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Mintyslippers Media

Mintyslippers Media

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Company type	Private
Founded	May, 2007
Headquarters	Luton, UK
Number of employees	2 (as of 2007)
Website	http://www.mintyslippers.com/,

Mintyslippers Media are a UK based video production company who specialize in wedding videos and photo restoration.

Based in Bedfordshire the majority of their marketing and information is made available through their web page www.mintyslippers.com.

Poodles

Poodles are dogs commonly found sporting marshmallow-styled haircuts.

Kinross Business Association

KBA Kinross BusinessAssociation kinross.biz

Sign up today for the new Kinross Business Association. The Kinross Business Association is a business organization that represents Kinross businesses through service, education and advocacy.

The KBA promotes the well being, cooperation, and prosperity of the owners, managers, employees, and specialists engaged in business by helping members better serve their community.

See Joe Paczkowski or John Gaines for more details or find us through Kinross.net. Joe Paczkowski, 906-440-5297, joe@pacz.org

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darren matthews

Darren Matthews is a 42 year old character actor in the mould of Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Al Pacino, Marc Warren or James Nesbitt, actors often described as quirky but about whom the word interesting would probably be more appropriate.

Underground Magazine

Since it's inception in 2004 Underground Magazine has been the foundation of Seattle's nightlife. Publisher and head schizophrenic in charge John Voge is the backbone of Seattle's subcultures, promoting all types of entertainment, including artists, bands, burlesque stars and pole dancers through various events as well as the magazine. Underground is Seattle's “Dark Guardian Angel.”

Underground focuses primarily on musical, cultural, sexual and entertainment editorial topics. The magazine's advertising consists primarily of, nightclubs, music, dining, clothing and entertainment related establishments. Besides the informative, in-depth coverage of the northwest regional entertainment and music scenes, Underground strives to publish intelligent, irreverent, and humorous array of articles about everything from sex, music, politics and religion to movies, videos and websites. The strong editorial content along with exciting graphic design and beautiful, professional photography makes Underground magazine stand head and shoulders above the lot of low-grade newsprint entertainment industry guides and weeklies currently available in this market.

Underground stands alone in Seattle as a high-quality magazine in a field rife with exploitation. Underground employs an all-professional roster of critically acclaimed, experienced writers, columnists and photographers who are also regular contributors to such well-known media as The San Francisco Examiner, The Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, The Oregonian, Willamette Week, Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler and Gallery magazines.

Past and Present Photographers: AmbeRed Photography Hypnox RJB Photo Lance Wagner Photography Mike Rhine Photography

Past and Present Editorial Contributors: Jim Goad John Voge Blackdove Rich Evans Elektra Luxx Leslie Davis

Circulation: 27,500 to 31,500 per month

Distribution: 200 plus locations in Seattle metropolitan area, Portland, Tacoma and Salem. This includes nearly every night club in the state of Washington, every adult oriented store and business in the Seattle metropolitan and surrounding areas. Most of the newsstands in the downtown Seattle area. A list of distribution locations is available on request.

Readership: Estimated at 75,000 people per month (using industry standard figures).

The Paper Cha$ers are a Memphis based group featuring two up and coming rappers: Cujo DiNero (Brian Bowles) and Jay Rich ( Jeremy "Jay" Edwards). Their musical styles are rap/hip-hop, and they bring a lyrical but still southern fixture into rap. Currently unsigned but working on their album/demo entitled "Pay Day".

Paper Cha$ers

The Paper Cha$ers are a Memphis based group featuring two up and coming rappers: Cujo DiNero (Brian Bowles) and Jay Rich ( Jeremy "Jay" Edwards). Their musical styles are rap/hip-hop, and they bring a lyrical but still southern fixture into rap. Currently unsigned but working on their album/demo entitled "Pay Day".

Health Hazards of Exploding Pop Bottles

All unprotected glass bottles fracture if impacted with sufficient force. On most occasions that simply means dropping a bottle on to a hard floor, deliberately or, more often, by accident. Sometimes the failure is contemporaneous with the moment of impact; at other times, with lower energy impacts, there is a delay that could result in failure after a matter of seconds, minutes or even days following the impact, depending on the growth of the micro-fissure to a critical level and the residual stress in the glass. If the bottle contains a fizzy (carbonated) drink then catastrophic failure occurs with explosive violence. A damaged glass bottle containing a fizzy drink parallels a loaded gun with a hair trigger that is capable of spontaneous action.

The gas pressure increases with temperature and in a hot environment, can be 100 psi or more, such as when the capped bottle is left in direct sunlight or in a car on a hot day. Glass bottles are designed to withstand pressures in excess of 200 psi, but that means very little if the bottle has been subjected to impacts and abrasion that result in micro-fissures, compromising its strength. In such circumstances, from the sustained carbonation pressure, spontaneous, explosive failure can occur with disastrous consequences. Being largely a child-line, it is the unsuspecting 5 to 14-year olds that more often fall prey to exploding bottles. By way of example, during 1989 to 1993 the UK Department of Trade and Industry recorded 1645 injuries from exploding, pop bottles ranging from lacerations to loss of eyesight.

The ballistic energy of an exploding bottle for a given carbonation level (known as carbonation volume) is determined by the temperature and pressure above atmospheric (gauge pressure). {The theory is complex: a detailed analysis is available in Food Science and Technology Today 10(1) 1996}. The larger the headspace - i.e. gas volume between the liquid level and brim of the bottle - the more pressure energy is available to be transferred as kinetic energy to the shards of glass at the moment of failure. Conversely, the smaller the headspace, the less energy there is to propel the shards. A bottle filled brim-full has no pressure energy and, when it undergoes failure, it does so in exactly the same way as a bottle full of still water - i.e. explosiveless. For many years following first commercial bottling of carbonated drinks by Schweppe more than 200 years ago, there was the misconception by the bottling industry that a minimum headspace needed to exist in order to act as a pressure buffer for the carbon dioxide. The reality is that pressure remains practically unaffected by the magnitude of the headspace, in accordance with Henry’s Law of gas solubility that essentially states that, the mass of a gas dissolved by a given volume of liquid, at constant temperature, is proportional to the pressure of the gas with which it is in equilibrium. In other words, as the headspace decreases, then more gas becomes dissolved in the water to maintain a constant pressure and vice versa.

The ramification to this is that a fizzy drink becomes less hazardous from the point of view of its pressure energy, the smaller the headspace and that the internal pressure remains constant at a specific temperature and carbonation volume as the headspace volume is decreased. A bottle filled to 97.5% has about half the explosive energy as a bottle filled to 95%. With modern filling plant there is a very high level of precision in fill volumes which are determined, not by the bottle capacity, but by the fill height from the brim. It for this reason, that bottlers can readily and reliably reduce the pressure energy by maximising the fill level, allowing for any liquid expansion; water expands 1% over a 40 C temperature range above the chilled filling temperatures of bottling plants.

In recognition of the avoidable avoidable pressure energy of carbonated drinks, in 1988 the British Standards Institute (BSI) recommended a maximum limit to headspace of 3.5% which, in practice, means a target fill of about 98.3% to allow for statistical variations within a safe level. Because of the non-enforceable nature of the Standard not all bottlers comply with it.

The wide-spread introduction of plastic (PET) bottles, whilst having removed the fragmentation characteristic of exploding glass, is not entirely hazard free. The large size of the bottles - typically up to 3 litres as opposed to less than 1 litre for glass for reasons of safety - creates larger headspaces and, thereby, increased pressure energy within that headspace. If the cap thread crosses the thread of the neck of the bottle - this can happen when a sealed bottle has its cap twisted the wrong way causing it to jack into an, unstable and asymmetric position - then the cap may spontaneously “missile” from the bottle at theoretical velocities in excess of 300 mph. If the bottle is gripped in such a way as to allow the cap to impact an eye, then the victim loses an eye. There are several recorded cases of such missiling outcomes leading to loss of an eye, especially among children.

For a while the bottling industry reacted to this hazard by attaching the cap to the neck of the bottle by a plastic strip forming an integral part of the closure design and known as a ‘pig’s tail’. This was not well received by consumers because the cap readily interfered with the pouring action. Under pressure from litigants by victims of such injuries the industry improved the closure design, dispensing with the captive concept and providing graphic displays of the direction in which to twist the cap for its controlled removal.

--Edward Willhoft 21:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Michael Terrace

Michael Terrace (Dec 31, 1926 – present), born Michael Santiago Gutierrez in Spanish Harlem, NY is a retired ballroom and broadway stage dancer, choreographer, actor, dance consultant and writer. His stage and subsequent dance career spans a total of sixty years, during which he's made innumerable contributions to ballroom dancing. He is particularly associated with the 1987 Film Dirty Dancing. Michael's stories of the formative years of the Mambo in the Catskills inspired Eleanor Bergstein's vision of lead character Johnny Castle played by Patrick Swayze.

Michael met and married Elita Cleveland and formed the dance team Terrace & Elita. Some of the original Mambo-niks, Michael and Elita were regulars in the Palladium Ballroom dance competitions and helped to bring the Mambo craze to mainstream America. They worked closely and often with legends like Tito Puente, Machito, Sammy Davis, Jr., Harry Belafonte and many other stars of the 50's and 60's.

Michael and Elita are still married and living in Fort Lee, NJ. Michael is currently writing his stories of the legendary Palladium nights and how the Mambo changed a generation. Elita is artist and sculptor. They still go dancing twice a week.

Health Hazards of Exploding Pop Bottles

All unprotected glass bottles fracture if impacted with sufficient force. On most occasions that simply means dropping a bottle on to a hard floor, deliberately or, more often, by accident. Sometimes the failure is contemporaneous with the moment of impact; at other times, with lower energy impacts, there is a delay that could result in failure after a matter of seconds, minutes or even days following the impact, depending on the growth of the micro-fissure to a critical level and the residual stress in the glass. If the bottle contains a fizzy (carbonated) drink then catastrophic failure occurs with explosive violence. A damaged glass bottle containing a fizzy drink parallels a loaded gun with a hair trigger that is capable of spontaneous action.

The CO₂ pressure increases with temperature and in a hot environment, can be 100 psi or more, such as when the capped bottle is left in direct sunlight or in a car on a hot day. Glass bottles are designed to withstand pressures in excess of 200 psi, but that means very little if the bottle has been subjected to impacts and abrasion that result in micro-fissures, compromising its strength. In such circumstances, from the sustained carbonation pressure, spontaneous, explosive failure can occur with disastrous consequences. Being largely a child-line, it is the unsuspecting 5 to 14-year olds that more often fall prey to exploding bottles. By way of example, during 1989 to 1993 the UK Department of Trade and Industry recorded 1645 injuries from exploding, pop bottles ranging from lacerations to loss of eyesight.

The ballistic energy of an exploding bottle for a given carbonation level (known as carbonation volume) is determined by the temperature and pressure above atmospheric (gauge pressure). {The theory is complex: a detailed analysis is available in Food Science and Technology Today 10(1) 1996}. The larger the headspace - i.e. gas volume between the liquid level and brim of the bottle - the more pressure energy is available to be transferred as kinetic energy to the shards of glass at the moment of failure. Conversely, the smaller the headspace, the less energy there is to propel the shards. A bottle filled brim-full has no pressure energy and, when it undergoes failure, it does so in exactly the same way as a bottle full of still water - i.e. explosiveless. For many years following first commercial bottling of carbonated drinks by Schweppe more than 200 years ago, there was the misconception by the bottling industry that a minimum headspace needed to exist in order to act as a pressure buffer for the carbon dioxide. The reality is that pressure remains practically unaffected by the magnitude of the headspace, in accordance with Henry’s Law of gas solubility that essentially states that, the mass of a gas dissolved by a given volume of liquid, at constant temperature, is proportional to the pressure of the gas with which it is in equilibrium. In other words, as the headspace decreases, then more gas becomes dissolved in the water to maintain a constant pressure and vice versa.

The ramification to this is that a fizzy drink becomes less hazardous from the point of view of its pressure energy, the smaller the headspace and that the internal pressure remains constant at a specific temperature and carbonation volume as the headspace volume is decreased. A bottle filled to 97.5% has about half the explosive energy as a bottle filled to 95%. With modern filling plant there is a very high level of precision in fill volumes which are determined, not by the bottle capacity, but by the fill height from the brim. It for this reason, that bottlers can readily and reliably reduce the pressure energy by maximising the fill level, allowing for any liquid expansion; water expands 1% over a 40 C temperature range above the chilled filling temperatures of bottling plants.

In recognition of the avoidable avoidable pressure energy of carbonated drinks, in 1988 the British Standards Institute (BSI) recommended a maximum limit to headspace of 3.5% which, in practice, means a target fill of about 98.3% to allow for statistical variations within a safe level. Because of the non-enforceable nature of the Standard not all bottlers comply with it.

The wide-spread introduction of plastic (PET) bottles, whilst having removed the fragmentation characteristic of exploding glass, is not entirely hazard free. The large size of the bottles - typically up to 3 litres as opposed to less than 1 litre for glass for reasons of safety - creates larger headspaces and, thereby, increased pressure energy within that headspace. If the cap thread crosses the thread of the neck of the bottle - this can happen when a sealed bottle has its cap twisted the wrong way causing it to jack into an, unstable and asymmetric position - then the cap may spontaneously “missile” from the bottle at theoretical velocities in excess of 300 mph. If the bottle is gripped in such a way as to allow the cap to impact an eye, then the victim loses an eye. There are several recorded cases of such missiling outcomes leading to loss of an eye, especially among children.

For a while the bottling industry reacted to this hazard by attaching the cap to the neck of the bottle by a plastic strip forming an integral part of the closure design and known as a ‘pig’s tail’. This was not well received by consumers because the cap readily interfered with the pouring action. Under pressure from litigants by victims of such injuries the industry improved the closure design, dispensing with the captive concept and providing graphic displays of the direction in which to twist the cap for its controlled removal.

--Edward Willhoft 20:59, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Love

Pancakes.

omg this is spam lets not spam ok?

love is not like spam at all first you're hit and then you fall

love is serious disease although many suffer it with ease

Jesse Winder

American yoga instructor, co-founder of PhysioYoga^tm and owner of Karma, a fitness and wellness facility in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, which focuses on yoga and other Eastern fitness and healing practices.

majella Murphy Brave New World

majella murphy is a singer songwriter from Kilkenny Ireland. Her debut album "Brave New World was brought to national and international attention because it was the first album worldwide to be launched on a mobile phone with Sony Ericsson and 02 http://www.majellamurphy.com/index.cfm

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Her album was recorded in Nashville Tenessee with acclaimed producers Nathan Crowe and Eric Rosse. It has received critical acclaim from Hotpress, Irish Independant, Irish Times, Sunday World. http://www.majellamurphy.com/index.cfm

myspace.com/majellamurphy Majella will be appearing as one of the guests at the recently launched Cois Fharraige surf and music festival in Kilkee Claire on september 7 headlining with The Fun Lovin' Criminals Paddy Casey and Ocean Colour Scene.

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Frank Burd

Frank Burd is a Philadelphia resident, photographer, director and teacher. In February, 2007, Burd was assaulted by two students at Germantown High School, resulting in five broken bones in his neck and a brain injury. The assault made headlines and brought to public attention the ongoing problem of violence against teachers in inner city schools.

Jackie Swift

Jackie Swift is an alternative rock band out of Gresham, OR. The bands roots can be traced back to early 2003. Two friends, Big Matt Fries and Chris Harvey, had met while working at a local shoe store, and discovered they both had great interests in various types of music, and from there, talks of forming a band began. As 2003 progressed Big Matt decided to pick up playing guitar, and this sparked Chris' interest in following his lead.

The two began learning guitar together, and after mastering a few riffs here and there, they ran into local drummer Ryan "The Raz" Rasmussen. In early 2004 the three began practicing together, with the simple hopes of gathering enough material to play a local show. As weeks passed, the trio was hard at work. During these sessions, Big Matt gradually gave up guitar for the purpose of the trio, and left all guitar duties to Chris. From here, a lead singer was born. The trio embraced Big Matt as their new lead singer, and a sense of direction was complete. Still feeling that the trio needed more, Chris invited friend, and co-worker Ryan "G" Grindstaff over to play one night. Already knowing G's musical background and many years of guitar playing, Chris was amazed by what he saw. When the session ended, he invited G back to continue playing with the boys.

After a few more practice sessions, The Raz decided to leave the trio because of other interests. Come April 2004, the new trio (Big Matt, Chris, and G) had decided to keep on with the project. As summer neared, the boys hooked up with local rap artist Big D, who ran a local recording studio, and bought some studio time at G'd Out Records in Gresham. From there, they recorded 5 songs by mid July. The songs included 2 originals: "Vampire" and "Stardust Woman" (written by Big Matt/G), "Fall into My Arms" (written by Chris), and the covers "Last Kiss" and "Used To Love Her." For the purpose of these early recording, Big Matt and G split the bass playing duties since the band had yet to find a bass player.

That all changed in early August when Chris ran into another co-worker, Rick Goodwin. Known as Slick Rick, for his smooth bass lines, and even smoother ways with the ladies, Chris asked Rick to join the band and complete the lineup. Now intact, the band began putting together and learning material in preparation for their first big show. After adopting the name Jackie Swift, named after G's girlfriend at the time, and suggested by G himself, the band now had a name to go with their new sound. And on September 24, 2004 Jackie Swift debuted at Gresham's Borders Music Cafe, before a standing room only crowd. Local buzz around the city had grown to feverish levels, and on that night, fans were introduced to a new type of rock. Combining an acoustic sound, with brilliant arrangements and the sweet voice of Big Matt, Jackie Swift ran through a combination of orginals and covers, highlighted by the newly penned original "G's Song" (written by G himself), and blistering covers of Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Pride and Joy" and America's "Horse with No Name."

As the postive reviews rained in like a beautiful Oregon day, Jackie Swift began work on their first album. Throughout the rest of the year, and into 2005, all focus was on the writing process and new record. Finally, during spring break of 2005, the band recorded their complete album in Big Matt's home studio. The album was self titled and contained 10 songs. A mix of originals and covers were the formula they used for the release. Interest in the band was everywhere, and on May 7, 2005, they did a follow-up to their first Borders show with another gig at the same venue. Again, in front of another packed house, Jackie Swift played a 2-hour setlist full of rockers. This was also the debut of their new album, as sales went through the roof.

Jackie Swift continued to work on new material, and bolster their already impressive arsenal. As 2006 rolled in, the band had numerous venues wanting to book them, and they decided to go with The Main Street Ale House as their main spot. This would become the bands second home, and after 3 huge shows that year, their reputation as Gresham's top draw was cemented. The shows, which included the debut of 3 new singles, "Come Home" and "When Angels Fall" (written by Big Matt/G), and Chris' "How Long Can I Stay," also brought the band even more attention for their version of Pearl Jam's "Black." Also shot into the spotlight was female singer Elissa Bush, who sings with the band on the hit "G's Song," and their cover of Kid Rock's "Picture."

2007 brought about a much-needed change to the bands lineup. After almost a year of discussions, and everyone in agreement that they needed a new addition, Jackie Swift added local drummer Robbie. In what was a blessing in disguise, he was kicked out of his former band, only to land this role in the much more polished and rock-oriented Jackie Swift. With their new drummer, and new sound, Jackie Swift unleashed rock n' roll at its finest on June 23, 2007 at The Main Street Ale House. They came in top form and a complete rebirth was apparent. Highlighted by the phenomenal lead guitar playing of G, Chris' concrete ryhthm guitar playing, combined with the rhythm section of Slick Rick on bass and Robbie's thunderous drums, and the always shining vocals of Big Matt, Jackie Swift made a statement that will never be forgotten. On that night, hundreds were witness to the passion of rock music. The guys are currently in the process of working on their second album, and more shows will soon follow.

Minorca chickens

Minorcas are a breed of chickens. They are classified in the Mediterranean class by the American Poultry Associan. They lay white eggs. Color varieties include buff and black. Minorcas mature quickly and begin crowing sooner than other breeds.

Bagriel

A fond term of affection for a bespectacled friend of awkward but kind nature, whose name must be Gabriel and must be born in 1991. Originates from a certain Gabriel T P B, whose anonymity must be maintained, but whose kindness and simultaneous awkwardness, both in regards to appearance and character has resulted in a variety of nicknames and indeed accents with which to pronounce said nicknames. Others include Guavers, Gabby and Gaby-Baby...

Again it is imperative that it is noted that this is a equally a term of affection as gentle-mockery, and it is in appreciating the gentle nature of this tall but kind oaf, that one is permitted to tease him mercilessly.

The Crumb Sullivans

The Crumb Sullivans are a bare bones folk-punk duo from Boston, MA. Thier songs combine the whimsical innocence of Jonathan Richman with the quirky character studies of Tom Waits and the story telling of Phil Ochs and the other early 60s folkies.[[<img src="http://a515.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/11/m_af2d24d7bb63e7a783cefaecf126f1ea.jpg]]

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Theories on Inheritance Trilogy Book 3

Well, I've come up with some theories on the third book of the Inheritance trilogy.