight, and almost without knowing and taking the listener by surprise, we hear the electrifying and glitzy, car dvd player, performance of ‘Baby I’m A Star,’ This track couldn’t have had a better, car dvd player, title.

It full of pretentious arrogance. So much so, that its uplifting for the listeners as one cannot help but feel as if the lyrics could be directed to them. It cries out to be strutted to, wrapped up in sparkly gift wrap with a dirty great bow on the top screaming look at me!!! It has a, car dvd player, fantastic fast drum beat throughout, a true stadium piece of work. Some clever backing tracks using keyboards and singers giving it their all.

It pours over Prince like it was meant to be his personal theme. Even hints at an audience in the dying seconds to give it that real live theme.The lights fade, the glitter cast aside and the arms above our heads start to sway hypnotically. ‘Purple Rain’ is not just a track for the ears but an epic for the soul. One of the finest, still most used ballads, it gives a quality that Meatloaf, I’m afraid just hasn’t come close to.

It yearns out to us in desperation., that I feel it should be renamed ‘Purple Pain.’ Prince must have been on the floor in the studio after creating this masterpiece of a broken heart. At a staggering 8 minutes, 45 seconds long, he increasingly, car dvd player, becomes more and more distraught towards the end. Unlike James Brown when his guards would come on and throw the cloak over him to drag him off stage, this piece, perhaps too long, equals the complete showmanship of anything ever done by such an artist of this calibre.

We are literally crying buckets, it pulls at the strings and has you reaching for the kitchen blades. With incredible clashing of cymbals and strained riffs, and whining violins creeping up the scales, it hardly feels that the track is going to end, we almost feel exhausted when it finally does.Putting cryptic aside, the downfall of The Revolution is a rather sad tale. Prince disburse his fantastic looking army of beautiful people shining blue lights under their chins to make them even more gorgeous after a tour, car dvd player, in 1986.

His explicit lyrics and over all performance were sensational products of his making yet Prince wanted to reach out to more fans. Knowing that the act had to be ‘cleaned’ up somewhat, he re emerged the following year with hair cut, more conservative clothes and a not so startling entourage who competed to out show him.I personally was devoted to the purple, glitzy ear when it was all about super stardom.

That I feel, was the best of the eighties. This type of class act, we just don’t get anymore. As much as we are two minds over Michael Jackson, we fail to remember that it was twenty years ago when he wowed us with his incredible, precisely choreographed dance routines. Madonna still wasn’t a household name and still laughed at to a point, wondering how long she was going to last, when Prince with his gaiety and stupendous cabaret of a travelling circus delighted us and enchanted us where we liked it or not.

A professional at his craft, he produced his masterpiece with this album. The very one that we will eventually remember him by.At The Brits this year, attending the after show party. He sat down with his now non purple brigade of guards and babes around him like a human fence. He ordered a DVD player and sat and watched films and didn’t flutter an eye lash at the surrounding scene of hundreds of drunken, rowdy stars once.

Now, that’s Rock and Roll.Take a bow, your Purpleness.ฉMichelle Duffy (‘sam1942′) 2006.Michelle is a freelance writer and owner of the website, www.generationsounds.co.uk. She has been writing over the last year, for four major consumer websites across the world and is one of the only two music category advisors for one website in the U.K. She has written her first novel and is now awaiting publication.

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โ€œPhil Swatek has taken a tragic event in the history of Oklahoma and turned it into a modern mystery,โ€ says Dr. Lewis Wynne, Executive Director of the Florida Historical Society. โ€œThose familiar with Oklahoma history will identify with the characters and the rough-and-tumble society, florida land sale, of Indian Territory. Those who may not be familiar with early Oklahoma history will enjoy this book as a first-rate โ€˜whodunnit.

‘โ€Brenda Tollett, Managing Editor, The Ada Evening News, and past president, florida land sale, of the Pontotoc County Historical & Genealogical Society, says โ€œThe historic lynching in Ada in 1909 could be considered a kind of morality playโ€”the struggle between good and evilโ€”but the requisite moral isn’t entirely clear now, nearly one hundred years later. Easy to read, The Pontotoc Conspiracy still reflects careful research.

โ€The Pontotoc Conspiracy describes the ambush assassination of a former U.S. Deputy Marshal and how the crime was solved with the help of a legendary Chickasaw tracker, and how four Texans believed to be involved, florida land sale, in the murder were brought back to Oklahoma. The tale follows two young Texans who, in the late 19th century, crossed the Red River into Pontotoc County, Indian Territory.

It was a sea of tall grass across the shallow, florida land sale, Red River, and a promised land for cattle from the arid ranges of south Texas and the young men whose families had lost everything in the Civil War. There, without resources to buy land, a man could afford to lease pastureland from the Indians and start his ranching career, florida land sale, .As lush as the bluestem pastures were, life in a remote, frontier country was hard for new settlers.

Money, florida land sale, was usually in short supply,, florida land sale, and any ranchโ€”even a small one on leased acreageโ€”soaked up money for tools, medicine, and more stock.One of the Texans of The Pontotoc Conspiracyโ€”Gus Bobbittโ€”gets a financial boost by becoming a U.S. Deputy Marshal, a very hazardous job in Indian Territory. There were very few deputy marshals to begin with in Indian Territory, and many of those were killed in gunfire.

The other principal in the storyโ€”Jesse Westโ€”moved farther north across the South Canadian River in 1900, making his way into Oklahoma Territory. There, he could homestead and would one day own the land. He found another road to fortune by taking over a wildly disreputable saloonโ€”The Cornersโ€”a very profitable hub for bootleg sales in dry Indian Territory.The fatal conflict between the two old friends didn’t start between lawman and bootlegger, however.

Gus lost his deputy marshal’s job and missed the income, small as it was. He went north to help Jesse in his saloonโ€”a doomed partnership. Profitable as it was, Jesse West gave up the tumultuous whiskey business in early 1906 at the insistence of his worried wife, and went back to Texas. Gus Bobbitt stayed on at the saloon until Oklahoma statehood in late 1907. By then he could afford to buy his dreamed-of ranch.

And it was near this ranch he was assassinated by ambush in February 1909. Solid police work and a very lucky break unraveled the assassination plot quickly. Soon implicated were Jim Miller, a known West Texas gunman and assassin for hire, and the man who hired himโ€”Gus Bobbitt’s old saloon partner, Jesse West. Robert Wimbish, a young Pontotoc County attorney, was faced with the daunting problem of getting the Texans involved in the assassination plot back into Oklahoma jurisdiction.

He managed this seemingly impossible task with the psychological insight and artful maneuvering, florida land sale, described in The Pontotoc Conspiracy.The crime that followed on April 19, 1909โ€”when Ada’s citizens took the law into their own handsโ€”shocked the new state of Oklahoma and the nation. Oklahoma’s first governor, Gov. C. N. Haskell, was outraged. He ordered a Blue Ribbon grand jury to identify the men in the mobโ€”between thirty and forty of themโ€”and bring them to justice.

In the ninety-six years that have passed, the shroud of secrecy that baffled the lawmen at the time has remained intact. The Pontotoc Conspiracy is published by the Florida Historical Society Press. Included in the 237-page hardcover book are sketch maps and twenty-three period photographs. The Pontotoc Conspiracy is available on Amazon.com, and books may be ordered through, florida land sale, the publisher by phone, e-mail or regular mail.

The Pontotoc Conspiracy sells for $23.95 plus shipping. About Phillip M. SwatekPhil began his writing career as a newspaper reporter and editor in West Texas, and went on to become the Washington Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief for The Cincinnati Enquirer. His great fascination with the history of the Old West, and of Oklahoma in particular, is reflected in The Pontotoc Conspiracy. This is his first book.

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They are very dedicated to whatever they set their minds to, whether it’s business or love.

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It’s not often that a Cancer calls off a relationship, since they are dedicated to their lovers and want things to work out.

Visit this helpful site to learn about the next stage of understanding the cancer man – the cancer man in love.

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– SHAMELESS SANTA SLIDERS –

Every year the Ho-Ho-Ho-ing chap in the red tunic with the white whiskers gets inundated with some pretty balmy questions.

So this year, I asked him if he wouldn’t mind responding to twenty-five odd, obscure, and some might even say downright obtuse queries. Needless to say, he was delighted to have a chortling chinwag with me by satellite phone from his nippy ice-fishing hut at the North Pole.

Readers who understand the value of milk and milk products plus high fibre diets also know we all pay a price for being part of the animal kingdom, perhaps more so during the holiday season. So, what’s this got to do with the price, car dvd player
, of tea in China? Well, allowance should probably be made for those with vagrant airs not to mention a healthy tongue-in-cheek attitude to Life, an uncertain Universe, and Everything absurd in between.

WARNING: For readers unable to make adjustments that are dietary, linguistic, psychological and cultural in nature, please avoid reading the following shameless sliders, big whoppers, and unmitigated, unmuffled freeps — more than likely emanating from a jolly, red-necked, foot-in-the-mouth fellow (probably wearing a plaid shirt, red long-johns, and, car dvd player
, a pair of bright yellow suspenders).

1. What does Santa do at a house with no chimney?

Hmmm…better ask the frazzled, car dvd player
, folks in Notrees (Texas), Mushaboom (Nova Scotia), and Hookey’s Waterhole (Australia) — they still believe Santa Claus will find them if they use smoke signals from blazing barbecues, outdoor cooking stoves, and hot coals from campfires.

2. Does Santa worry about his fat intake over Christmas like everyone else?

The short answer is no…everyone at the North Pole thrives on carrots and brussel sprouts,, car dvd player
, 57 blubber recipes, plus a weekly serving of fish and chips, supplemented by, car dvd player
, Girl Guide Cookie or Hostess Twinkie treats — a perfectly balanced diet for pleasingly plump parents and a lean pack of elves with attitude.

3. How does Santa get down the chimney when the fire is going?

We’re back to those blessed chimneys are we?!*… Santa wears a fire-retardant suit silly!

4. How does Santa’s huge body fit through those itsy-bitsy chimneys?

What’s with the f***** chimneys again? Okay if you really must know, Santa presses his “Mighty Magic Midget Button” on his red tunic faster than you can shake a stick or something.

5. What exactly are ‘reindeer games’ anyway?

Are you over 18, in good health, and seeking a pleasurable companion for a night out?

6. Why does Santa visit people only once a year?

There’s a clause in Fairy Godmothers’ Union contract stipulating that in the event of a decision by Santa to visit more frequently, there will be hell, car dvd player
, to pay from a whole host of hissy-fitters not to mention a hopping mad Easter Bunny.

7. Who brings Santa his Christmas gifts?

The Man From Glad naturally — ’cause his PVC-bag full of goodies won’t break!

8. Does Santa get paid?

By that do you mean in the spiritual sense (you know warm and fuzzies), or in a pragmatic sense ($6.50 per hour less deductions for union dues, pensions, disability insurance,, car dvd player
, health and dental care benefits, taxes and voluntary charitable donations)?

9.

What kind of car does Santa drive during the off-season?

Actually, Santa enjoys the perks of a chauffeur-driven, gas-guzzling, air-conditioned stretch limo with plush leather interiors and an automatic sliding sunroof, plus a full bar service, satellite-TV, a DVD player with surround-sound, not to mention tinted shatterproof glass and kid-proof door-locks. On occasion he has been known to drive a Harley-Davidson (without a helmet) in order to save the environment but more importantly, he just gets a kick out of feeling the wind blow through his long, curly locks of silver hair, bushy eyebrows, not to mention his handle-bar, white moustache and matching trimmed whiskers.

10. Why is Rudolph’s nose so red?

Perhaps he had a run-in with the Frost-Bite Fairy, who knows. Besides, Santa doesn’t tattletale on anyone, not even reindeers. …By the way, why are you more interested in the complexion of a hoofer rather than shooting the breeze with me, if I may be so bold as to ask?

11. Why do we wrap Christmas presents so beautifully only to have others rip off the paper?

Watch a blue movie, car dvd player
, or two, then you’ll probably figure out the answer all by yourself!

12.

If Santa has a weight problem, why do we leave him milk and cookies? Shouldn’t we leave him a salad and water?

Look, there’s nothing wrong with having lots of love handles. Besides, I think you’re getting me mixed up with an alternative-lifestyle Easter Bunny who’d be only to pleased to smoke your weeds and walk on water, if it would make you and your friends happy.

13. How come all the standard Christmas songs you hear on the radio are sung by dead people?

Whoa, they haven’t all croaked yet.

According to “Santa’s Good Time News Service”, Elvis was spotted just last week crooning, “Blue Christmas” at a rock’n'rolling retirement community in Bootlegger Crossing, Arizona!

14. Isn’t it a worry that Santa is an anagram of Satan?

At least Santa, car dvd player
, and Satan know what’s “red” hot and what’s not. God probably has more to worry about in the anagram department than Santa or Satan.

After all, he dislikes being called “man’s best friend” and getting blamed for piddling on a fire-hydrant not to mention someone’s parade.

15. If a wise woman had come to the, car dvd player
, Nativity, she would have brought diapers, wouldn’t she?

If I’m not mistaken there were several signs hanging on the front door of the Inn: “No Vacancy”, “No Admission Under Any Circumstances”, and one in even bigger, bolder letters — “Wise, car dvd player
, Woman Not Welcome – Go Away!”.

.. and your point was?

16. If it’s true that Santa is magical then why does Christmas Eve take so long?

Santa didn’t invent grandfather clocks,, car dvd player
, glow-in-the-dark watches, or other bleeping gadgets and gizmos. If you want to complain, I suggest you contact the old coot in charge, “Father Time”.

17. Where does Santa hide his claws?

Just because he wears a red and white outfit doesn’t make him an, car dvd player
, “Abominable Person of Snow”.

Besides, Santa doesn’t need to scratch anyone’s back for a handout.

18. Why are Christmas colors red and green when Santa’s suit is red and white?

It all started with a few disgruntled Tarot card readers complaining about not being included in the Christmas story. So, the United Nations stepped in to stop all the whining and snivelling which was getting out of hand, (especially a campaign launched by the Society of Plus-Sized People who wanted to replace Santa Claus with the Jolly Green Giant as the symbol of rampant consumer spending, healthy lifestyle choices, and more free giveaways).

Anyway, to make a long story short, a referendum was held and people the world over voted in favor of retaining Santa Claus, (dressed in his well-worn red and white suit), as star of the annual “Festival of Negative-Savers”. As, car dvd player
, a consolation prize, the World Trade Organization declared that “red and green will be the official designated colours of all wrapping paper, ribbons, and note cards accompanying charitable spam and jam food hampers destined for the Tooth Fairy, the Great Pumpkin, and the Easter Bunny”, (who are usually overlooked at this time of year).

19. Do you think Santa Claus believes in himself?

Of course he does!, car dvd player
, It’s only celebrity psycholigists who suggest that a jolly, bearded gentleman with a red-nosed reindeer in tow should “get a life”. There’s an old adage that says, “Behind every wet blanket lies an incontinent universe”. So take my advice, get off those high-and-mighty hobbyhorses and, car dvd player
, ride a reindeer for a day.

Better yet, take a break. Try watching the deer and the antelope play on the back forty…”where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day.” It’s way more rewarding than watching soppy soap operas or, car dvd player
, a fancy fella dispensing dross to dysfunctional divas, disadvantaged doorknobs, desolate dorks, delusional duffers not to mention one too many detached dingbats.

20. What do parents living in warm climates tell their children about Santa Claus? After all there’s no snow in most places and it’s far too warm to be wearing that red suit.

Santa is a very resourceful, fit and adaptable guy with loads of charisma, not to mention tons of glad tidings and good cheer which is often in short supply around the Christmas dinnertable. As a matter of fact, he wears a chartreuse thong or a scarlet pair of bikini briefs underneath his red tunic — just in case he needs to slip into something more comfortable during his visit to Hellhole Palms (California), Boneyard (Arizona) and Weeki Wachee (Florida).

21. How come there isn’t a “Trading Spaces” TV show for Christmas yard decorations?

It’s not enough the world’s falling apart because golfers and gadflies, car dvd player
, don’t know how to swing a hammer and nail for Pete’s sake! Now you want to bring out the really weird folk who think decorating their lawns with something other than gnomes, angels and fairies would be sinful?

22. Are Santa’s Elves the same elves that are the Keebler Elves? After making toys, do they moonlight by baking cookies and crackers?

Our delightful, double-duty, efficient elves are far more productive and happier than the ‘one-size-fits-all’ sort of wee folk who work in many sweaty sylph shops around the globe.

Our toy-shop offers a safe and friendly working environment, free milk and cookies during every 15- minute break, an opportunity to create whistle while you work songs, and an all-expense paid three-week vacation in Fannie, Arkansas not to mention a very popular and hugely successful government-subsidized retraining program for trolls.

23. Why does the Christmas season always come when the stores are at their busiest?

In the Land of Cowabunga, cowboys and cash-cow milkers, never ask why brown cows don’t fly there.

(Trust me, they’ve never heard of a kahlua coffee liqueur with a dollop of whipped cream with chocolate sprinkles on top, and a Maraschino Cherry).

24. Should we mail our packages early so the Post Office can lose them in time, car dvd player
, for next Christmas?

Ah yes, the Post Office, everyone’s favorite pastime — flogging dead horses. Take my advice, stop your faultfinding ways, car dvd player
, and use your positive energy flow to find a Flying Nun willing, car dvd player
, to take those parcels off your hands in return for all your Airmile points.

25. On artificial Christmas, car dvd player
, trees, why do they always make the center trunk green? Wouldn’t it be more realistic if it were painted brown?

What do you expect from fake things, perfection? If you’re not doing anything useful besides asking questions that require answers few have time to ponder, come and join our Toy-Shop Team at the North Pole. We have no trees, we have no bananas, and we just love elves who can hum along, otherwise this year there’ll be no presents under the tree (be they fake or real).

Oh and if by chance you should get stuck beside a “Bah Humbug” type at Christmas dinner, remind the foul miscreant that miracles do happen. Thankfully, at midnight some turn into whoopee cushions to amuse family or friends. Fortunately, others find redemption, (if only for a day), by riding the winds of change which usually means donning a red jump suit, handing out equal-opportunity goodies to those who’ve been naughty and nice, and last but not least — remembering to say, “Ho Ho Ho .

..and to all a good night!”

Source: articleage.com

Movie download services are exactly what they sound like: a service that allows you to download movies from the Internet onto your hard drive or a DVD. Though this isn’t a new concept, it is relatively new to the legal world of consumerism. Though ‘pirates’ have been making free download of movies available, cheap psp
, for quite some time, movie studios are now getting in on the action and offering access to their movies for download the day they hit the stores in DVD format – for a fee, of course.

Who’s Who In Movie Download Services?

In the relatively new world of legitimate movie download services, there are surprisingly many players, but only a few of them are major. There’s Movielink and Sony’s CinemaNow which offer old and new movies for purchase or 24 hour rental. Rental fees are comparable to the local video store but purchase is more expensive than if you were to buy the DVD. ClickStar, backed by Danny DeVito among other big names in Hollywood, is another up and, cheap psp
, comer in the world of movie download services, but this one’s, cheap psp
, draw is that it will offer movies for download while they are still showing in the theater.

It will also feature a streaming channel devoted to documentaries.

AT&T is teaming up with Vongo,, cheap psp
, another movie downloading site, to, cheap psp
, offer its DSL service in concert and duo promotions. Different from Movielink and CinemaNow, Vongo is a subscription service offered for a monthly fee which allows its members unlimited access to movies, videos, and a streaming Starz channel.

Pay per view movies are available as well for an additional fee.

Movie Download Services: The Nitty Gritty

-, cheap psp
, Price – Ranging anywhere from $10-$20, the irony is downloading movies legally isn’t cheap. In order to appease the retailers who make big bucks on DVDs released in stores, the online downloading services are keeping their fees in the clouds. Which of course, doesn’t hurt their pocketbook, either.

- Availability – It depends. Different services have different deals with different movie studios. As for old movies, those are being added all the time. But the nice thing is, if they have it, you can get it – instantly.

- Space – You will need between 1200 and 2000 MBs of free space to store your movie. Depending on your system, this may be a lot or a little. Some services may allow you to burn your download to a DVD, but only if you’re buying the movie and even then, most won’t.

- Download Time – This is no time for dial-up, that’s for sure. Anything DSL and faster should get you your movie in under an hour with an average of 35 to 40 minutes, and that’s if you want it fast and grainy. If you’re willing to wait a little longer, say, up to two hours, you can download a higher quality version. A nice feature that some services offer is the ability to start watching, cheap psp
, the movie while it’s still downloading.

- Technical Requirements – At least Windows Media Player 10, fast Internet connection, Internet Explorer 6.0, Windows XP. You might be able to get away with older versions, but it isn’t recommended. And yes, did you, cheap psp
, note – it’s all PC and no Mac. That’s right. PC users only, please.

- Computer Viewing Only – Currently, that’s the state of things. That is, unless you choose a service that allows you to download it to some other electronic handheld device of your choosing, like PSP or iPod.

Of course, you could always use an S-video jack to hook your, cheap psp
, computer to your TV and watch it on the big screen. Some services allow limited DVD burning, but they may restrict the DVD to playing only in the computer to which the movie was downloaded, allowing your fancy DVD player to gather dust, cheap psp
, .

- Buy Versus Rent – It’s a strange situation at this point, but different studios offer different services different licenses to different movies.

So, you may only be able, cheap psp
, to rent a title through one service that another is offering for sale. Other services may not have any access to certain titles while others do. There’s no standard just yet, so it’s a bit of a crap shoot.

What’s the Benefit of Movie Download Services?

Convenience! Forget long lines, cheap psp
, at the theater, the video store being out of a new release, or waiting in virtual queue to get your mailed DVD through a subscription service.

No more concern about court cases and legal fees for downloading movies illegally or spyware from file sharing applications that will slow down your computer if not cripple it beyond repair. Then, of course, there’s the fact that you can watch the newest movies as many times as you like on your personal computer and instantly upon purchase – no waiting and no, cheap psp
, driving to the store.

What’s, cheap psp
, the Downside of Movie Download Services?

At, cheap psp
, the moment, cost and restricted viewing access.

, cheap psp
, You may not necessarily want to watch a movie on your computer when you just invested $2000 in a big screen HDTV. And you may not want to invest $20 in a movie that you can’t even resell online if you don’t like it. If you have a slow internet connection,, cheap psp
, the download time may be a bummer, too, especially if you’re trying to use your computer for other things while the process slows your computer to a painful snail pace.

And if you use a Mac, well, obviously, the downside is that movie download services simply don’t exist. Then, what if a virus infects the computer where all your movies are stored? Yup. Have to buy them all over again.

Movie Download Services – Yay or Nay?

The state of affairs being what they are – that is, in their ugly braces and zits prepubescent stage – probably nay. Remember the first BETA machines? Or the $700 CD players back in the ’80s? When movie, cheap psp
, download service lowers their prices and speed up the technology, allow for actual DVD burnings that include the extras and TV viewings as well as access to films that are still, cheap psp
, in theaters, then yay! In the meantime, sticking with higher quality DVDs that don’t discriminate against Mac users and big screen television sets and allow for resale later on.

Unless you have to see the movie This Very Second, movie download services are not yet the incredible service they have the potential to be in the future.

Source: articleage.com

Let’s, cheap psp
, establish one or two things first, so that we are starting from the same place here. file sharing, peer-to-peer, P2P or networking, whetever you feel like calling it, is not in itself illegal.

Kazaa is illegal in Australia, but not in Holland where the Supreme Court ruled that it was not the software itself that was responsible for illegal downloads, but those that used it illegally.

A Los Angeles fedaral court judge gave a similar judgment on appeal by P2p companies, cheap psp
, Grokster and Morpheus, ruling that they weer not responsible for the use to which others put the software, and that, cheap psp
, infringement of copyright was not the responsibility of the sofwtare providers but of the users.

Thus, you can use P2P legal software to download free on line movies and music, as long as what you download is free of any copyright protection, i.

e. in the public domain. Some have pointed to Napster’s demise in their original form as evidence that software is illegal, but those that do have missed the point entirely. Napster, cheap psp
, differes fubdamentally from other forms of P2P software. Napster was closed down, and eventually came back in a revised form, because it usewd a central server.

To understand that, it is necessray to know the ay in which P2P software operates, and what the differences are between P2P legal, cheap psp
, downloads and bootleg movies.

When P2P site members download movies they are copying the, cheap psp
, file from another member’s hard disk. If you are searching for a particular movie, you will be given a list of those available and normally how many online computers have that movie on their hard disk.

When, cheap psp
, downloading, you can be simultaneously downloading from the hard disk of several online members of the site.

Napster porvided a hub in the form of a central server, through which all downloads were passed between the provider ansd receiver of the files. Due to that way of working, Napster was found responsible, cheap psp
, for downloads made using their site since they were, in effect, acting as an, cheap psp
, intermediary to the crime by passing the illegal downloads from one person to the other.

Modern free on line movies pass through no central hub, but are downloaded, cheap psp
, by means of a direct comnection to the provider’s hard drive.

You are downloading directly from the hard drive of the computer providing the file – the link is one to one. Because it is software driven, no liability for the way people use it can be laid at the door of those that sell it.

That is why the music and movie moguls were so annoyed and upset: the believed the problem to have been dealt with when Napster had been successfully convicted. However, they got it wrong and found that instead of targeting just a few software firms, they faced the task of chasing the many millions of ordinary people that were downloading copyrighted material every day.

So when is downloading illegal and when is it legal? What is the differenbce between a bootleg movie and a PSP legal download? Very simple to answer, but very difficult to understand. Fundamentally, no work that is copyright-protected can be downloaded or copied with the express permission of the owner of the work. You can be sure that all of the online music, games and movies are copyright-protected unles the owners have licensed them for downloading without permission.

Many do allow it. Particularly new artists or amateur movie-makers wanting to get their name known and their work publicized free of charge, or professionals testing the water for a new album or film idea. Most don’t, and if you try to understand the copyright law, particularly in the USA, it is very murky indeed. In the UK, the law with regard to movies is fairly easy to understand: movies are copyrighted ro 70 years after the death of, cheap psp
, the last, cheap psp
, main director, composer or writer and music for 50 years after it was released.

The situation has been made even more complex in America by the Sony Bono Law, and it looks like no music at is free of copyright restrictions any more, and that movies are going to be covered as well for many years to come unless, possibly, they were made before 1923. As I said – complicated.

Here are some tips, then on how to avoid downloading bootleg movies and ensuring that you stay legal:

1, cheap psp
, .

Avoid downloading any files using P2P software unless your are certain it is not copyright-protected.

2. If you have a specific need for a particular movie, then rent it using an online rental service such as Love Films or Blockbuster.

3. On the other hand, if you download movies a lot, then you will likely be better with a membership with a legal download site. Some sites online permit legally licensed movies to be downloaded for a membership fee.

One site is offering unlimited downloads for a 2-year membership fee. This is a very attractive deal, since you are comparing a $40, cheap psp
, spend with a potential fine of $150,000 for illegally downloading movies? That’s less than $1.70 a month!

4. If a movie is given away free, you can be sure it was obtained illegally and hence a bootleg movie. No site is able to profit by providing legal movies free of charge, unless they have some other means of make money from the website.

The same is true of music. That is because those that have these tracks or files to offer had to pay for them, unless they also got them illegally, so would be highly unlikely to give them away free? They must be, cheap psp
, illegal!

Summing up, you can get free on line movies if you pay a membership fee in return for unlimited downloads. Agreed, that is not free, but nevertheless if you downloaded only two movies each week that would equate to only 19 cents each movie.

Is, cheap psp
, that cheap? The same price will be charged for bootleg movies, only, cheap psp
, you can get caught with these and face a hefty fine. Given the number of people that use P2P sites, this is not likely, but why take the risk if you don’t have to?

If you want to avoid the dangers of illegal downloads, visit Pete’s web page http://www.online-free-movies.com/free-on-line-movies.html where you will find a 100% legal membership download site and also online video rental and other legal means of obtaining legal and non-bootleg movies.

Source: articlecity.com

Today people are soon catching up on most of the aspects of their PSP machine. And this has lead to the formation of many forums regarding the PSP. Most of the people usually try to find out how to load videos and movies onto their PSP. I think, cheap psp
, this article should help you do just this, without the help of anyone.
The memory-stick, cheap psp
, of the PSP is the first thing you need to look into before loading movies onto your PSP.

A 512mb memory stick should work just fine, but I would suggest you go in for a 1Gb or 2Gb stick because many times a few videos or movies may need more space than 512mb. Sites like EBay and Amazon quite often offer good deals on memory sticks.

1. Connect the PSP device fully. Then connect it to your computer using a USB cable and this should be done with the PSP turned off. PSP’s usually come with USB cables but, cheap psp
, incase you don’t have one that is not a problem.

They are quite cheap and can be easily found at a local computer store or on online stores, cheap psp
, .

2. Now turn the PSP on, look for Settings menu and press X. This would connect, cheap psp
, the PSP to the PC. Now an additional drive will appear on your PC, the PSP memory.

3. Now open the memory card on the PSP and search for a folder named PSP and inside it create a new folder named MP_ROOT.

And in MP_ROOT create a folder called 100mnv01. Now to watch the movies from your PSP all you have to do id to save the file in the 100mnv01 folder. And you’re ready to watch the movie.

Now always remember that movies can only be viewed in Mp4 format, cheap psp
, on the PSP. And if they are not in the Mp4 format convert it before loading it onto your PSP, using video or movie converter softwares and they are available in plenty online.

And, cheap psp
, if you are a member of any of the PSP download sites you could check for these softwares before buying them online, since these sites provide such softwares.

Source: articledashboard.com

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