Redman Wants To Design Women's Shoes
On 1996's "Soopaman Luva 3," Reginald "Redman" Noble rapped I've got these h**s spreaded/from Japanese to diabetics/Toes stay painted because of my foot fetish... Now, over a decade later, the rapper's passion for women's shoes and his flair for men's kicks has led to plans for a shoe store in Staten Island, NY. .
Kairos Development Announces Team Consolidation
NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Atlanta, GA, United States, 05/14/2007 - Kairos Development Corp. announces team consolidation for two current real estate projects: Jenny Pruitt New Home Services City Collection, Idea Associates and Flamer Relations.
.MELBOURNE co-captain Cameron Smith last night accused Wests Tigers players of employing illegal tactics to stop star Storm five-eighth Greg Inglis.
Inglis, playing his first premiership game in the No. 6 jersey, was hit high several times in a fiery opening half of the Storm's 18-16 win at Olympic Park.
Asked whether he thought it was a deliberate ploy to put Inglis off his game, Smith said: "Definitely. Greggy, he's a danger to them when he's got the ball, and he's got a new position, so I guess they wanted to test him out a bit, see how he went.
"Every team's going to (test him out). We were trying to get the boys at Benji (Marshall) all night. It's hard. You can't hide the bloke. Every team's going to do it. He just might have to learn to duck."
Smith said the Tigers had targeted Inglis from kick-off.
Moore Unique Skin Care Products, LLC Announces Educational ...
HOUSTON, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Moore Unique Skin Care (MUSK), LLC, today announced the launch of the Moore Unique Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB) Educational Awareness Initiative, a national effort to raise awareness of the long-term effects and risks associated with PFB, commonly known as 'razor bumps' and a common condition occurring in over 10.8 million men, but significantly impacting an estimated 60% of African American men & 15% of Caucasian men. If not treated professionally, PFB can cause keloidal scarring which has become an important issue in men's personal grooming.
The initiative is led by noted Houston dermatologist Dr. Milton D. Moore, CEO of Moore Unique Skin Care, LLC and will feature "expert grooming and skin care advice" to national media, participation in community events, and product sampling.
Mother, son killed when car overturned late Friday
In a page of her Bible, Wilda Watts placed the plans for her funeral. She picked out the songs and she selected her pastors - her nephew and another relative.
This was months ago.
Late Friday, about 100 yards from her home, the car carrying 58-year-old Watts overturned, killing Watts and her 26-year-old son and injuring another.
Wilda Watts and Jonathan Edward Watts, both from Loris, were part of a 24-hour period of multiple crashes in Horry and Georgetown counties on Friday and Saturday. Less than three hours after the crash that killed two members of the Watts family, two best friends died in a three-car crash near Surfside Beach.
And shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday, an 18-month-old died in a four-wheeler accident in rural Georgetown County, Coroner Kenny Johnson said.
Al-Qaida Suspect Says He Beheaded Daniel Pearl
The alleged al-Qaida mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, boasted of being personally responsible for decapitating the US journalist Daniel Pearl five years ago, in a new transcript released by the Pentagon yesterday. The claim comes on top of 30 other al-Qaida operations he said he been involved in.
Mohammed, 42, a Pakistani brought up in Kuwait, claimed he was the shadowy figure shown in a video of the beheading of the Wall Street Journal reporter. "I decapitated with my blessed right hand the head of the American Jew, Daniel Pearl, in the city of Karachi, Pakistan," the transcript quotes him as saying.
A Pentagon spokesman, Bryan Whitman, said the passage was withheld from 26 pages of his "confession" released on Wednesday to allow time to inform Pearl's wife, Mariane.
Insurance.com Buys 4insurance.com
Online agency Insurance.com has purchased personal lines insurance shopper 4insurance.com, one of the original insurance sites on the internet.
As a result of the acquisition, 4insurance.com will offer car insurance quotes from over a dozen auto insurance companies.
Launched in 1996 by iHomeowners, 4insurance.com offers consumers the ability to shop for auto, life, home and health insurance products.
At 4insurance.com, consumers answer one set of questions in order to get multiple rates from top companies, and can then select and purchase a policy online or over the phone with in-house licensed agents.
Insurance.com, based in Solon, Ohio, is owned and operated by Insurance.com, Inc., a ComparisonMarket Company. In addition to car insurance, it sells life, health and home insurance as well as travel, dental and pet health insurance.
Women take the wheel in car buying
When Jennifer Schwanberg graduated with a doctorate in clinical psychology last year, she felt a reward was in line.
"I just decided as a graduation present to myself I would get a new car," she said.
She knew what she wanted: safety, high gas mileage, a five-speed transmission and a sunroof. The 54-year-old St. Cloud woman found it last month in a 2007 periwinkle Forester
With increasing numbers of women staying single longer, working outside the home and earning higher wages, more women are taking control of the car-buying experience.
"I see more women involved because there is a lot of independence and shared decision-making with relationships," said Patty Yarbrough, owner of McKay's Family Chrysler Jeep Dodge in St. Cloud. "It's been going on for years."
National statistics now show women buy 50 percent of new cars and 48 percent of used cars.
The city of Casper is heading in a new direction when it comes to expansion and downtown businesses.For nearly a year, city planners have been trying to implement smart growth principles -- what they call common-sense methods for making areas more comfortable and inviting to residents and shoppers alike."It's helpful to get out and see what other cities are doing," said Mayor Kate Sarosy. "It's easy to get insular here. There are a lot of creative solutions to problems that we may not think of that we can adapt."But implementing smart growth ideas can be challenging, especially when current city ordinances prevent some of the strategies, said April Getchius, community development director for the city.
Getchius said the city is considering three zoning changes that could help the city adopt smart growth principles, while also relieving the city staff workload.
Retalix Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2006 Results
RA'ANANA, Israel, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Retalix(R) Ltd. RTLX, a global provider of enterprise-wide software solutions for food retailers and distributors, today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2006.
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21 st Century Holding Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of 21st Century Holding Company (NASDAQ:TCHC), an insurance holding company, declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.18 per common share payable on June 1, 2007 to shareholders of record as of May 1, 2007 at its regular quarterly meeting.
About the Company
The Company, through its subsidiaries, underwrites general liability insurance homeowners' property and casualty insurance, flood insurance and personal automobile insurance in the State of Florida. The Company underwrites general liability coverage as an admitted carrier in the States of Louisiana, Texas and Alabama for more than 300 classes of business, including special events. The Company also operates as an approved (non-admitted) carrier in the States of Georgia, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas offering the same general liability products.
United States and Singapore Welcome Increased Trade and Investment ...
Washington D.C. -- U.S. and Singaporean officials met in Singapore today and welcomed the continued increase in trade and investment since the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries entered into force on January 1, 2004. Two-way trade has surged 34 percent since the FTA came into force and Singapore is now the United States ninth largest export market, moving up from eleventh place in 2003. Officials from the United States and Singapore, who met for the third annual review of the FTA, also noted the continued strong growth in investment flows since the FTA entered into force. The FTA has further enhanced Singapore's attractiveness as an investment destination, and it is now the third largest recipient of U.S. foreign direct investment in the Asia-Pacific, after Australia and Japan.
This week in review: 23 February through 1 March
This Week in Review is a weekly roundup of the news from Palestine produced for radio broadcast and available in audio, and now print, here on the PNN site.
The following are the stories and interviews we chose to highlight during the period of 23 February through 1 March, 2007, including nonviolent resistance against the Wall and land confiscation from Bil'in to Bethlehem and Palestinian political prisoners hunger striking for justice. INTERNATIONAL law After decades of dismissing United Nations resolutions, the Israeli government was again angered early this week after the UNHRC commissioned a lawyer to prepare a report in which his eventual findings compared Israel to an Apartheid State. John Dugard has served as a judge in the International Court of Justice and as a Special Rapporteur for both the UN Commission on Human Rights and the International Law Commission.The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa has once again reported strong sales figures for the month of February.
Total February industry sales came in at 58 477 (now includes 5 888 AMH sales), 5.5% up on the corresponding month in 2006.
Ford reported strong sales figures of 6 426 units of which 3 093 were passenger vehicles and 3 333 units were commercial vehicles. The top selling passenger vehicle for Ford was once again the Ford Fiesta (834 units) while the Ford Bantam lead the brands commercial vehicle sales with 1 770 units.
"February is traditionally a difficult month as the number of selling days are somewhat reduced, add to that the high base we are coming off from January, the growth experienced this month is certainly impressive," explains Ford Motor Company's Jacques Brent.
Regents to vote on incentives for Crow totaling $150,000
The Arizona Board of Regents today will consider giving Arizona State University President Michael Crow an extra $150,000.
The board will vote on an amendment to Crow's employment contract that would give Crow $10,000 for every one of 10 performance goals he meets. And if all 10 are met, Crow could receive an additional $50,000. The payments would be made when his current contract expires June 30, 2008.
The goals include: increase the diversity of Arizona resident freshmen, improve freshman retention, increase research expenditures, improve six-year graduation rates, improve community college transfer students' graduation rates, and improve ASU's U.S. News & World Report ranking. .
Roman Amirjanov, Chairman of the Management Board of ...
First, I would like to say that Azerdemiryolbank, one of the oldest banks of Azerbaijan, was established in 1989 as Limited Liability Company and became Open Join Stock Company in 1992. The bank is owned by European Reconstruction and Development Bank (EBRD) (25%+1 stake) and about 850 individual and corporate bodies. The bank's uniqueness can be found in its product mix, as well as services to its customers. Our bank's profit was AZN 1.283 million for the first quarter, higher 2.9 times from the same period last year. The bank's revenues rose 75% to AZN 4.332 million and expenditures went up 38% to AZN 3.049 million. As of April 1, assets grew 8% to AZN 96.04 million, loan portfolio expanded 15% to AZN 68.8 million. The aggregate capital reached AZN 14.55 million. - What about plans to branch out to regions ad take part in mortgage lending program? - Azerdemiryolbank has 29 branches and offices, of which 16 are located in regions.
Humiliation Played For Laughs In Tawdry `Reno 911!: Miami'
Too-revealing swimsuits on swimsuit-impaired bodies, inept demonstrations of the proctologist's tools-of-the-trade, sexual encounters of the most embarrassing kind: It's an R-rated version of the TV show, as if that's a good thing.
It's not quite all for naught. "Reno" does manage a titter here and a giggle there. But it's a cheap, dumb, obvious movie. How cheap? The big screen never seemed so small.
Thomas Lennon is Lt. Dangle, the aptly named, slightly closeted officer in charge of a team of eight Reno, Nev., sheriff's deputies. He's introduced shorts to his uniform that only a gay Australian football player could love.
"I've got to be able to move like a cheetah!"
His officers include the clueless Cherisa (Mary Birdsong), who pines for him, the in-denial lesbian Trudy (Kerri Kenney-Silver), the drawling rube Travis Junior (played by co-writer/director Robert Ben Garant), the zaftig tart Clementine (Wendi McLendon-Covey), Garcia (Carlos Alazraqui), Jones (Cedric Yarbrough), and the outrageous Raineesha (Niecy Nash), a woman who should never hit the beach in a T-back.
The strongest colours in this spring fashion palette are strawberry ice, apricot gold, silver, green and blue. "Brilliant blue is likely to gain in popularity as the season progresses," Louis says. Yet various sorbet tones create the tonal soft chalky dimension of many of Spring 2007 seasonal fashion colours, while the coming summer will see us wearing golden apricot, sky blue, opal grey, clear greens and coffee cream.
"All these colours follow through on autumn's most important fashion colours," she adds. Golden liquid sunshine looks and gold lame swinging dresses with disco glamour are the mainstay of futuristic fabrics. These tones make gleaming dresses with a lacquer-like sheen.
Sharp colour combinations have their part in spring 2007, including monochrome black and white prints or the darkest navy blue teamed or trimmed with red.
Polk City Council approves safety measure
New commercial or industrial businesses in Polk City will be required to have key boxes installed on the front of their buildings to allow the fire department faster access in the event of an alarm.
The Polk City Council approved all three required readings of an ordinance Monday requiring a "rapid-entry lock box system" that holds a building key that can be accessed only by the fire department so crews don't have to force their way into a building. Polk City Fire Chief Jason Morse said the system will help reduce damage to property and lessen the danger to firefighters by allowing the department quicker access.
All newly built commercial or industrial buildings with alarm or sprinkler systems and a certificate of occupancy dated on or after July 1 will be required to have key boxes, City Administrator Gary Mahannah said.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- General Motors, written off for nearly dead in 2005, says it is firmly on the comeback road thanks to the successful launch of new products and a painful reorganization program.
"At the end of the day, we will have the biggest turnaround in American corporate history," Mike Jackson, GM vice president for vehicle marketing and advertising, said yesterday at a media roundtable.
Earlier this month, GM posted a $950 million fourth-quarter profit, its second quarterly profit in two years. The company had a loss of $10.4 billion in 2005 and a $2 billion net loss overall in 2006.
GM, which sold about 9.09 million cars and trucks worldwide last year, has had to take some tough steps toward recovery. In 2005, the company announced it would eliminate 30,000 jobs at 12 facilities across the country by next year.
Four Family Members Killed In Car Crash
MACHANG, March 31 (Bernama) -- Four members of a family were killed and another sustained serious injuries after the car they were travelling in collided with a lorry at Kampung Banggol Kulim near Simpang Berangan here Saturday. The accident happened at about 7 am while the family was returning to Kampung Batang Bergedik, Gual Ipoh in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, from Rawang, Selangor. Those killed were the car driver, Mohd Sawdi Yusof, 26, his mother, Rakiah Mamat, 62, an 18-month old niece Rosmaisara Roslan, all of whom died on the spot, and his father, Yusof Salleh, 71, who died on arrival at the Machang Hospital. The injured was Mohd Sawdi's nephew, Borhanudin Mohd Din, 23, who has been admitted to the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian. The lorry driver and his attendant, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, were given out-patient treatment at the Kuala Krai Hospital.
Man ShoeThe apparent confessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to planning the September 11 attacks were today met with shock and scepticism in almost equal measure.
The alleged No 3 in al-Qaida has long been suspected of being the mastermind behind the 2001 attacks in America but, if true, Mr Mohammed's most recent admissions would confirm his as a man the US has described as "one of history's most infamous terrorists".
Mr Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan in 2003 and spent time in secret CIA prisons before being moved with 13 others to a maximum security compound at Guantnamo Bay last year.
His list of confessions, in which he places himself at the centre of al-Qaida plots spanning a decade, are contained in the transcript of a tribunal held behind closed doors at the Cuban camp.gilbert arena basketball shoes
